Andres O'Hara Email & Phone Number

Senior Producer on The Sporkful podcast

Producer at The Sporkful

Pitch and produce segments on news, politics, and world affairs on a daily basis. Book and pre-interview guests, write scripts, and cut tape

Pitched, produced, cut, and mixed features and two-way interviews. Produced features on the author Bryan Washington and with Jelani Cobb who profiled the artist Fahamu Pecou.

Piloted a podcast for WNYC Studios, collaborating with Gothamist. Produced intros, interviews, and features. Wrote scripts, produced interviews, and cut lots of tape. Trained reporters to work with audio kits, advised them on the best ways to record phone calls. Coached Gothamist reporters and hosts on tracking in-studio podcast segments.

Worked with the production team to launch All of It with Alison Stewart. Produced a daily segment on arts and culture

Pitched, reported, and wrote 1-3 local news stories daily on politics, education, culture, food

Created and managed two weekend podcasts, and Book Club newsletter, partnering with Symphony Space and increasing subscribers by 600. Developed new talk show (Midday) with a rotating roster of guest hosts.

New York, NY

Produced daily segments on arts and culture, news, politics, history, and fiction for The Leonard Lopate Show. Produced multiple Food Fridays radio series, live events, and newsletter engagement projects, receiving press mentions in Edible Manhattan and Bon Appetit.

New York, NY

-Coordinate web materials for Studio 360 show page-Research background materials for potential guests at Studio 360 and write interview questions-Cut and mix audio for Studio 360 segments-Write questions and introductions for The Leonard Lopate show segments -Review incoming books for potential Lopate show guests

New York City

-Managed the transition from traditional to agile project management in JIRA by leading multiple daily meetings, creating training documents, and tracking feedback-Managed monthly project plan by leading teams in projecting tasks, reconciling deadlines, and logging work-Established and collected the set of metrics used to measure team progress to senior.

New York City

-JIRA Administrator, managing ticket prioritization and resolution-Manage project development between technology and operations teams-Produce system performance and project development reports-Lead first level IT ticketing support team

Washington D.C. Metro Area

-Created work performance database and generated client ready reports-Wrote and edited copy for company website -Created brochures and promotional material

Ithaca, New York Area

-Created data sets on US reform legislation, congressional interest groups, and US military interventions-Wrote weekly reports on the political systems of authoritarian world leaders-Wrote annotated bibliographies on subjects ranging from Chinese food in America to Russian Historiography -Managed electronic classroom sites of various professors

-Prepared lesson plans, led class discussions and writing workshops, and gave writing feedback for Creative Writing course at Auburn Correctional Facility-Graded papers and tests and facilitated class discussions in Introduction to International Relations course at Cayuga Correctional Facility

B.A., Government

Activities and Societies: 660 Stewart Ave Cooperative, Cornell Prison Education Program

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