Liz Moughon is a cinematographer at ProPublica currently based in Brooklyn, NY. With a background in photojournalism, she is drawn to stories about healing from loss and spaces of commonality in our society. She was the DP on ProPublica’s first in-house documentary feature film, about the crisis of stillbirths in the US, which is currently in post-production.

Her short documentary Losing Kyle was published in The San Francisco Chronicle and recognized with a Northern California Emmy. Her ongoing Type 1 Diabetes self-portrait series was featured in The Washington Post. She has also contributed to the The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times and NPR. She is an alum of Ohio University, the Danish School of Media and Journalism, the Eddie Adams Workshop and is a FAA certified drone operator.

lizmoughon@gmail.com

423.388.1669

@lizmoughon

Self-portrait during my cross country move from Portland to Brooklyn.

EXPERIENCE

  • ProPublica | Video/Film Fellow | September 2022 — present

  • Freelance Filmmaker | September 2020 — 2022

  • Blue Chalk Media | Production Fellow | January – August 2020 

  • Los Angeles Times | Photo Intern | summer 2019

  • San Francisco Chronicle | Photo/Video Intern | summer 2018

PUBLICATIONS

ACCOLADES

NPPA Best of Photojournalism | Portfolio – Online Video Team | Third Place – ProPublica, Mauricio Rodriguez Pons, Ed Ou, Gerardo Del Valle, Liz Moughon, Zach Read | 2023

San Francisco / Northern California Emmy | Losing Kyle | 2020

White House News Photographers Association | The Blind Painter | First Place | 2019

Hearst Journalism Awards | National Championship | Photojournalism Finalist | 2019

New York Times Portfolio Review | Selected Participant | 2019

The Eddie Adams Workshop XXXI | Selected Participant | 2018

College Photographer of the Year