Lead Editor

Dina Rudick is a documentary filmmaker with deep roots in journalism and a passion for telling critical and complex stories.
Dina has won 4 Emmy Awards for her video and documentary work, as well as dozens of national photography awards during her decades-long career as a photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. She is the owner and director of Anthem Multimedia, a video production company in Boston that specializes in short-form cinematic documentary work.
During her 16 years as a staff photojournalist at The Boston Globe newspaper, Dina has done extensive documentary work around the globe, including in Kenya, Pakistan, Indonesia, Bolivia, and Haiti, and the Americas. View Dina’s photography portfolio here.
She was instrumental in starting The Boston Globe’s video department in 2008, and led the Globe to its first Emmy win in 2009. Dina went on to win 3 more New England Emmy Awards including ‘Outstanding Documentary’ for her first documentary “Practice: Change - The Africa Yoga Project Story” in 2012.
Dina taught photography and video for years at Boston University College of Communication and Harvard University Extension, and has lectured widely at institutions in the United States.
With a background in science and decades in journalism, Dina gravitated to telling complex medical and scientific stories, with special focus on rare diseases. Her films have been screened and won awards at dozens of film festivals around the world, and her series about cystic fibrosis was the centerpiece of a months-long international advocacy and education campaign.
Dina’s technical and interpersonal skills, her ability to manage complex projects and multi-disciplinary teams, and her deep conviction to tell the hard stories combine to create a powerful leader committed to creating positive change.

DYLAN TRIVETTE - Director of Photography

As a Cinematographer, Dylan has garnered accolades for filming a wide range of projects that span issues such as Palliative Care in Zambia, Yoga in the slums of Kenya, and ultra-marathon running in the canyons of Mexico. When not traveling on assignment for documentary and corporate projects, Dylan films EPK (electronic press kits) and behind-the-scenes featurettes for Hollywood film studios.

In addition for his love for film and video, Dylan also has a passion for photography, music, and the natural world. Dylan graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts with a degree in Filmmaking and a Concentration in Producing.

ERIK JACOBS - Photographer / Principal

Erik Jacobs is an award‐winning photographer who works regularly for many of the leading national and international publications. Erik’s clients span all industries from journalistic outlets to international corporations. He has extensive experience in portraiture, food, editorial work and corporate photography. His passion, however, is long-term documentary projects. His editorial work can be seen at www.jacobsphotographic.us

A sampling of Erik's photography clients includes: Intel, General Motors, Putnam Investments, The International Economic Alliance, Outward Bound, Time Magazine, Newsweek Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe. He has won numerous awards and is an adjunct faculty member at Boston University's Center for Digital Imaging Arts.

Erik Jacobs studied Photojournalism at Western Kentucky’s School of Journalism & Broadcasting.

Erik is also very passionate about sustainable agriculture. When not shooting photos, Erik runs a neighborhood CSA called the Plough & Stars Project.

ADAM JOHNSON - Sound Engineer

Adam Johnson is a Grammy nominated audio engineer and producer. His music credits include work with some of the biggest artists and companies around the world including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Pops, Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck, James Taylor, Edgar Meyer, Alison Kraus, Harry Connick Jr., Audra McDonald, The Emerson String Quartet, Itzhak Perlman, Andre Previn, and Maya Angelou to name a few. He also worked on the Grammy award-winning album “Legacy” with David Holt and Doc Watson.

Expanding on his music background and education, Adam also works as a production sound mixer and post-sound engineer for commercials, TV productions, documentaries and feature-length films.

Adam holds degrees in music production as well as computer science. He is also a member of the Audio Engineering Society, the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.

He currently is the head-engineer and co-owner of Sound Lab Studios based out of Asheville, North Carolina.

DAWN EPSTEIN - Assistant Editor; Motion Graphics Specialist

Dawn Stockbridge Epstein joined Anthem in 2020 as an assistant editor and motion graphics specialist. With a rich career that spans video game programming to landscape design to producing indie films, Dawn commands formidable project management and creative skill sets, making her an invaluable member of Anthem’s production team.

Dawn founded the multi-disciplinary design consultancy Zizzia, Inc. in 2011 before returning to Harvard in 2014 for her ALB, and winning the Annamae and Allen R. Crite Prize for dedication to learning and the arts in 2018. She also studied filmmaking as a Special Student at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, in affiliation with the Committee on Film & Visual Studies.

In her spare time, she covers community events for local access cable television, makes art films, wallows around in swamps photographing birds, writes about visual literacy and photojournalism ethics, herds cats, and makes garden space for plants that follow her home.