Ashlie Stevens Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Louisville, Kentucky Area

After reporting and producing several successful, audience-favorite stories for “Curious Louisville” — a Hearken-powered community journalism project in which reporters would strike out in search of answers to specific listener questions — I was promoted to co-producer of the program. During my time in the role, we produced regular, engaging audio stories between 40 seconds and 15 minutes long, as well as special projects like “Curious Derby,” an evergreen collection of stories about the annual horse race, and a one-hour call-in special answering questions from listeners about the Jefferson County Public School system. Some of my personal favorite stories answer the following questions: Was the high-five really invented in Louisville? What happens to zoo animals when they die? What happens to retired race horses? And why are there so many fish fries in Louisville?

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Wrote, recorded, voiced and mixed daily radio stories and special audio projects — including two award-winning audio documentaries — about Louisville arts and culture. “Culture” was defined pretty broadly, which allowed me to define that part of my beat largely based on pure curiosity and a desire to find interesting, audio-rich stories, particularly when talking about media that sometimes feel inherently visual. This also enabled me to connect local stories to national audiences. During my time at Louisville Public Media, I was a regular contributor to national public radio programs including Here & Now, All Things Considered and Marketplace.

Louisville, Kentucky

Wrote feature stories about a James Beard award-winning chef navigating his first 90 days of sobriety, a clown making balloon animals for Jesus, and Kentucky’s own half-goat cryptid. I also had a recurring cocktail/horoscope column.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Wrote feature stories for publications including The Atlantic, National Geographic’s “The Plate,” Eater, Vice, The Bitter Southerner, NPR’s The Salt, Conde Nast’s OCTOBER, The Guardian and the Chicago Reader. Favorites include an in-depth profile of Deb Paquette, the godmother of Nashville’s culinary scene and the woman who taught me to segment a grapefruit; a pop culture survey of the prairie oyster hangover cure; an interview with Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy about craft beer; and a review of the food at the Ark Encounter, a creationist theme park in rural Kentucky.

Contributed at least two articles per week, focusing on cultural events in the city. I was nominated for my first journalism award — “Best Web Feature” from the Louisville SPJ chapter — for one of those stories, in which I asked a bunch of local chefs if I could photograph the inside of their refrigerators.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Communication And Media Studies

Activities and Societies: Lambda Pi Eta, Theta Epsilon Chapter

Master Of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) In Creative Writing, Nonfiction