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Directory Last Updated September 9, 2010

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Susan O Leary
The Radio Ballads
Los Osos , California,  93402
USA
1-805-395-4590 (Office)
1-805-215-3573 (Cel)
http://www.radioballads.com

Available For : Documentary production, 

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, 

Media Experience : Commercial Radio, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Television, Web Design, Multimedia production, Podcasting, 

Bio : After many years producing computer animation and multimedia in the corporate world, Susan decided to start making documentaries under her own banner. With the belief that she can help others connect and be heard through telling their stories, Susan creates short video and audio pieces for tv and radio broadcast, Internet streaming and podcasting. She worked as a producer on Live from the Left Coast, an independent, San Francisco-based, progressive talk radio show that was hosted by Angie Coiro. She also produces audio documentaries about traditional music and community-based music initiatives at The Radio Ballads - www.radioballads.com.

Kara Oehler

443 E 6th St
New York City , New York,  10009

617 909 7782 (Cel)
karaoehler@gmail.com
www.mappingmainstreet.org

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

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, 

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Web Design, Print Media, Mobile media development, Multimedia production, On-air talent, Podcasting, Slideshow production, Social media strategy, 

Bio : Kara Oehler is a public media innovator, radio documentary producer and interactive designer. Her work over the past decade has focused upon pushing the boundaries of narrative journalism both on the air and across multiple platforms, combining investigative storytelling with participatory media, building new systems and opportunities for education and artistic practice, and consulting others on imagining new futures of public media.

Kara is the co-creator and director of Mapping Main Street, a collaborative documentary created with AIR\'s MQ2 initiative, NPR, the CPB and the Berkman Center at Harvard. She is executive director of Media And Place (MAP) Productions, a start-up nonprofit that aims to tell powerful stories, inspire democratic participation, strengthen the public domain and deepen the vitality of local communities through innovative technologies, database-driven documentaries and educational programs. Kara is also the co-director of the UnionDocs Collaborative, a Brooklyn-based laboratory for non-fiction media research and group production, and Capitol of Punk, an award-winning interactive documentary which is a part of Yellow Arrow, a seminal project in locative media and participatory storytelling. She is also a transmission artist with free103point9.

Since 1999, her public radio stories and public media projects have received George Foster Peabody, Edward R. Murrow, Associated Press, NFCB Golden Reel, PRNDI and Third Coast International Audio Festival awards and been exhibited at MoMA (New York), and the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts at Harvard, among other venues. Her radio stories, often created with longtime collaborator Ann Heppermann, have aired nationally and internationally on shows like NPR\'s Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, WNYC\'s RadioLab and Studio 360, Marketplace and the BBC. Kara\'s work has been featured in The Washington Post, Current, SPIN, The Brooklyn Rail, Very Short List, among others. She has taught courses and workshops on multimedia storytelling, writing for radio and non-narrated audio documentary at CUNY\'s Graduate School of Journalism, Duke\'s Center for Documentary Studies, Sarah Lawrence College and Universität Konstanz. Her work has been funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Association of Independents in Radio\'s MQ2 initiative, the Arizona Humanities Council, and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University.

Nannette Drake Oldenbourg

594 West Falmouth Hwy
Falmouth , Massachusetts,  02540-2116

508-548-5944 (Office)
noldenbourg@comcast.net

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, 

Media Experience : Community Radio, 
Public relations for non-profits, print reporting about AIR members and other storytellers

Bio : Voices she\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s brought to the air on the Cape and Islands NPR stations include an all-night grocery cashier enjoying music genres in the aisles; a fisherman identifying shellfish that live upside down in New Jersey; and historians who give a hot tips about easy bean cooking, a recipe for Gatorade\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s gingery 19th century predecessor, and background for playing marbles.

She compiled and edited AIRwares, a collection of work by 40 independent producers
http://www.airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=62

and Summer 2006 AIRspace about teaching and producing.
http://www.airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=152

She\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s also written articles about AIR members and their work including audio artist Joan Schuman and Joseph Orozco at KIDE, and Larry Berger in Pittsburgh.

Her other work has includes public relations for non-profit educational and medical organizations, college teaching and creative writing workshops. Her graduate work involved multimedia and linguistics.

Amy OLeary
The New York Times
Brooklyn , New York,  11237

(347) 581-5543 (Cel)
amyoleary@gmail.com
http://www.nytimes.com/multimedia/

Available For : Consulting, Interviewing, Mentoring, News Reporting, Multimedia, Print Reporting, 

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

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

Bio : Amy O\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Leary is a News Editor for NYTimes.com, having worked previously as a senior multimedia producer for The Times. In 2007, she produced & hosted \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"The Tristan Mysteries\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" a series for WNYC. Her work has also appeared on Radio Lab, On The Media, Weekend America, and This American Life. Recently, she traveled to Ladakh, India to teach radio journalism there. Amy also worked as a producer for This American Life and spent some time interning there and at Radio Lab. She studied radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Amy also consults for individuals and companies looking to improve their communications skills. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and the McSweeney\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s anthology, Created in Darkness by Troubled Americans. She has also co-authored a programming book, WAP Development with WML and WMLScript.

Kevin Oliver

535 Graham Ave., Apt. 3L
Brooklyn , New York,  11222

646-358-6194 (Cel)
mr.kevin.oliver@gmail.com

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

Equipement/Studio : Cassette Recorder, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Minidisk Recorders, Pro Tools, Specialized mics, 

Media Experience : Audio Art, Commercial Radio, Community Radio, International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Radio Drama, Television, Web Design, Print Media, 

Bio : Kevin Oliver is a producer, editor, and reporter based in Brooklyn, NY. He is a former Facilitator for StoryCorps, the national oral history project dedicated to recording the stories of everyday Americans. He was an intern and contributing producer at WNYC\\\\\\\'s Soundcheck. He holds a B.A. from Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts where he curated audio installations for the Skybridge Arts Space and worked on a committee to launch WNSR, The New School\\\\\\\'s first radio station. He has worked as a sound assistant for a wide range of video productions.

Lu Olkowski
n/a
446 Clinton St.
Brooklyn , New York,  11231

718-834-9137 (Office)

Available For : Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Documentary production, Field Recording, Interviewing, Promotion and Marketing, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

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

Media Experience : International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Television, 

Bio : Lu Olkowski is a writer and producer who regularly files pieces for Studio 360. Her work has appeared on All Things Considered, Day to Day, Radio Lab, This American Life and Weekend America. Additionally she\'s worked with Radio Rookies and On The Media. Lu studied radio at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine.

Notes : Lu has received honors for her radio work from the American Women in Radio & Television, New York Festivals, The Missouri Review and the Third Coast International Audio Festival.

Kathleen ONeil

Takoma Park , Maryland,  20912
USA
katmoneil@yahoo.com

Available For : Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Tape Syncs, Print Reporting, 

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

Media Experience : Radio Documentary, Print Media, 

Bio : I have a BA in Environmental Science and a MA in Journalism. My reporting has mainly focused on science and health topics on both coasts. I am now based in the Washington D.C. area.

Simone Orendain

1450 E. 55th Place, 918-S
Chicago , Illinois,  60637

simone.orendain.news@gmail.com

Bio : Public radio reporter/producer and host at NPR member stations in Chicago, Northern Illinois and Charlotte, NC since 2000. General assignment reporter with expertise in education, banking/business and religion reporting. Work has aired on NPR\'s Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Day to Day, American Public Media\'s Marketplace, CBC and the Environment Report. Starting in April 2010, independent radio producer/freelance journalist based in Manila, Philippines. Formerly a commercial radio news writer at WGN radio and special sections print freelancer both in Chicago. MA Public Affairs Journalism from Columbia College Chicago.

Joseph Orozco
KIDE-Hoopa
PO Box 1220
Hoopa , California,  95546

530-625-4245 (Office)
www.kidefm.org

Bio : KIDE-FM is the first Native American owned and the first solar power radio station in California. I was a founding board member. We signed on the air December 16, 1980 at 10am. I became the station manager in 1988.

I have served on the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Board of Directors and chaired the Board for three years. I am a founding Advisory Council member of the Native Public Media network. I am an Advisory Board member to the Koahnic production, UnderCurrents. All of my radio experience has been in Native Radio and so it shall remain.

I have produced long form documentaries about Native California issues and life. My finest work to date has been the co-production I did with my wife, Rhoby Cook on, Dying for Water, Indians, Politics and Dead Fish in the Klamath River Basin. A one hour documentary about the Fall of 2002 great fish kill. This show still brings tears to my eyes.

Marge Ostroushko

4007 Dupont Ave. N.
Minneapolis , Minnesota,  55412

612-529-2884 (Home)
mostroushko@visi.com