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Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Successfully implemented a podcast growth plan that regularly increased listenership for the Smithsonian’s flagship podcast by 6-8 percent each season. Coordinated partnerships with external podcasts, including 99PI and Hidden Brain. Actively led narrative non-fiction podcast episodes through several stages of editing and production, including scripting, rough cuts, and fine cuts. Fact-checking scripts for accuracy.Providing guidance for studio, internal and/or external shoots and crew.Making selects on footage and audio (in conjunction with editor).Researching video, stills, music, sound effects. Submitting rough cut, fine cut and pix lock to meet deadlines.Incorporating editorial script suggestions.

Supervised production on a six-episode limited historical series about John Quincy Adams.Coordinated marketing and promotional efforts that resulted in 30,000 listeners per episode. Successfully managed a team of four, including organizing production calendars and schedules.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Successfully led a national election-focused reporting collaboration with six regional NPR member-stations. Contributed human-focused, sound-rich, long-form narrative audio stories that creatively utilized field audio, reporting, interviews and archive tape. Effectively utilized data to identify underrepresented communities and electorally significant trends as a method for structuring editorial content and field reporting trips. Achieved measurable success identifying unique audiences and developing messages specifically for these groups. Effectively worked with and communicated to executive leadership across six large public radio organizations.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Oversaw the development, production and growth of several national podcasts, including iHeartMedia’s hit true-crime podcast Hell and Gone. Contributed in-depth independent reporting to WUNC, NPR, American Public Media, Duke University’s Ways & Means and Public Radio International; specializing in healthcare and environmental justice.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Creatively edit, mix and correct sound for entire seasons of roughly six 45-minute episodes.

Greater Atlanta Area

Played a key role in the structure and launch of the podcast. Researched case files and identified interview subjects through cold calls and investigative reporting. Lead sound recorder and producer.

Greater Boston Area

Managed audio production for several episodes of The MidPod.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Edited breaking news copy for national broadcast under strict deadlines. Wrote engaging news stories for millions of listeners with precision and clarity.

Dover, Delaware Area

Anchored live radio newscasts and hosted afternoon broadcast of All Things Considered. Executed editorial decisions for news content and edited reporter copy under tight timeframes. Filed daily news packages and reported in-depth features for local and national broadcasts

Sacramento, California Area

Managed a team of associate producers and interns to produce a daily interview show. Exercised effective news judgment to plan show’s short- and long-term editorial direction. Pre-interviewed guests, wrote scripts and promos, edited audio, directed live show and oversaw community broadcasts with a live audience. Worked closely with host to shape sound and tone of show. Effectively utilized community engagement to identify people and regions underrepresented in news coverage.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Producing For Film, Television And Video., 4.0

Bachelor'S Degree, Government-Journalism

Political Science And Government