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For nearly eight years I worked at The Washington Post until voluntarily leaving in July 2025. I worked on hundreds of stories covering a variety of beats using many mediums.

Here is just a sample of some of my favorites.

The Pandora Papers

What are the Pandora Papers?
What are the Pandora Papers?

Reporting by The Washington Post and the International Consortium of Journalists. Script and video editing by Luis Velarde. Narration, graphics and animation by Sarah Hashemi. Senior producing by Tom LeGro.

“The Pandora Papers is an investigation based on more than 11.9 million documents revealing the flows of money, property and other assets concealed in the offshore financial system.” To view the entire project start at the FAQ . There you will see

“The Pandora Papers is an investigation based on more than 11.9 million documents revealing the flows of money, property and other assets concealed in the offshore financial system.”

To view the entire project start at the FAQ. There you will see all of the hard work done by my colleagues.

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The Monster

Throwback Thursday: The Monster
TBT: The Monster
TBT: The Monster

Throwback Thursday is a series that captures a coming of age moment in someone’s life through a variety of video storytelling mediums. This episode is a combination of live-action, stop motion, motion graphics and interview.

In “The Monster”, Lindsey tells her story about her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder made me feel like a monster | Throwback Thursday

Directed by Lindsey Sitz. Stop motion by Sarah Hashemi and Lindsey Sitz. Character and prop design by Sarah Hashemi. Post production clean up by Sarah Hashemi. Cinematography by Ross Godwin.

Behind the scenes of TBT
Behind the scenes of TBT

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Matthew Rushin

A documentary on Matthew Rushin
How a Black autistic man is serving 10 years in prison for a car crash

Documentary by Lindsey Sitz. Animation by Sarah Hashemi. Senior produced by Jesse Mesner-Hage.
A danger to society or a victim of a system not built for him?
A danger to society or a victim of a system not built for him?

The short doc revisits the night that Matthew Rushin, a 20-year-old Black autistic man from Virginia Beach, caused a car crash that severely injured two people.

RX Cartel

Understanding the shift from plant-based to synthetic drugs
Understanding the shift from plant-based to synthetic drugs

Script and video editing by Luis Velarde. Narration, graphics and animation by Sarah Hashemi. Senior producing by Tom LeGro. Creative directing by Osman Malik.