Liane Scott is an independent video producer and media instructor based in
Washington, DC. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Film from Penn State
University and went on to complete the core courses of the Masters of Fine
Arts Degree in Film at New York University. After NYU, Ms. Scott stayed
in New York and worked in the production of commercials and televisions
sports programming.
Family concerns brought her to Washington, D.C. where she began teaching
media production for local nonprofits, activist organizations and during
after-school programs. For the last 25 years, she has taught video,
journalism, digital storytelling and radio to students who range in age
from twelve to seventy-five. Her aim is to increase the number of people
of color, gender non-binary, low-income and working-class people, etc. who
work in the media industry.
In conjunction with her students and progressive social change activists,
Ms. Scott has produced eight documentaries and well over a hundred short
videos. Her most recent documentaries include, Triggered: Street
Harassment and Rape Culture in D.C.’s Ward 8 and Incompatible Allies:
Black Lives Matter, March 4 Our Lives and the US Debate about Guns and
Violence.
Currently she’s the executive director of Grassroots DC, a nonprofit she
founded in 2013 to provide media training to and coverage of the
under-resourced and traditionally-oppressed communities of the District of
Columbia. While operating Grassroots DC, Liane continues to teach video
production and journalism. Via the website GrassrootsDC.org, she and her
students provide a platform through which individuals from misrepresented
communities can control their own image, their communities’ image and
ultimately create an alternative to the mainstream media.