WORK EXPERIENCE

Freelance Producer/Reporter (June 2000 – present)
Produced spot news, feature stories, and museum tours for local and national, and international broadcast. Cover a wide range of topics including technology, education, business, arts and the environment. Work closely with executive producers and editorial teams. For each news item/feature: conduct background research, gather tape, write scripts, edit, voice, and mix stories for on-air use. Programs include: KQED Radio News, The California Report, Pacific Time, Latino USA, and Antenna Audio.

Tellme Networks – Creative Services (June 2003 – December 2006)
Audio Producer:  Worked closely with project managers, UI designers, developers and QA engineers to produce top-quality voice activated phone systems used by millions of callers a day. Responsibilities included working with a design team to create a natural-sounding user interface, directing voice talent to match character specifications, recording, editing and delivering audio files using Pro-Tools and in-house audio management software, and tuning completed applications to sound seamless. Managed multiple projects in a fast-paced, high-tech environment. Clients included UPS, USAA, Merrill Lynch, and worldwide directory assistance.

National Public Radio – The Tavis Smiley Show (February 2003)
Fill-in Producer:  Pitched and produced show segments, wrote and edited scripts, booked guests, digitally edited interview segments, prepared stories/interviews for national network, participated in editorial staff meetings, and performed other duties as required.

Youth Radio (September 2001 – January 2003)
Producer/Educator:  Produced commentaries, public affairs programming, and feature-length pieces for local and national broadcast on commercial and public radio stations/programs including: Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace, KCBS, and KQED. Taught beginning and advanced radio broadcast classes to young people ages 14-18 and supervised interns ages 16-24. Training included: news and commentary writing, public affairs production, booking guests, feature reporting, gathering tape, script writing, voicing, editing, mixing, and post-production.

B-Side Radio (September 2001 – present)
Founding Producer/Host: Write, edit, and produce alternative 30-minute monthly radio program for KALX 90.7 FM and PRX. Focus on first-person narratives and untold stories from the Bay Area and beyond – from a day in the life of a meter maid to the wild parrots of San Francisco. Work with a team of producers/editors to conceive show themes, find and train reporters, and thoroughly edit all pieces to meet our high standards for writing, reporting and sound production.

Terrain Magazine (August 1999 – May 2001)
Editorial Manager:  Hired, trained and managed team of editorial assistants for Northern California environmental magazine. Assisted editor-in-chief with copyediting, researching, art/photo selection, correspondence, fact checking, administrative duties and some writing assignments.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Press Photographer (September 1998 – May 2001)
Provided press photographs and headshots for small production companies throughout the Bay Area. 

Photojournalist (Spring 1996 – Winter 1997)
Hartford Courant and La Nacion (Santiago, Chile)                                 
Photographed national news events, press conferences, sports, theater productions, protest demonstrations, and presidential inaugurations. Assisted in editing process working closely with head photography editor and staff photographers.

Photographic Safari – Kenya, Africa (Summer 1989)
Toured throughout Kenya photographing African villages, people and wildlife. Organized and presented slide show for High School students and teachers following trip.

EDUCATION

Graduate School of Journalism, University of California at Berkeley
Masters of Journalism, May 2001
Key coursework: Radio journalism, photojournalism, cultural reporting, magazine publishing, copyediting.
Thesis: The Redevelopment of Bayview Hunters Point – a half hour radio documentary on the environmental injustice faced by an African American community living in one of San Francisco’s most toxic neighborhoods.

Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
Bachelor of Arts, May 1997 
Major: Anthropology

Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Semester Study Abroad, Spring/Summer 1996
Focus of Study: Anthropology, Photojournalism

Voice Media, San Francisco, CA
Beginning and advanced voice over workshops including character building, narration, and acting for voiceover.

HONORS AND AWARDS

Winner: NFCB Silver Reel Award – B-side’s “Caught on Tape”
Winner: Peabody Award – Youth Radio
Winner: PRNDI Award for Student Soft Feature – Computers with Voices
Winner: North Gate Prize for Excellence in Radio Reporting
Winner: Red Sox Award For Doing the Impossible – Tellme Networks

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Digital audio production, Pro-Tools, basic video editing, MS Office, basic HTML, familiarity with AP Style, proficient Spanish. Travel, theater, photography, reading, music, hiking, rock climbing, baseball.