Liz Moughon is a cinematographer and filmmaker at ProPublica where she works to translate deep-dive investigations into evocative visual storytelling. She is motivated to create imagery that captures the ineffable. She was the director of photography on ProPublica’s first in-house feature documentary film, Before a Breath, which will be released in 2025.

With a background in photojournalism, she has also been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle and NPR and received recognition from the Northern California Emmys, Pictures of the Year International, White House News Photographers Association and NPPA Best of Photojournalism. She is an alum of Ohio University and the Danish School of Media and Journalism 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 Journalist | 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

The Webby Awards | With Every Breath | Nominee

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

NPPA Documentary Short Form | With Every Breath | First Place

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

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