#89 Reflections on hosting, producing and writing for TV & Film - Portland Helmich

SRE LIVE with Sergey Ross

Portland Helmich, a real pro-storyteller, is sharing her career story in traditional media. We get into how she worked on immensely complex narrative style podcasts and documentaries, what it means to be authentic, self-awareness and more.

Key talking points:

• Portland’s thinking behind her career moves: how did she pick her projects
• Difference in writing for documentaries VS books VS articles
• Experience of hosting and writing an award-winning, fully narrated podcast “Stranglers”
• What it was like to host and fully produce a TV show “What's the Alternative?”

About Portland Helmich

Portland Helmich is a professional storyteller. Whether working as a TV host or actor, podcast host or voiceover talent, or behind the scenes as a television, film, or podcast producer and writer, she’s dedicated to telling stories that inform, enlighten, inspire, and entertain. TV Hosting Clips She covers a myriad of beats, but has a special interest in spreading awareness about natural and alternative forms of healing the body, mind, and spirit – how they not only address illness but also enhance overall well-being. Producing Samples Portland was also the host and one of the co-producers of Earwolf’s acclaimed podcast, Stranglers, which explored the highly complex Boston Strangler murder case that consumed the Boston Police Department and terrified the city of Boston from 1962-1964. In 2016, The Atlantic listed Stranglers seventh on its list of the top 50 podcasts of the year; GQ Magazine listed it first.

Find out more at https://sergey-ross-podcast.pinecast.co