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Santa Monica, California, United States

*Produced daily, live talk segments for “Press Play with Madeleine Brand”*Skillfully researched topics to prepare host for interviews*Taped and produced weekly music segment of in-depth interviews with artists and cultural critics*Practiced excellent sound mixing and sound design for variety of segments*Booked unique and diverse voices for broadcast through rigorous reporting *Organized live studio performances for musical guests

*Produced daily interviews for national economics radio show “Marketplace” with host Kai Ryssdal*Produced several interviews with high profile CEOs for the “Corner Office” podcast*Also produced and edited APM podcasts “The Uncertain Hour” and “This Is Uncomfortable”*Successfully produced interviews for broadcast in breaking news events*Wrote promotional copy heard on public radio stations across the country*Digitally produced economic stories for Marketplace’s website*Onboarded new staff

Culver City, Ca

RESPONSIBILITIES:*Assist Senior Supervising Editor with booking guests, researching stories, literature and interview preparation*Propose story ideas, sources and materials to reporters and editors*Trained to utilize NPR's Research and Archive Database (RAD)*Developing skills with NPR's Multi-Track Editor and NewsFlex systems*Attended workshops and trainings in broadcast writing, media ethics, Marantz recording gear and audio-engineering operations

Logan, Utah

In July 2013 I became a producer at Utah Public Radio, engineering and producing the morning talk program Access Utah. With time I became a vital producer for the station, managing all the sound and content of the daily talk show and special programming. ACHIEVEMENTS:* Implemented creative sourcing and booking strategies for impactful radio content* Organized daily broadcast schedule on deadline* Worked smart and responsibly on daily live broadcast* Contributed to host's research and interviewing* Produced outreach programming for listener involvement* Was awarded 2015 Student of the Year, USU College of Humanities and Social Sciences, for work with Utah Public RadioRESPONSIBILITIES:* Produce daily, live radio talk show Access Utah, producing all live and online content* Research stories, interview sources, writing interview questions, editing audio with adobe audition* Pitching fresh ideas for news gathering and storytelling * Produced StoryCorps interviews after mobile booth visits to Utah-2013 & 2015* Organize daily schedule of news programming* Assist with training and recruiting new interns each semester* Manage airing and editing of features, opinion pieces, pledge drive production and special programming* Engineering soundboard and live broadcast equipment daily* Collaboration with American Public Media and the Salt Lake Tribune on the Public Insight Network, to find citizen sources which provided great stories-2016* Workshopped with Public Radio producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, the Kitchen Sisters, initiating local oral history project-2016*Produced "Utah Works" series in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institute's "The Way We Worked" project-2017