News

Current:

A documentary for The Children’s Home Society of New Jersey to be used for their fund-raising efforts. CHS's mission: "Saving children's lives and building healthy families since 1894."

Finishing touches on "Keeping Learning on Track" video programs for the Educational Testing Service. The programs include an Overview shot at 4 schools in 3 states, and 5 segments explaining the research underlying KLT and its powerful impact on student learning.

An update of "Before You Enlist!," an educational video for young adults on military recruiting methods and the realistic consequences of enlistment. In partnership with the American Friends Service Committee. The current version has been viewed on YouTube and elsewhere over 200,000 times.

Principal photography nearing completion on a story about a project of the Mural Arts Program of Philadelphia that partnered cops and kids to jointly create a mural for the 17th Precinct police station in South Philadelphia.

Recent productions & news:

The US Environmental Protection Agency partnered with Rutgers University to award Telequest the contract to produce a triad of video programs on environmental health in the home — (DUST – PESTS – MOLD). They are distributed nationally.

Telequest continues to produce interactive, online presentations for the Educational Testing Service on a broad array of its efforts, including Flash "tours" of TOEIC, EPV, MAPP and the iSkills Assessment.

Telequest is producing a series of concert programs for German Television recorded in Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. These include The Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie and The Bach-Collegium Stuttgart. Mark Laycock, Conductor.

Our first PBS production was a history of the Roebling Steel works – from the making of the Brooklyn Bridge to its shutdown. 35 years later, in 2008, we created the video program for the Roebling Museum in Roebling NJ.

We produced a documentary for People and Stories which is a reading and discussion program that creates unique access to literature for adults and young adults who have had limited opportunities to experience the power of literature.

Isles is an award-winning nonprofit community development and environmental organization that fosters more self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities. Telequest continues to produce programs that documents their work. Be the Change, Spirit Walk, Healthy Homes, Urban Gardens are a few of the recent programs.

We produced and staged a memorial service for Peter Benchley that included a video retrospective of his life and work.

Archives:

The Harvard Study of Undergraduate Writing is the subject of a new documentary produced by Telequest for Harvard University.

A new version of the online training program Eradicating Sexual Harassment is now complete. The 3-hour course is hosted by Rutgers University.

Portions of Telequest's ongoing documentary about Janet Lasley, owner of a construction company who was diagnosed with terminal cancer, were featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show on December 17th, 2001.

The State of New Jersey placed its second order for Eradicating Sexual Harassment, a training program developed with Corporate Matters Ltd.

A television and radio advertising campaign produced by Telequest has garnered a strong response. Created for the Marcus Group and BFI, "Garbage In, Garbage Out" promotes efforts to reduce the number of trucks transporting refuse from New York City to out-of-state landfills. The original program won the Videographer Award of Excellence.

The Princeton Public Library kicked off an $18 million building campaign with a fundraising film produced by Telequest.

The City of New York School System purchased the training program Respect, a production of the Telequest co-venture with Corporate Matters. New York's is the third major school system to use the program, which is designed to help middle-school students understand issues surrounding conflict resolution and sexual harassment. A high school version is now being tested.

Bridges to Safety, a fundraising video produced by Telequest for the woman's shelter Womanspace, was featured at a fundraising event at the College of New Jersey.