Two decades of producing, directing, and shooting for public television and national outlets — news, documentary, and long-form science reporting. Much of the earlier work was recovered from an archived portfolio site, so the source links point wherever each piece originally lived.
A four-part investigative series on junk news, built on software written in the newsroom to find and track misinformation sources at scale. The reporting identified clickbait publisher Cyrus Massoumi. The tool behind it, NewsTracker, became Junkipedia — and the reason a journalist ended up running a technology institute.
How the newsroom built a tool to identify and track sources of misinformation across social media. Published April 25, 2018.
Miles O'Brien reports on a contest created by Alan Alda challenging scientists to answer a seemingly simple question: what is a flame?
A new generation of artificial body parts helping people see, walk, swim, grip, and run.
Medical experiments on chimpanzees can be invasive. Some say they are the only way to advance medicine. Miles O'Brien reports.
Miles O'Brien examines the threat radiological weapons pose to U.S. cities, and what is being done to prevent an attack.
Why elections have not moved online, and the security research that explains it. An early sign of where this career was heading.
After Fukushima, how should regulators set the safety bar for nuclear power plants in the U.S.?
Miles O'Brien examines grid reliability in an Austin neighborhood using smart grid technology to track and control energy consumption.
A research breakthrough enabling scientists to grow human tissue to repair or replace organs. Miles O'Brien reports.
What may be happening to teenagers' brains as they develop in a rapid-fire, multitasking world.
Miles O'Brien goes head-to-circuit-board with IBM's Watson to explore the limits of language and machine intelligence.
Dubuque, Iowa, reinventing itself. Part of the Blueprint America infrastructure series.
A rural Mississippi community bringing mass transit online with stimulus money.
The technology used to identify and catch the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, and the manhunt that followed.
Aired February 2013.
A New York Times video documentary from Libya, part of the Trials of Spring series.
A 185-mile trek through the New Hampshire winter, led by Lawrence Lessig, against money in politics.
Silicon Valley as a microcosm of America's new extremes of wealth and poverty — record profits alongside record homelessness.
After Newtown, attention turned to the private equity owners behind the gun manufacturer. Published December 2012.
Two weeks after Sandy, public housing residents in Coney Island were still without power, and Occupy Sandy was filling the gap.
On the American Legislative Exchange Council and model legislation.
Two Philadelphia women at risk of losing their right to vote under Pennsylvania's voter ID law.
In the shadow of the Athens Olympic Stadium, a Roma settlement where women wash clothes, men peel garlic, and children play in the dust.
Promo for a documentary about the birth control pill.
Trailer for a film following delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
Shot and produced for the Teaching Channel.
Brooklyn, the Great Lakes, the Finger Lakes, and Long Island — communities working to clean up, restore, and protect their waterways.
An interstitial shorts series for WGBH and PBS World. Executive producer: Stanley Nelson.
Part of The Unquiet American, produced by Steve James for Cinelan. Broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK on November 5, 2008 — U.S. election night.
Cameron has produced, directed, or shot for these outlets, but the individual titles aren't listed here yet. Rather than guess at credits, this page names the gap.