Current Affairs, Investigative and Feature Programming for Television

   Milena Schwager - President and Executive Producer

Milena Schwager is the owner of Media Silver, a television and video production company she founded to create programs of substance and timeliness for international audiences. She is an award-winning investigative journalist and a Board Member of the Arab Broadcast Forum. Milena started reporting from Russia during the fall of Communism for German and Russian TV networks. In 1987 she began reporting on political and economic changes in Eastern Europe, and the wars in Yugoslavia during the 1990s. While working as a news producer for USIA and CNN in Washington DC, on subjects like President Clinton's impeachment, women's trafficking and 9/11, she also continued filing stories on Yugoslavia, Afghanistan and other areas of military, economic and social conflicts.

In recent years, Milena and Media Silver have specialized in investigative reporting of social and political issues around the globe. Her long list of accomplishments as a producer and director includes "Brides-By-Mail", "Russian Organized Crime" (USIA), "Tax Me If You Can" (PBS Frontline), "The Need For Speed", Channel4/ ARD (US Producer), "The American In Mexico"( PBS) and many others. Milena's recent director's work on the BBC's "Guinea Pig Kids" brought her international recognition.

Milena speaks four languages and has produced and directed in South America, the Middle East, the US, Russia and Europe.

Milena served on the board of the Washington Film and Video Council, and is an active member of Women in Film and Video. She is a member of the National Press Club.

Marilyn Beery is an award winning writer/producer with over 20 years experience in broadcast news, documentary and cable programming for Discovery Communications, ABC, CBS, FOX and PBS. Recent assignments have included Writer for “Pillars of Hope”,the story of the struggle for women’s rights in Kuwait; and Series Producer for  “The Real NCIS” (13 x 60 series, ID Channel, Discovery). 

She has done extensive coverage of criminal justice and medical topics, and in 2007-2009,  awards included two Silver Tellys, a Freddie, and Freddie & Regional Emmy nominations for programs on Robotic Surgery, Killer Bacteria, Early Onset Alzheimer’s disease, and Myositis.   Previous development for NGTV has included stories on the Aryan Brotherhood, lightening strike survivors and “killer bees”.  

John Greco is an award-winning news and documentary television producer. He has worked for Discovery Channel International, and spent six years at the Washington bureau of NBC, where his last assignment was with the news division’s Investigative Unit. He covered terrorism and the government’s campaigns against al-Qaeda and Iraq.

As a producer for Dateline NBC, John covered the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal, Robert Hanssen spy  investigation, the 9/11 terrorist and anthrax attacks, Washington-area sniper spree, and other major breaking stories. He has also produced segments for Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, the Today Show, and MSNBC.

John has shared the Emmy and other national journalism awards. He specializes in investigative and hidden-camera reporting. Before joining NBC, John worked for several documentary companies that produce for PBS. At Hedrick Smith Productions, he served as research director for a series on international economic competitiveness. Earlier in his career, John was active in print journalism.

John earned a master’s at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a undergraduate degree at Boston College and the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. He serves as a board member of the Fund for Peace, a Washington-based NGO.

James Mercé Edwards is an independent producer, and videographer with over twelve years in the field. His credits range from talk shows for national broadcasters, to web-based personality profiles for National Public Radio, to award-winning documentary shorts and exhibits in history, science and natural history for The National Park Service, The Library of Congress, The Oklahoma City Memorial, The Smithsonian Museums and others.

Mr. Edwards is fluent is Spanish and English and speaks a little Catalan on a good day. He has post-graduate studies in documentary, video, and multimedia production at American University and George Washington University and is a graduate of Occidental College (BA '89).

Andy Rodbell is a post-house designer, operational manager and award-winning video editor with over 25 years of studio production and online editing experience.

Among the many television honors Andy has earned are the Summit, Golden Eagle, Telly, Vision and International Monitor awards. His work includes PBS documentaries, America’s Most Wanted for Fox-TV, travel, history and animal promos for the Discovery Channel, Learning Channel and Animal Planet. His work also includes dozens TV commercials.

Rami Eljundi - Production Manager, UAE

Rami a Jordanian national, who was born in Egypt, is fluent in Arabic, English, Spanish and French. He is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and is Media Silver’s Production Manager. Rami holds a BA in Media and Journalism from University of Houston as well as another degree in Chemical Engineering and in Chemistry from the University of Texas in Austin. Rami’s first job as a journalist started in Houston, Texas. Throughout his career Rami worked and travelled to 45 countries as a reporter for a numerous UAE based English and Arab newspapers, regional TV and radio stations.