Earthship Media
Independent documentary journalism exploring people, places, and stories that shape our lives.
MISSION
At Earthship Media, our mission is to look beyond the headlines and document the people, places, and histories that shape everyday life. We capture community-centered stories that preserve local memory, explore meaningful places, and give real people the time and attention their stories deserve.
THREE CORE PILLARS
People
Human-interest stories about working life or local voices
Place
Location-based stories about communities and places.
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Time
Stories document what was, or what is currently happening.
ABOUT
EARTHSHIP MEDIA
Earthship Media was founded by lifelong techie and aspiring documentarian Jeremy Bork. As journalism changes, stories that preserve the lives, events, and memories of local communities are increasingly overlooked.
Earthship Media works with individuals, communities, and organizations to capture stories of the people, places, and histories that shape everyday life.
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COMMUNITY FUNDED PROJECTS
Community stories are often overlooked because because of a lack of return of investment or marketing value. These stories help preserve the cultural significance of events, people, and location. Crowdfunding or partnerships with organizations and people allow for shared licensing or YouTube content that can be openly distributed. Together we can remove the financial barrier for capturing the stories that matter to communities.
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CROWDFUNDED
Projects taken on by Earthship Media at no direct cost with the hope of community donations to cover expenses.
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PARTNERSHIPS
Shared financial investments with organizations or people through aligned values to share stories within a community.
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DriftTV
DriftTV is an ongoing documentary project capturing everyday life, work, and moments of meaning across the Driftless Region. Each story follows people, places, or events over time, using a range of documentary styles shaped by the story itself.
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Some DriftTV episodes focus on local culture, traditions, and community life. Others explore how environmental, economic, and social forces shape everyday experiences in the region. Together, these stories highlight the human impact of change.
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To support this work, Earthship Media takes on these projects through crowdfunding and a sponsorship model that keeps these stories editorially independent, community-centered, and rooted in trust.
CREATOR ECOLOGY
Digital & Media Literacy
Creator Ecology is an educational project that helps people, organizations, and communities understand how media is made, shared, and understood online. It examines how global digital platforms and tools shape how we communicate, learn, and tell stories. The goal of Creator Ecology is to support transparent, honest, and responsible communication by building digital and media literacy around the media people create and consume every day.
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COMMISSIONED PROJECTS
These client-owned projects that tell their story. Earthship Media uses different documentary style approaches to capture specific events or processes for clients. All stories must align with Earthship Media's ethics statement and shared values towards preserving the cultural significance of the community, conservation efforts, or stories of historical value for the public.​
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This is currently how we fund no direct cost community projects such as DriftTV and Creator Ecology education projects that help capture culturally significant information that documents the lives of people and places. Earthship Media works with individuals, organizations, and mission-driven groups to create documentary films and short client-owned videos.
Please visit our services page for a breakdown of costs for commissioned project services that we offer for projects that align with Earthship Media's values and mission.​ Contact us to to work on your next project.