Hello!

I’m a freelance cinematographer and photographer based in NYC and Baltimore, MD. I am motivated to connect with people, first, and create beautiful imagery, second. My previous role at ProPublica allowed me to translate deep-dive investigations into evocative visual storytelling. I served as the director of photography for Before a Breath, ProPublica’s first in-house feature documentary, as well as for Cookie & Zo’e, which earned a Vimeo Staff Pick, and With Every Breath, which garnered over half a million views. Additionally, Losing Kyle, created during my internship at the San Francisco Chronicle, was honored with a regional Emmy. I’m an FAA certified drone operator and an alum of Ohio University and the Danish School of Media and Journalism.

lizmoughon@gmail.com

423.388.1669

@lizmoughon

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

EXPERIENCE

  • Freelance Cinematographer | April 2025 — present

  • ProPublica | Video Journalist | September 2022 — March 2025

  • 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 Documentary Editor | Cookie’s & Zo’e | Second Place

NPPA Documentary Short Form | Cookie & Zo’e | Third Place

Pictures of the Year International | Cookie & Zo’e | Runner Up

The Webby Awards | With Every Breath | Nominee

NPPA Documentary Short Form | With Every Breath | First Place

NPPA Documentary of the Year | With Every Breath | Second Place

Pictures of the Year International | With Every Breath | Runner Up

San Francisco / Northern California Emmy | Losing Kyle | 2020

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