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The first Portal — a gold shipping container standing among trees in Washington DC

PBS documentary · 26 minutes · 2020

Passion Projects: The Portal

The story of an experiment in bringing strangers around the world face-to-face—and what happened when they entered the room.

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The Washington Post — We listened to people in highly policed communities

CNN — The Portals Project: This gold box is 'better than Facebook'

The Washington Post — An American in D.C. A refugee in Iraq. And a powerful exhibit that let them talk face-to-face.

Al Jazeera — Is interactivity the future of refugee fundraising?

The Washington Post — Portal on U-Md. campus connects Americans to strangers worldwide

PBS Newshour — Strangers step inside this portal to make global connections

ABC News — Thinking Inside the Box: DC Art Portal Lets People Meet Strangers Around the World

The Washington Post — At Woodrow Wilson Plaza, a Portal to connect with faraway strangers

The New York Times — The Iran Nuclear Talks, and a Matter of Trust

NPR — Art Installation Opens Passage To A Different World

CNN — A Portal to Iran

The New York Times — A New Exhibition Offers a Virtual Link to Tehran

NPR — Blogger Researches 'How the World Sees America'