UI student shares important story through documentary workshop

Grace Smith, Photojournalist

September 19, 2023

Grace Smith is a fourth-year studying journalism and cinematic arts participating in the Changing Heartland Documentary Workshop through the University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication and The Daily Iowan, which examines the intricacies of communities and people in the Midwest.

Director of The Daily Iowan workshop and documentary photographer and filmmaker Danny Wilcox Frazier is teaching the Changing Heartland.

Liam Doxsee is a fourth-grader and Iowa baseball’s kid captain living with Severe Combined Immunodeficiency. With help from the athletes, his family, and medical staff members, Liam does almost all his daily activities with a smile on his face every day.

The Changing Heartland Documentary Workshop: Story Highlight with Grace Smith from The Daily Iowan on Vimeo.

About the Contributor

Grace Smith, Senior photojournalist and filmmaker

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Grace Smith is a fourth-year student at the University of Iowa double majoring in Journalism and Cinematic Arts. In her four years at The Daily Iowan, she has held the roles of photo editor, managing summer editor, and visual storyteller. Outside of The Daily Iowan, Grace has held an internship at The Denver Post and pursued freelance assignments for the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Des Moines Register.