Betsy Newman
Betsy Newman is a documentary filmmaker and web content developer at SCETV, where she has produced more than a dozen documentaries and two immersive interactive websites. Her films have been broadcast nationally and have won a Telly, a CINE Golden Eagle Award and a Southeast EMMY. For more than a decade she was Co-National Coordinator of the U.S. Office of the International Public Television Conference (INPUT). In 2016 she received the South Carolina Governor's Award in the Humanities. She has written numerous successful proposals to state humanities councils and has been awarded several grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including for Reconstruction 360 (www.reconstruction360.org) and Between the Waters: Hobcaw Barony Website Project (www.betweenthewaters.org).
Stories
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Remember My Name | Domestic Violence Project (2005) | ETV Classics
May 31, 2026At the time of the filming of Remember my Name in 2005, more than 50 per cent of all women experienced some form of violence from their spouses during marriage. In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes were committed by men against women. Domestic violence was the... -
Breaking the Cycle | Remember My Name - Domestic Violence Project (2005) | ETV Classics
May 27, 2026Why do women stay? In 92% of all domestic violence incidents, crimes are committed by men against women. Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 – 44. South Carolina ranks sixth per capita in the nation in the number of women killed... -
Lorie's Story | Remember My Name - Domestic Violence Project (2005) | ETV Classic
May 27, 2026On May 24, 1992, Lorie Hino pulled the trigger of a gun killing her husband after years of dealing with his abuse. This is her story, of what she had lost, and learned, told with grace and courage. Side Notes Domestic Hotline Support. We are here to serve all those impacted... -
Rhonda, Davetta, Marva | Remember My Name - Domestic Violence Project (2005) | ETV Classics
May 25, 2026In 2005, when the Remember My Name series was being produced, Host Beryl Dakers noted that nearly one third of all women in America report being raped or physically abused by their husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. Not everyone lives to tell their stories... -
ETV Forum | Remember My Name - Domestic Violence Project (2005) | ETV Classic
May 25, 2026This ETV Forum - Domestic Violence: The Community Responds was part of the Remember My Name - Domestic Violence Project (2005). Our host, Beryl Dakers delivered sobering statistics for domestic violence in South Carolina for the time and said that the slogan for the... -
The First Vote - Returning Voter | Reconstruction 360
August 14, 2023This man is one of the few African Americans who has already cast a ballot. In 1865, shortly before the end of the Civil War, a group of about a thousand Black men in Norfolk, Virginia formed the Colored Monitor Union Club. When a local election was held about a month later...
