Dai Sugano

About

Website: www.daisugano.comDai Sugano is an Emmy Award-winning photojournalist and senior multimedia editor at The Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.), where he covers a wide range of assignments, produces videos and covers in-depth projects. His work has included “Drugging Our Kids,” a 40-minute investigative documentary on the use of psychotropic drugs on California’s foster children; “Torn Apart,” a documentary on a Bay Area family divided by immigration enforcement; and “Uprooted,” a documentary about the displacement of mobile home residents. He has also covered economic inequality in China, poverty in India and the struggles of Hmong refugees starting their lives anew in America. His work has earned a national News and Documentary Emmy Award (2008), two National Edward R. Murrow Awards (2014, 2015) and a Judge’s Special Recognition for Documentary Project of the Year from POYi (2015). He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography (2004, Team Entry) and has been recognized by various journalism organizations including Editor & Publisher, Best of the West, SND and the National Press Photographers Association.In this ever-changing newspaper industry, Sugano is a visual advocate and coach, pushing the organization to experiment with new ideas, including After Effects animation, live streaming and finding better ways to engage audiences. Specialties: documentary video production, photojournalism, multimedia,