It was the first of its kind in that she sent the soldiers video cameras so they can shoot raw footage of their actual, on hand experiences in combat.

Earth Made of Glass aired on HBO in April 2011 and was nominated as Best Documentary by the Producers Guild of America.

[7] In 2007, she was a visiting fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University[8] with the Global Media Project in the Global Security Program and taught a senior seminar on documentary filmmaking and social change.

She has spoken at conferences and institutions including TED,[9] Nordic Media Festival, The Frontline Club, Harvard, Yale, Center For Irregular Warfare – Quantico and the Tribeca Cinema Film Series.

Scranton started her career in television covering sports events including the Tour de France, the Winter Olympics, and US Open Tennis and was also a special assignment reporter.