onBeing

Jennifer Crandall, the creator of the Washingtonpost.com's onBeing project, came to talk to one of my journalism classes today.

Just felt the need to share this site with you. The way she captures the rich tapestry of human experience is so moving, and often hilarious.

Crandall told us how she finds her subjects (suggestions from friends and meeting random people on the street), and how she manages to edit 2-hour interviews into 2 1/2 minute segments. She also showed several clips from the site.

I'm not going to lie, the clip of this man made me (somewhat embarrassingly) cry big fat tears in front of my class. If we could all be half as good as him, the world would be a much better place.