Red Envelope Fairy

Across the street from my apartment, Elaine Autwell delivers Freedom of Information Act requests to every department in the City of Evanston, a job which has earned her the title of the "Red Envelope Fairy."

2012 / Jonah Newman / TCF, USA

Across the street from my apartment, Elaine Autwell delivers Freedom of Information Act requests to every department in the City of Evanston, a job which has earned her the title of the "Red Envelope Fairy."

Red Envelope Fairy was produced by Jonah Newman for the 2012 ShortDocs Challenge.


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Jonah Newman

Jonah Newman is a senior in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.


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