Lisa Bair Miller
Producer and Editor

Award winning documentary producer, Lisa Bair Miller has been has a part of the NJN team for 24 years. She currently produces, writes and edits local/national documentaries & specials for NJN and serves as the Web Director for www.njn.net . Miller also manages the Preservation and Archive Project at NJN. She is also does voice-over’s for the stations promotional materials, membership drives and programs. Miller’s major works include Diagnosis Cancer, America Together New Jersey Voices, Seeking Solutions: V-Free New Jersey, Steamin’ Demon: A Rebirth.

Diagnosis Cancer a special town meeting and companion website, explored 30 years of cancer research. Diagnosis Cancer won the National Society of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi Award for Online Journalism. America Together, a one hour documentary looked at how NJ reacted from day one, with volunteerism, events, ceremonies, through art and thoughts towards the future. A statewide archive, collected through NJN was a strong visual part of the program. Seeking Solutions: V-free NJ, part of the PBS Democracy Project, highlighted successful anti-violence efforts in New Jersey schools and communities, won a National Gracie Allen Award (AWRT-American Women in Radio and Television) and the Grand Public Service Award from the Philadelphia Press Association.

Miller also produced, edited and wrote the documentary, Steamin’ Demon: A Rebirth about the USS Algol, a Liberty ship sunk for the Artificial Reef Program in NJ. Never before seen archival footage and crew interviews helped to give this story a more personal tone. Lisa, a PADI certified scuba diver, along with reef expert Bill Figley and EPA technical crew, visited the USS Algol in its new environment, 120 feet beneath the waves, videotaping the ships development into a thriving artificial reef. American Program Service (APS) distributed the Steamin’ Demon program in the USA and internationally.

Miller has won numerous awards including the National Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award, National Gracie Allen Award (AWRT), National Emmy Nomination, Mid-Atlantic Emmy, EEN (Eastern Educational Network), Philadelphia Press Association Award, Champion Tuck Award.

She currently lives in Newtown PA with her husband and daughter.