Our Mission

Voyageur Media Group, Inc, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the creation of public media about science, history, art and culture. Established in 1998, our production team has produced dozens of award-winning documentaries, books, artworks, companion websites and educational materials for millions of viewers, teachers and students.

“Capturing Life” (1839-1869)

“Capturing Life” (1839-1869) combines rare images, interviews and music for a compelling look at the first three decades of Greater Cincinnati’s remarkable photographic history. This one-hour documentary is the first episode in what is planned as a three-part series, The Big Picture: A History of Photography in Greater Cincinnati.

This program was made possible with support from: Ohio Humanities, The National Endowment for the Humanities, The Tommy and Sarah Anness Evans Family Fund, The Martha Garrison Anness Memorial Fund, Carl Stich and Amy Banister, Steve and Karen Maslowski, FotoFocus, America 250-Ohio and Voyageur Media Group, Inc.

Searching for the Great Hopewell Road

Voyageur has received two major updates related to Voyageurs first documentary project,  Searching for the Great Hopewell Road. This one-hour program was centered on the research of Dr Bradley Lepper, Curator of Archaeology, Ohio History Connection, into the possibility that the ancient Hopewell people built a set of parallel walls between its two major earthwork complexes in Newark and Chillicothe, Ohio.

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has inscribed Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks as Ohio’s first and the United States’ 25th addition to the World Heritage List on September 19, 2023. The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks, which include five locations managed by the National Park Service and three managed by the Ohio History Connection, were built by Native Americans between 1,600 and 2,000 years ago. They are complex masterpieces of landscape architecture and are exceptional among ancient monuments worldwide in their enormous scale, geometric precision and astronomical alignments. Collectively, these special and sacred places constitute Ohio’s first World Heritage Site. Voyageur salutes everyone who made this global designation possible. See the Ohio History Connection website for more information.

Dr. Lepper has also let us know that Jamie Davis, an archaeologist with the Ohio Department of Transportation, recently used LiDar technology to identified what may be five traces of the Greater Hopewell Road in Licking County just south of the Newark Airport. LiDAR or Light Detection and Ranging is an amazing technology that is being used by archaeologist to spot ancient cultural sites worldwide.

For more information and images of the wall sites visit 3D Archaeology, a Facebook site run by Jamie Davis. See his posting of July 30, 2023. See: https://www.facebook.com/3DArchaeology. You may also visit the Facebook site of Heartland Earthworks Conservancy for more information about how we can preserve our region’s ancient cultural treasures. See: https://www.facebook.com/HeartlandEarthworksConservancy.

Steve Maslowski Wins National Awards for Wildlife Photographer

Voyageur congratulates Steve Maslowski, Project Director, Producer and Editor, Wildlife Photographer: The Life of Karl Maslowski, for winning two Excellence in Craft awards from the Outdoor Writer’s Association of America . Steve Maslowski won: First Place in the TV/Video/Webcast; Outdoor Adventure Category; and Overall President’s Choice Award, during the OWAA’s national conference held in Gulf Shores, Alabama from September 9-11, 2023. Wildlife Photographer: The Life of Karl Maslowski has been seen by thousands of public television viewers, teachers and students since its release in May of 2022. Steve Maslowski has also presented screenings of the program to dozens of nature and education organizations in the Ohio River Valley region and across America over the past year. Tom Law, President, Voyageur Media Group, Inc, say’s, “Voyageur is proud that the remarkable talents of both Karl and Steve Maslowski of Cincinnati, Ohio are being recognized by one of the most respected nature organizations in America.”

Recent Releases

 

Wildlife Photographer: The Life of Karl Maslowski examines the remarkable career of a Cincinnati man who helped introduce Americans to the wonders of the natural world through his pioneering work as a wildlife photographer and filmmaker.

 

 

Creelsboro and the Cumberland: A Living History is a one-hour documentary that examines the rich culture heritage of a rural community along the Cumberland River in Russell County, Kentucky.

 

A Force for Nature: Lucy Braun is a one-hour documentary that explores the life and legacies of Dr. E. Lucy Braun (1889 – 1971), one of the foremost botanists and ecologist in American history.

 

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