Using film, photography, research, science, and data visualization, we are creating a new model for collaborative reporting that challenges traditional industry power dynamics and uses long-form, multimedia projects to immerse audiences in news that feels like an experience.
Founded during the pandemic in April 2020, The Home Collective was created as a decade-long experiment to create a global record of the human experience with home through slow, collaborative journalism. We fundamentally believe in the power of storytelling to transform perspectives and impact policymaking.
We operate as both a creative collective and an independent publishing platform to pioneer long-term documentary projects around some of the most defining issues of our time including the climate crisis, displacement crisis, nationalism, Indigenous land rights, the housing crisis and more.
The Home Collective is supported with grants from the National Geographic Society, Getty Images, Adobe, and the Solutions Journalism Network, to name a few. Our work has been published in the Washington Post, Buzzfeed News, BBC, NPR, PBS Newshour, Huffington Post and more.
Darian is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and Washington Post alum who is traveling through Latin America to explore stories at the nexus of memory, environments, and defining home that occur at pivotal moments in history but are often missing from the headlines. She has spent the past few years studying Indigenous land rights and social issues in both Brazil and Argentina.
Hailey is a documentary photojournalist and conflict & migration specialist who is drawn to narratives around intergenerational trauma, historical memory, and defining home, particularly in the aftermath of conflict and forced displacement. She has spent her early career documenting the refugee crisis and post-conflict stabilization in the Middle East and is currently studying international conflict at Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies.
work with usAllie Young is a powerful activist and filmmaker focusing on Diné cultural preservation, political representation, and voting rights. She is the founder of Protect the Sacred and is a Program Officer at Harness, which is focused on mobilizing Diné youth to advocate for indigenous-led solutions.
Bruna is an activist, public speaker and writer from Brazil who focuses on forced displacement and climate change. Bruna designed and co-founded Circles of Hospitality, an organization that develops social, cultural and educational initiatives for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable immigrants in Florianópolis, Brazil.