Fifty years in front of — and behind — the camera. The series, the documentaries, and the story he’s still finishing, all through Doug Kriegel Productions, Inc.
Creator, host, and executive producer. Premiered January 16, 2014 on PBS SoCal: an economist with a camera, explaining how money really moves through Southern California — jobs programs, supermarket wars, hot real-estate neighborhoods, homelessness services. Produced with Scott Goldrich. Emmy-nominated in 2015 and 2017 (Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards).
Streams on PBS SoCalFor the Dodgers’ own cable network, a series of stories on Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers history — filmed from a month inside the team’s archives. It ends, the way it had to, with an Old Timers Day interview with Roger Craig, fifty years after a teenage vendor’s big mouth nearly ended differently.
The book’s home turfHis current film: how Americans who worked a lifetime get separated from their savings — and what stops it. It grows straight out of ten years as KNBC’s Money Editor, watching every scam in the book come through the mailbag. In production now.
Doug Kriegel Productions, Inc.A 30-minute KPFK radio documentary, California vs. Trump (2017); freelance reporting and short documentaries for Spectrum News 1; PBS SoCal’s Real Orange; and health reporting for the Encino Enterprise. The camera never really got put away.
2013 — presentWatch
Doug produced a series of Dodgers-history stories for the team’s cable network — filmed from a month inside the Dodgers’ own archives. They also travel with the book: each week’s installment on Substack carries its video story as a bonus link. The watch links live here as Doug sends them in.
The history pieces filmed inside the team’s archives — the Brooklyn years and the move west.
Watch link — arriving from DougFifty years after the chase, Doug interviews Roger Craig at Dodger Stadium — both men smiling this time.
Watch link — arriving from DougEach weekly installment’s bonus video link is gathered here as the book rolls out, one a week.
First link arrives with Installment 1For interviews and appearances: dougkriegel@gmail.com