Video Stories
Digital video, TV packages & documentary-style work
Taylor typically shoots with DSLR and mirrorless cameras, and she is experienced with several different video editing programs, including Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere. She's a 2015 graduate of the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) News Video Workshop.
TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 2.22.22
Forks fell short in sexual harassment investigation
This is the first story in the five-part investigation, “Predator on Guard,” which centered on a correction officer's sexual abuse of inmates at a small city jail in Forks, Washington. The series resulted in a new state law that increased the penalties for sexually abusive corrections officers.
This story highlights the city's failures in case of Kimberly Bender. Less than a year after our first story aired, the city of Forks agreed to pay $1 million to Bender’s family to settle a federal lawsuit. The plaintiff attorney in the case gave credit to KING’s investigation.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 4.12.22
Clallam Co. corrections officer kept job for decades despite violations
This is the second story in the five-part investigation, “Predator on Guard,” which centered on a correction's officer's sexual abuse of inmates at a small city jail in Forks, Washington.
The series, which resulted in a new state law, exposed how city and state institutions ignored red flags, protected the guard, and failed the vulnerable women he preyed upon.
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DIGITAL VIDEO | KING 5 FEATURE | 3.1.19
Uncuffed: Former Inmate, Cop Form Friendship After Rocky Start (9:09)
Officer Jenifer Eshom set out to teach a woman in prison how to live uncuffed. But the cop had her own lessons to learn.
This mini-documentary published online as part of a six-chapter multimedia narrative.
TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 11.22.23
Landfill employees concerned about arsenic exposure amid King County violations
A KING 5 investigation found that for a decade, the King County Solid Waste Division repeatedly discovered high levels of arsenic at the Cedar Hills landfill – violating state and local rules that exist to protect the environment and public health.
Multiple landfill employees accused their bosses of failing to adequately inform employees or protect them from the highly toxic chemical.
In response to KING 5's reporting, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries immediately opened a health and safety inspection, which led to citations.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 2.14.24
After years of pleas, clean air agency orders King County to test landfill air for arsenic
In a historic move, the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency is forcing King County to analyze airborne arsenic emissions at its biggest landfill, which has come under scrutiny for a years-long problem of too much arsenic –drawing attention from multiple regulatory agencies, concerns from landfill employees and neighbors.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 2.20.23
City of Tukwila, former officer took measures to cover up firing
This KING 5 investigation revealed how a former Tukwila police officer – once fired from the job for repeated use of excessive force – got a second chance to work as a cop in the small Thurston County city of Tenino. The reporting found he and his former employer made a deal to keep his troubled past a secret.
After the story broke, the city of Tenino launched an internal review and terminated the officer.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 6.21.24
Records show the University of Washington had a role in early development, design of OceanGate's Titan
The University of Washington, which last year denied involvement in the Titan submersible that imploded and killed five people on a deep-water plunge to the Titanic, had a role in the early stages of the vessel's development and its design, university records show.
A KING 5 review of hundreds of UW records reveals the school had a deeper relationship with OceanGate, the Everett company that manufactured the carbon-fiber sub, than it originally told the public in the wake of the Titan disaster.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 - NBC NEWS INVESTIGATION | 2.26.20
A Doctor Diagnosing Child Abuse Is Missing A Key Thing: Her Certification to Do It (6:16)
Dr. Elizabeth Woods' report of abuse helped separate a Washington mother from her children. But a judge said Woods' testimony was “without supporting factual basis.”
This is the first of two broadcast reports that aired as part of a joint KING 5 - NBC News investigation. Read the written version of this investigation here.
TV PACKAGE | KING 5 - NBC NEWS INVESTIGATION | 2.27.20
Parents Face Unfounded Child Abuse Charges After Doctor Without Credentials Implicates Them
A Tacoma doctor lacks important training in detecting child abuse. Law enforcement officials relied on her opinions to arrest parents and charge them with crimes.
This is the second of two broadcast reports that aired as part of a joint KING 5 - NBC News investigation. Read the written version of this investigation here.
TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 10.3.23
Officials at Echo Glen Children's Center were warned about an escape. Then, 7 teens still made it out
A KING 5 investigation found senior administrators at Echo Glen Children’s Center were warned of a possible escape in the days before seven teenagers with violent criminal backgrounds ambushed a staff member and escaped from the juvenile detention facility.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 11.13.18
Army Leaders Fail Sick Soldier Who Needed Help (6:33)
This is Part 1 of "No Thank You For Your Service," an on-going investigation into the mistreatment of service members who suffer from combat trauma.
Former staff sergeant Kord Ball went to war for this country and came back forever changed. KING 5's Taylor Mirfendereski reveals how the safeguards in place to protect the wounded soldier fell apart and left him broken again.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 11.20.18
Whistleblowers: Army Ignoring Advice Of Medical Experts (5:26)
This is Part 2 of "No Thank You For Your Service," an on-going investigation into the mistreatment of service members who suffer from combat trauma.
Health care professionals at Joint Base Lewis McChord's Madigan Army Medical Center reveal the safeguards in place to protect wounded soldiers from wrongful punishment are not effective. They say the Army has a pattern of ignoring its own medical experts and unfairly punishing local soldiers recovering from the mental stress of combat.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 INVESTIGATION | 8.5.19
Lacey soldier punished, kicked out for combat trauma
This is Part 3 of "No Thank You For Your Service," an on-going investigation into the mistreatment of service members who suffer from combat trauma.
Jeffrey Smith served three tours in Afghanistan, but in 2019, he found himself fighting a new battle: a fight to leave the Army with honor and veterans benefits, like long-term medical help.
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DIGITAL VIDEO | KING5.COM | 4.11.17
Flag-waving Veteran Saving Lives On The Overpass (1:54)
For nearly a decade, thousands have caught a glimpse of Fred Pepper waving an American flag during their morning commute on Interstate 405 in Renton, WA.
KING 5's Taylor Mirfendereski stopped to find out why.
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TV PACKAGE | KING 5 | 10.27.17
Unshackled: A Prostitute's Journey To Freedom
Jennifer Tucker was trapped in the sex industry — beaten, raped and manipulated by customers and pimps for years. But something stronger than chains held her captive.
This is the TV version of a long-form nine-chapter multimedia narrative about Tucker's journey to freedom.
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DIGITAL VIDEO | WCPO.COM | 11.27.2014
Mission Critical: A broken soldier's way home (13:54)
As our nation's longest war winds down in Afghanistan, thousands of military families can thank an elite group of U.S. Air Force medical providers for bringing their critically-wounded loved ones home alive. Those doctors, nurses and respiratory therapists were trained at the University of Cincinnati's Medical Center in a program largely modeled after the civilian hospital's life-saving methods.
WCPO's Taylor Mirfendereski followed the military medical workers from the Cincinnati classroom to Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield, where one team would be called on to save a man's life.