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Christina Aanestad

P.O. Box 784
Boonville , California,  95415

mschristinamarie@netzero.net

Available For : Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Tape Syncs, Print Reporting, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : Adobe Audition, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Minidisk Recorders, Recording Studio, 

Media Experience : Community Radio, Print Media, 

Bio : Christina Aanestad is a freelance radio/print journalist and show host based in Northern California. Her work has appeared on National Public Radio, The California Report, Free Speech Radio News, National Native News and Making Contact. She is also a collective member of Indybay (www.indybay.org), where she contributes to the North Coast Region. She currently writes freelance for the Anderson Valley Advertiser in Anderson Valley, CA.

Her reporting interests include natural resources and indigenous issues; she finds they are often inextricably linked. Christina also enjoys covering obscure topics and counter culture. Her radio skills include long form interviews, breaking news, feature and long form feature reporting. She also enjoys investigative reporting and does not shy from controversial topics. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, exercising her 1st and 2nd amendments, and reading subversive literature.

Notes : Investigative Reporters and Editors member since 2007.
Society of Professional Journalists member since 2007.

Dorothy Abbott

P.O. Box 242048
Memphis , Tennessee,  38124

Beverley Abel

106 Colburn Point
Chapel Hill , North Carolina,  27516

919-929-4476 (Office)
919-259-2992 (Cel)
beverley.abel@gmail.com

Bio : Beverley spent a decade producing documentaries for British TV (Channel 4, Central, BBC, etc.) After moving to the States, she joined WUNC in Chapel Hill where she spent 12 years in a variety of roles including local host of All Things Considered and other daily programming. As a producer, she helped launch WUNC\'s first daily talk show, The State of Things. She is now the producer of The World Vision Report,a weekly show about poverty and injustice in the developing world. She has taught communication skills at the University of North Carolina, and she does corporate and educational voice over work .

Eve Abrams

New Orleans , Louisiana,  70117

eveabrams@yahoo.com

Jad Abumrad
WNYC Radio
108 South Elliot Place
Brooklyn , New York,  11217

212 669 2723 (Home)
jabumrad@wnyc.org
http://www.radiolab.org

Ben Adair

Los Angeles , California,  90065

http://www.natsnd.org/

Bio : journeyman

Molly Adams
Vocalo.org
3001 W. Leland Ave.
Chicago , Illinois,  60625

207-776-1336 (Cel)
mollyelena@gmail.com
http://toasterwaffles.tumblr.com

Available For : Acting, Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Consulting, Interviewing, Mentoring, News Reporting, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Minidisk Recorders, Pro Tools, Recording Studio, 
Sony Vegas, Reaper

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, Print Media, On-air talent, Podcasting, 

Bio : Host and Curator of YouthCast from Generation PRX, present
On-Air talent at Vocalo.org, 89.5 Chesterton, in Chicago IL, present
Reporter and DJ at KRCC 91.5, NPR affiliate in Colorado Springs, CO, 2005 - 2008
Intern at the Third Coast International Audio Festival at WBEZ 91.5, in Chicago, IL, 2007
Member and producer of Blunt Youth Radio in Portland, ME, 2001 - 2004, 2008

Mario Aguilar

144 Highland Ave
San Francisco , California,  94110

202-491-9680 (Cel)
mariojoze@gmail.com

Available For : Documentary production, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Non-English Languages, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Print Reporting, Public Radio, 

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, 

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, Print Media, Multimedia production, Podcasting, Social media strategy, 

Bio : Print and radio journalist, podcasting pro. Interested in music, technology, science, and environment.

Stan Alcorn

Brooklyn , New York,  11215

stan.alcorn@gmail.com
http://stanalcorn.com

Available For : Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Consulting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, Mentoring, Music programming, Music recording, News Reporting, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Print Reporting, Public Radio, 

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Pro Tools, Specialized mics, Final Cut Pro, Soundslides, 

Media Experience : Radio Documentary, Print Media, Multimedia production, Podcasting, 

Bio : Stan Alcorn is the multimedia editor for the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia Journalism School. He does journalism and documentary work across media, directing and editing documentary films, recording and editing radio, and writing and editing text articles.

Caitlin Allen

Portland , Maine,  04102
United States
caitlinmarieallen@gmail.com

Available For : Acting, Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, Music programming, News Reporting, Promotion and Marketing, Tape Syncs, Public Radio, 

Media Experience : Radio Documentary, Print Media, Multimedia production, Slideshow production, 

Ginna Allison

910 Santa Fe Avenue
Albany , California,  94706

http://www.wormlips.com

Jay Allison
Jay Allison Productions/Atlantic Public Media
50 Hilton Ave.
Woods Hole , Massachusetts,  02543

http://www.jayallison.com

Bio : Public Radio Lifer.

Rupert Allman
BBC
BBC Radio 4,  London , United Kingdom,  W12 7RJ
England
7801613690 (Cel)
7912583909 (Cel)
rupert.allman@bbc.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4

Available For : Consulting, News Reporting, Public Radio, 

Media Experience : International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Television, 

Bio : BBC Radio - Executive Producer
Americana - based in London & Washington DC

Jessica Alpert

Boston , Massachusetts,  02143

jessicaalpert@yahoo.com
http://www.jessicaalpert.com

Available For : Arts reporting, Documentary production, Field Recording, Grant Writing, Interviewing, Non-English Languages, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Print Reporting, 
Oral History

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Minidisk Recorders, Pro Tools, 

Media Experience : International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Print Media, 
Community Oral History

Bio : I am currently based in the Boston area.

My recent academic and creative projects surround the historiography, assimilation patterns, and local treatment of Central American religious minorities, specifically Jews and Mormons. A dedicated oral historian, I collected testimonies from the 60-family Jewish community in El Salvador as a Fulbright Scholar in 2005-2006.

After graduating from Barnard College in 2003, I moved to Washington, DC. During these two years I worked for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, where I studied the trafficking of women and children for sexual purposes in the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Brazil. I received my M.A. in History with a concentration in Latin American and Jewish History from Indiana University in 2008. The same spring, I completed the radio program at the Salt Institute in Portland, Maine.

My work and projects have appeared in Bust, Barnard Magazine, The Washington Post, Proteus, Wonkette, and Public Radio International. I have also published two short stories in Taking Root: Latin American Jewish Women Writers and To Mend the World: Women Reflect on 9/11 (both edited by Marjorie Agosín).

Notes : See Blog at: www.storylistener.blogspot.com

Robin Amer
Chicago Public Media
848 E. Grand Ave.
Chicago , Illinois,  60611

312 893 2974 (Office)
www.robinamer.com

Available For : Documentary production, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Public Radio, 

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Pro Tools, Specialized mics, Final Cut Pro, 
Vegas (Video, audio slide shows)

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Print Media, Multimedia production, On-air talent, Podcasting, Slideshow production, Social media strategy, 

Bio : Robin Amer is a documentary maker based in Chicago. Much of her work, including the hour-long radio documentary Reconstructing Providence, deals with the complex lives of post-industrial cities. Prior to her current gig as a producer for Chicago Public Media, Robin was a Host/Producer for the radio station and web community Vocalo.org, a producer for the public radio show Open Source, and an artist-in-residence at AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude from Brown University with a degree in Art Semiotics.

Roxanne R Amico
Earthstream Creative Projects, Inc
PO Box 52
Buffalo , New York,  14213

ra@spiritmorphstudio.com
http://www.spiritmorphstudio.com

Available For : Voiceover, 
V-over, commentary, f-recording, interviewing, public radio,all general networking w/others

Media Experience : Audio Art, 
audio art, community radio, radio docs, commercial radio, public radio commentaries, interviewing

Bio : Blog: www.myspace.com/radioroxanne
More Info: www.wibbuffalo.org


--Host... writer... engineer... editor...: of independently produced monthly radio show, "Radio Roxanne"; can be heard streaming with more info about dates and topics at website: www.spiritmorphstudio.com
[ "Radio Roxanne--Where radio Rox the planet with conversations from the streets of Buffalo and beyond, mapping the intersection of work and life, arts and politics, people and the planet!" ]

All previous shows are currently archived at www.spiritmorphstudio.com

Bio: I am a freelance writer and visual artist; have had essays, articles, commentaries and stories published locally and elsewhere since 1999; written, in the past five years, six radio commentaries on local NPR affiliate; have much public speaking experience as I have been an activist for peace and justice, and a community organizer for over twenty years; had numerous exhibits of my visual art, which is work that explores in a visual language the ideas, passions, and visions for which I work in the other areas of my life. Currently have collage-paintings exhibited through some time in early, 2007: http://www.spiritmorphstudio.com/bacchus2006.htm

Available for: Audio Editing, using Peak Software for editing and mixing, on Mac Book Pro. I work audio editing in Apple, but I am biligual: Use PC AND MAC!! Also available for assistance with conferences/workshops as a trade for participation in conference/workshop; voice-overs; travel assistance for trade of travel expenses, collaboration, interviewing, free-lance stories, narration, sound-art.

Equipment/Studio:
Equipment: I have a Marantz 670 recorder, 2 Sennheiser 835 mics, and a Circuitworks Mictel phone interface, which records quite nicely.
Studio: Mac-Book Pro with Peak Audio Edit & Mixing System.

David Anderson

5800 Bay Shore Rd,  Sarasota , Florida,  34243

http://thelistenmission.com

Available For : Documentary production, Interviewing, Sound Editing and Mixing, 

Equipement/Studio : Adobe Audition, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Soundslides, 

Media Experience : Web Design, Print Media, Multimedia production, Slideshow production, 

Bio : My biggest strength is writing, but in the past five years I\'ve found a passion for turning the audio from interviews into stories for the internet. I completed two projects with the title \"The Listen Mission,\" which can be found at www.thelistenmission.com. I am fascinated by the audio slideshow format and completed a senior thesis at New College, documenting the stories of a Quaker summer camp in audio format.

Notes : Just getting started, but so excited!

Claes Andreasson

700 Brent Ave.
South Pasadena , California,  91030

626-403-5637 (Office)
claes@swedishpublicradio.com
www.swedishpublicradio.com

Available For : Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Non-English Languages, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Public Radio, 

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Specialized mics, 
Sound Devices 788T and 722, and field mixer 442. Variety of microphones; Neuman, Schoeps, wireless

Media Experience : International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Radio Drama, Television, Print Media, On-air talent, Podcasting, 

Bio : Claes Andreasson has worked in public broadcasting since 1979, mainly at and for Swedish National Public Radio with two years as morning host at Swedish Public Television. For a total of eighteen years he has been based in California, producing news, news feature and documentaries for Swedish NPR and for shows on American public radio and various local stations. Also a member of Public Radio Exchange, Society of Professional Journalists and the Los Angeles Press Club and has received three LAPC awards for international reporting and documentaries.

Tina Antolini
State of the Re:Union
Brooklyn , New York,  11216

tina@stateofthereunion.com
http://www.stateofthereunion.com

Available For : Arts reporting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, News Reporting, Tape Syncs, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : Adobe Audition, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Minidisk Recorders, Pro Tools, 

Media Experience : Commercial Radio, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, 

Bio : Tina Antolini is a producer at the new national public radio program State of the Re:Union. Previously, she spent several years as a reporter, producer and host at WFCR, the NPR-affiliate for Western New England. During her time at WFCR, Antolini helped create, produce and host a new half-hour regional news program, Focus: Western New England, as well as serving as the local host of NPR’s All Things Considered. Her radio stories have won numerous awards, including a 2009 Gracie Award from American Women in Radio and Television for her series examining the transgender community in western Massachusetts. Antolini received her B.A. in Ethnomusicology and American Studies from Hampshire College, and is also a graduate of the radio program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She served as associate producer for the nationally-distributed science and nature program Pulse of the Planet, and has produced and hosted music programs for several commercial radio stations in her home state of Maine. Her radio stories have aired on the documentary program Soundprint, NPR\'s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Day to Day, PRI\'s The World, and Here and Now, as well as on public radio stations across the country.

Amanda Aronczyk

Brooklyn , New York,  11218

646-388-2993 (Cel)

Available For : Arts reporting, Documentary production, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Public Radio, 

Equipement/Studio : DAT Recorders, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Pro Tools, Specialized mics, 

Media Experience : Audio Art, Radio Documentary, Web Design, 

Bio : Former interim senior producer at Radio Lab, reporter/editor at Weekend America, and producer at The Next Big Thing. Stories have appeared on On the Media, Marketplace, Studio 360, WNYC. Podcast producing for Slate, The New Yorker and Nextbook.

Avishay Artsy
New Hampshire Public Radio
Concord , New Hampshire,  03301
USA
603-223-2429 (Office)
avishayartsy@gmail.com
http://www.wordofmouthradio.org

Available For : Arts reporting, Consulting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, Mentoring, Music programming, News Reporting, Non-English Languages, Post production, Promotion and Marketing, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Print Reporting, Public Radio, Voiceover, Program development, 

Equipement/Studio : Adobe Audition, Cassette Recorder, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Minidisk Recorders, Recording Studio, Specialized mics, Final Cut Pro, Soundslides, 

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Web Design, Print Media, Multimedia production, Podcasting, Slideshow production, Social media strategy, 

Bio : Avishay Artsy got his start in journalism as a crusading reporter for his high school newspaper in Nashua, NH, reporting on the battle of the bands and teacher contract negotiations. His wildly varied career thus far includes stints as a sailing center newsletter editor, co-founder of a biweekly newspaper at Boston University, an internship at The Daily Graphic in Accra, Ghana, and Congressional correspondent for New Hampshire\'s oldest newspaper, The Keene Sentinel.

Avishay got his start in radio at WPFW-Pacifica Radio in Washington, D.C., where he covered local politics and helped produce the weekly shows MetroWatch and Voices With Vision. He went on to report and produce news for Paris Live Radio in Paris, France, and as a southern regional news correspondent for NHPR.

Just prior to his arrival at Word of Mouth, Avishay reported and produced news for NET Radio in Nebraska, served as the Omaha World-Herald’s online news editor, and was an editorial contributor for The Reader, Omaha\'s alt-weekly paper. His freelance pieces have aired on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Marketplace, Weekend America, and Only a Game among others. He is also an accomplished bread baker and is NRA-certified in basic pistol marksmanship.

Jenny Asarnow
Independent Producer
1132 34th Ave
Seattle , Washington,  98122

(206) 324-3127 (Home)

Available For : French to English transcription or translation.

Bio : Jenny Asarnow is an independent based at KUOW Public Radio in Seattle, where she does everything from reporting news, to producing news talk shows, to hosting arts and lecture programs. She is currently working on a series of documentaries about public spaces in Seattle. Her reporting and sound art has been featured on KUOW, Chicago Public Radio, NPR.org, the Atlantic Online and WFMU. She got her start at Brown Student Radio in Providence, Rhode Island. She has travelled in every continent except Asia and Antartica.

Jenny Attiyeh
ThoughtCast
Boston , Massachusetts,  02114

jenattiyeh@gmail.com
www.thoughtcast.org

Available For : Commentary/editorials, Environmental Reporting, Interviewing, News Reporting, Multimedia, Print Reporting, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : DAT Recorders, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, 

Media Experience : International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Television, Print Media, 

Bio : Hi! I\'m Jenny Attiyeh, and I began my career in 1987 in London as a freelance reporter on the arts for the BBC World Service Radio. Specifically, I did stories for two of their programs: Meridian, and Arts and Africa.

After my work permit ran out, I returned to Los Angeles, my home city, and continued as an arts reporter for KCRW. While there, I reported and produced an award-winning documentary on Japanese-American internment during World War II. Shortly after, I was accepted to a National Public Radio residency, which brought me to Washington and to WBUR in Boston to report stories for NPR’s Performance Today.

I later attended the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. After that, I remained in New York City for 9 years, during which time I worked primarily as a reporter on public television and radio. I hosted and produced a weekly arts and culture segment for WNYC TV, a PBS station, until it went out of business (thanks to then Mayor Giuliani, who sold the station). Before the lights went out, I managed to produce a mini-documentary on the making of a Philip Glass opera, based on Jean Cocteau\'s “Les Enfants Terribles.”

I worked next as a correspondent for a nationally televised PBS program called “Freedom Speaks,” which focused on the media until it, too, was taken off the air. (I detect a pattern here…) In between gigs, I worked as a freelance reporter for WBAI and WNYC radio, covering local politics and the arts.

I then moved to Maine, where I lived by the harbor in Kittery, and worked as a reporter for New Hampshire Public Television. There, I covered the New Hampshire presidential primary season, and interviewed the major presidential candidates. I also participated as a panelist in nationally televised presidential debates, hosted by Peter Jennings and Tim Russert.

Following the conclusion of the New Hampshire primary season, I moved to Boston, where I initially did freelance writing on academia, the 2004 presidential campaign and the single life, among other subjects. From this base, I launched ThoughtCast.

Notes : ThoughtCast (www.thoughtcast.org) is a podcast and public radio interview program with authors, academics and intellectuals. Its purpose is to serve as a bridge between the publications and pursuits of the intellectual world and a curious, informed, mainstream audience.

By providing detailed, unhurried and personal conversation with current writers and thinkers, ThoughtCast aims to be both engaging and informative -- a hybrid that is (in my view) shockingly absent from most of American media today -- but happily NOT from AIR members!