Jamey Hastings

Jamey Hastings grew up in Colorado Springs, CO. She attended the National High School Institute in Radio, Television, Video, and Film at Northwestern University in 1999. She graduated with a B.A. in Mass Communications and Digital Media Studies from The University of Denver in 2004. Hastings spent time as a news photographer and editor before becoming a producer and director at Pikes Peak Library District. In 2012, she earned a Heartland Emmy for the short documentary, "Colorado Springs Beat: The News Photography of Stan Payne." In 2014, she was granted a Silver Telly along with Heather Jordan for the feature-length documentary, In Our Own Backyard: Reflections on the Waldo Canyon Fire. Her films "Dink" and "Ten Past Two" have screened in a number of small film festivals and conventions across the U.S.