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Suzie Racho
KQED
The California Report, KQED-FM, 2601 Mariposa St.
San Francisco , California,  94110

415-553-2350 (Office)
http://www.californiareport.org

Steve Rathe
Murray Street Enterprise
New York , New York,  10007-2136

212-619-1475 (Office)

Belinda Rawlins
The Transmission Project
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston , Massachusetts,  02189

617-287-7371 (Office)
belinda@transmissionproject.org
http://transmissionproject.org

Available For : Consulting, Music programming, Public Radio, 

Media Experience : Commercial Radio, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Radio Drama, Television, Web Design, Multimedia production, On-air talent, Podcasting, Social media strategy, 

Macon Reed

Arlington , Virginia,  22204

804.363.7104 (Home)

Available For : Acting, Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, Mentoring, News Reporting, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Multimedia, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : Cassette Recorder, Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, Soundslides, 

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Multimedia production, Slideshow production, 

Bio : Macon Reed was the recipient of the Salt Scholarship at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Spring 2010, where she studied Radio Production. She
came to radio from an interdisciplinary arts background, receiving her BFA in Sculpture and Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. She also studied physical theater and voice at the DAH Theatre International School in Belgrade, Serbia in 2006. She is currently pursuing experience in international reporting, youth radio, and documenting under-represented communities.

Kelly Reid

705 E. Lane Street
Raleigh , North Carolina,  27601

http://mzkelly.blogspot.com

Available For : Arts reporting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, Music programming, Promotion and Marketing, Sound Editing and Mixing, Public Radio, Voiceover, 
learning

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

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, On-air talent, Social media strategy, 

Bio : I love radio, people and the art of communication that is both. My love for radio and audio comes from a college radio background at WKNC 88.1. I have a degree in creative writing with a minor in journalism from North Carolina State University and will soon be finishing a chemistry degree.

Pamela Renner

New York , New York,  10023

Bio : Bio: I have covered theater, books and performing arts in New York City for print media since early 1990s; freelance articles published in NY Times, Variety, American Theatre, Wall St. Journal, Village Voice, Saveur, Time Out New York. I cover Off Broadway theatre regularly for New Yorker\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Goings on About Town. Held fellowship in theater criticism from Jerome Foundation/ American Theatre magazine. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve contributed radio pieces to Weekend America and Latino USA about the performing arts. Some of my stories have aired on Studio 360. I live in Tbilisi, Georgia this year, on a Fulbright Fellowship in arts reporting.
Available For: Producing segments on theatre, arts and culture; health care and pharmaceutical industry; oral histories and immigration issues. Also do tape synchs.

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Sarah Reynolds

Brooklyn , New York,  11238
USA
334-467-0206 (Cel)
sarahpreynolds@me.com

Available For : Documentary production, Field Recording, Grant Writing, Interviewing, News Reporting, Non-English Languages, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Public Radio, Voiceover, 
transcribing/logging

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, Pro Tools, Recording Studio, Specialized mics, 
Sound Slides, Final Cut Pro

Media Experience : Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Print Media, 
Photography

Bio : Salt grad, fall 2007. Produced with Atlantic Public Media and Transom. Now freelances in Brooklyn, NY for NPR and other member stations. Previously worked with migrant farmworkers in the southeastern US.

Francesca Rheannon
Writers Voice, SeaChange Radio
11 Silver St.
South Hadley , Massachusetts,  01075
USA
rheannon05@gmail.com
http://www.writersvoice.net,

Available For : Commentary/editorials, Consulting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, News Reporting, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Print Reporting, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

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

Media Experience : Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Print Media, 

Bio : Francesca Rheannon is producer and host of the weekly radio show, Writer’s Voice, produced at 91.1 fm WMUA, airing on stations around the country and podcasting on the Web at www.writersvoice.net. She also is a contributing producer for Sea Change Radio at www.cchange.net and produces podcasts for clients, such as Techcast at UMass and Arc of Change for the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility. Rheannon is a writer, an independent radio producer and a broadcast journalist. In November 2006 she won the Nancy Dickerson Whitehead Award for Excellence in Reporting. Her freelance radio pieces have appeared on NPR and public and community radio stations around the country. Rheannon also reports on and writes about sustainable business and business ethics.

Lauren Rico

New York , New York,  11776
United States
radiorico@mac.com

Available For : Consulting, Documentary production, Interviewing, Music programming, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : FTP, ISDN etc, Pro Tools, Recording Studio, Specialized mics, 

Media Experience : Community Radio, Radio Documentary, 
Voiceover

Mark Ristich
Snap Judgment
San Francisco , California,  94103

http://snapjudgmentradio.org

Available For : Multimedia, 

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

Media Experience : Radio Drama, Television, Web Design, 

Bio : Detroit-NY-LA-SF

Rogi Riverstone
rriverstone works
P O Box 374
Belen , New Mexico,  87002
USA
http://rriverstone.com

Bio : I\'ve been volunteering at community radio stations since I ran away from home at 17, starting with KPFK (what a place to start!). Stations include: KCRW, KAZU, KUSP, KUNM. Worked the News Dept. and produced documentaries for KUNM for the past, 4 years.

Notes : Favorite Shows: My favorite shows are the ones where I can TASTE the producers\' hard work, commitment and investment in community buildiing. If I didn\'t learn something, if I wasn\'t challenged or moved, it wasn\'t my favorite.

Influences: A LOT of colleagues gave me tips, advice, skills, introductions, equipment, money, food, chewings out and even bandwidth in order for me to become a producer without a formal education. Volunteering in community radio and alternative media are my thing.

Melissa Robbins Allison

50 Hilton Ave
Woods Hole , Massachusetts,  02543

Bio : Melissa Robbins Allison has worked as an independent producer and as an associate producer with The Kitchen Sisters and Homelands Productions. She has reported and produced work for NPR, BBC World Service, Third Coast Festival, The Nature Conservancy and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Most recently, she worked at WNYC, as a producer with Radio Rookies.

Dmae Roberts
MediaRites
104 SE 57th Ave.
Portland , Oregon,  97215
United States
http://www.mediarites.org/

Available For : documentary production, mentoring, interviewing, voiceover, consulting

Equipement/Studio : flash recorder, MD, pro tools, stereo mics

Bio : Dmae Roberts, executive producer of MediaRites Productions and independent producer, playwright and actor has produced more than 400 features, audio arts pieces and documentaries. In 1990, she received the George Foster Peabody award for \\\"Mei Mei, A Daughter\\\'s Song.\\\" Other awards include the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism, two Clarion awards, four NFCB awards, two Asian American Journalists Association awards, two Heart of America awards, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists award and a Webby Worthy award for Stories1st.org. She has produced numerous specials and documentary series including Legacies: Tales From America, Legacies: Faith,Hope and Peace, The Breast Cancer Monologues and the The Story of Ing (Doc) Hay. She recently completed Crossing East, an eight-hour Asian American history series hosted by George Takei and Margaret Cho and carried on more than 210 PRI stations. Roberts is among 50 artists around the U.S. selected to be a USA Fellow.

Notes : Dmae Roberts
USA Rockefeller Fellow
and
Executive Producer of
MediaRites
and Peabody-award-winning
Crossing East

Winner of AAJA\'s Dr. Suzanne Ahn Award
for Civil Rights and Social Justice

http://www.mixedraceworld.org
http://dmaeroberts.com/
http://crossingeast.org/
ht tp://mediarites.org/
http://stories1st.org/

Lacy Roberts

Oakland , California,  94609

lacyjroberts@gmail.com

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

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

Media Experience : Audio Art, Radio Documentary, Podcasting, 

Devin Maverick Robins
LA Public Media Service, a project of Radio Bilingue
San Pedro , California,  90732

310-503-5754 (Cel)
devinrobins33@gmail.com
dmaverick1@hotmail.com

Available For : Documentary production, Field Recording, Mentoring, Music recording, News Reporting, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Multimedia, Public Radio, 

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

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

Bio : Professional Experience:

1/10 – current
Producer, LA Public Media Service, Los Angeles, CA
“Just Another Day in LA,” a Radio Bilingue project

-Member of a team launching an English language multimedia news service aimed at a young, ethnically diverse and underserved audience.
-Assist in conceptualizing new content delivery platforms, program design and focus.
-Produce multimedia and on-air news and feature stories for a new public broadcasting service currently in testing/piloting phase including an afternoon show.
-Book guests and write scripts for podcast pilots.
-Mix audio and edit video for blog pilot and website.
-Contribute content and write for show blog and other social media sites.

9/09 – 1/10
Managing Producer, KABC-AM Radio, Los Angeles, CA
“The Peter Tilden Morning Show,” a daily news & culture program

-Launched new four hour, live talk and call-in show.
-Managed staff of five producers.
-Coordinated daily lineup of stories as well as plan for future programs, interviews and series.
-Moderated daily editorial meetings to generate segment ideas and assigned stories to production staff.
-Initiated and planned coverage of breaking news and long-term stories.
-Mentored on-air talent, production staff and interns.

4/09 – current
Senior Producer, African American Public Radio, Washington, DC
“Up Front News with Tony Cox,” a daily news & opinion program

-Launched a live, one-hour African-American-oriented national talk show.
-Supervise preparation of on-air material.
-Key decision maker on shape and sound of program.
-Responsible for editorial content, integrity and production quality.
-Coordinate and assign stories to production staff.
-Coach host and recruit on-air contributors and talent.
-Write and edit on-air scripts.
-Pre-interview and book all experts and guests.

1/05 – 4/09
Show Producer, National Public Radio, Los Angeles, CA
“News & Notes,” a daily public affairs program

-Produced a live, one-hour multi-media show.
-Built the show’s multi-media platform which includes a daily e-newsletter, a YouTube channel and blog.
-Wrote copy for broadcast heard by millions of listeners.
-Trained freelance reporters and producers on NPR editorial standards and production values.
-Produced weekly “Africa Update” segment with a focus on political, cultural and economic stories.
-Found and cultivated stories for 2008 presidential election coverage.
-Field producer in New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina.
-Developed, researched and produced several NPR series on subjects ranging from criminal justice to mental health, addiction and hip hop.

12/02 – 1/05
Producer/Director, National Public Radio, Los Angeles, CA
“The Tavis Smiley Show,” a daily newsmagazine show

-Produced daily news and feature segments.
-Directed talent from studio and remote locations.
-Field produced stories, wrote and edited taped pieces.
-Developed storyline for live segments on topics ranging from race relations to politics to arts and entertainment.
-Coached talent, reporters and other on-air contributors.
-Produced and organized live remotes across the country.

7/97 – 12/02
Producer/Director, National Public Radio, Washington, DC
“Talk of the Nation,” a daily news call-in talk show

-Produced a live, two-hour call-in program.
-Wrote scripts and booked live guests.
-Directed live monthly remotes from around the country hosted by Juan Williams.
-Coordinated NPR’s live news coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and two presidential elections.
-Show liaison for NPR departments and divisions to help coordinate breaking news event coverage.
-Developed and supervised coverage of the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.

Education:
B.A. Communications, San Diego State University, 1997

Awards:

2010 Knight Digital Media Fellow, U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

2009 Urban Environmental Justice Fellow, Institute for Justice and Journalism, University of Southern California

2008 Ochberg Fellow, Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

2008 National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, Excellence in HIV/AIDS Coverage Award (team award)

2001 George Foster Peabody Award - member of the NPR News team recognized for excellence in coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Notes : I am fluent in all aspects of multimedia content production and skilled at editing in Dalet, Cool Edit, Audacity, Pro Tools and Final Cut Pro. I\'ve also been trained in video recording and editing at the Poynter Institute and the Knight Digital Media Center.

Benjamin K. Roe
WDAV
Box 8990
Davidson , North Carolina,  28035

704-894-2989 (Office)
877-333-8990 (Office)
704-894-2997 (Fax)
beroe@wdav.org
http://www.wdav.org

Available For : Arts reporting, Commentary/editorials, Consulting, 

Equipement/Studio : Recording Studio, 

Bio : Ben Roe• One of our nation’s leading strategists for music and public media
• Grammy- and Peabody-award winner
• 20 years at National Public Radio
• Moscow reporter for NPR
• National Medal of the Arts as producer for Performance Today

Benjamin K. Roe is General Manager of WDAV 89.9 Classical Public Radio, the listener-supported public radio service of Davidson College. Roe has more than 25 years of leadership in radio and public media. He is a 20-year veteran of National Public Radio, serving most recently as its Director of Music and Music Initiatives. In that job he developed the blueprint for NPRMusic.org, an online music portal for NPR and member public radio stations across the United States.

Prior to that, he served as NPR’s Senior Producer for Music and Special Projects, as a producer for NPR’s Performance Today, and as a reporter for NPR News in Moscow. In his 20 years at NPR, he created and produced a number of live broadcasts, studio recordings, special programs, and ongoing series for the network, including Creators at Carnegie, SymphonyCast, A King Celebration and Toast of the Nation.

Roe has received numerous honors for his work, including a Chairman’s Medal for Distinguished Service from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Grammy Award for Best Choral Recording, as well as Peabody, Gabriel, and ASCAP-Deems Taylor awards for his work as the senior producer of Performance Today. In 2000, he was a key member of the NPR Cultural Programming staff that was the first broadcast organization ever to receive a National Medal of the Arts.

Jeff Rogers
L.A . Theatre Works
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice , California,  90291

Beth Rogers
Independent
POB 213
Ferndale , California,  95536
USA
707 407-5355 (Home)

Skye Rohde

Los Angeles , California,  91423

(626) 622-2106 (Cel)
skyerohde@gmail.com
www.skyerohde.com

Available For : Arts reporting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Interviewing, Mentoring, News Reporting, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Print Reporting, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

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

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

Bio : I am a freelance reporter/producer living in Los Angeles. I have reported for Marketplace, National Public Radio, The California Report, The Environment Report and the Christian Science Monitor. I have also worked as a producer on public radio shows including Day to Day, Marketplace, News and Notes and Weekend America.

Before moving to California in 2005, I worked for two years as the feature reporter/producer at WRVO, where I did stories about the Syracuse, New York region.

I\'ve won numerous awards from the Syracuse Press Club and the Associated Press for my radio work, as well as a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Documentary.

Zak Rosen
State of the Re:Union
197 Monroe St.
Brooklyn , New York,  11216
USA
248-514-9543 (Cel)
248-514-9543 (Office)
muzachary@gmail.com
http://stateofthereunion.com/

Available For : Acting, Arts reporting, Documentary production, Environmental Reporting, Field Recording, Music programming, News Reporting, Post production, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

Equipement/Studio : Adobe Audition, 
Pro Tools, Samplitude, Cool Edit Pro, Garage Band,

Media Experience : Audio Art, Community Radio, Radio Documentary, 

Bio : I\'ve reported and/or produced stories for Studio 360, World Vision Report, The Splendid Table, Environment Report, Transom.org, and Re:Sound.

I\'m currently producing the new PRX/NPR show, State of the Re:Union.

I was formerly a staff producer/reporter at WDET, Detroit Public Radio.

Robert Rosenthal
Shunpike Audio
30 Spurwink Ave
Portland , Maine,  04106

207-615-1773 (Cel)
rob@shunpikeaudio.com

Available For : Arts reporting, Consulting, Documentary production, Field Recording, Grant Writing, Interviewing, Mentoring, Music programming, Sound Editing and Mixing, Tape Syncs, Multimedia, Public Radio, Voiceover, 

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

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

Bio : Rob is the Director of the Radio Program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies (salt.edu). When he\'s not teaching, Rob is a freelance radio producer. Most recently, Rob produced a radio and photo documentary on the eviction of forty-five black, white, and mixed race residents of Malaga Island, off the coast of Maine, in 1912. Malagaislandmaine.org. He also produces a podcast on radio storytelling -- the Saltcast at Saltcast.org. He is currently working on producing two audio slideshows for for-profit and non-profit clients in Maine.

Notes : Rob is available for a variety of radio, audio, and slideshow production jobs in New England including feature production, interviews, field recording, tape synchs, editing and mixing, mentoring, training, and much more.

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jesikah maria ross
Praxis Projects
704 M Street
Davis , California,  95616
USA
530-758-4219 (Office)
jmr@praxisprojects.net
http://www.savingthesierra.org

Available For : Documentary production, Field Recording, Tape Syncs, 

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

Media Experience : Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Television, 

Bio : jesikah maria ross is an award-winning media activist who has spent the past 15 years working with schools, non-governmental organizations, and social action groups to create participatory projects that generate community change. Her media arts background includes radio and film production, community media training, and digital storytelling. jesikah's work centers on advancing social and environmental justice. She is the sound recordist and former Community Development Coordinator for MAQUILAPOLIS (city of factories), a film by and for workers in Tijuana’s assembly factories that aired nationally on PBS in October, 2006. She is currently Project Co-Director of Saving The Sierra: Voices of Conservation In Action that documents efforts to conserve the culture, economy, and environment of California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range through public radio programs and community storytelling activities. jesikah teaches at UC Davis and consults with community media groups in Europe, Africa, and the United States.

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Steve Rowland
CultureWorks
6314 20th Ave NE
Seattle , Washington,  98115

215-840-0074 (Cel)
206-923-8360 (Office)
steve_rowland@mac.com
http://www.artistowned.com; www.wfmt.com/bernstein

Available For : Consulting, Grant Writing, Interviewing, Mentoring, 

Media Experience : Radio Documentary, 

Bio : independent producer since 1985
MBA, Columbia University
adjunct faculty of Columbia Univ Master\'s program in Oral History

currently producing \"Shakespeare Now\"


winner of 2 Peabody Awards

producer of:
Leonard Bernstein: An American Life, narrated by Susan Sarandon
Tell Me How Long Trane\'s Been Gone, narrated by Michael S. Harper
The Miles Davis Radio Project, narrated by Danny Glover
Frank Zappa: American Composer, narrated by Beverly D\'Angelo
George Clinton: Funk is its own Reward, narrated by Ishmael Reed
Patti LaBelle: Gospel into Soul, narrated by Whoopi Goldberg
Carlos Santana: Music for Life, narrated by Edward James Olmos
2 Weeks with The Neville Brothers, narrated by John Goodman
Hip Hop 101: On the Road with the Roots, narrated by Chuck D.

Nan Rubin
Community Media Services
4700 Broadway # 2J
New York , New York,  10040
USA
212-569-3391 (Home)
917-656-0886 (Cel)
nanrubin@gmail.com
http://www.nanrubin.com

Available For : Commentary/editorials, Consulting, Grant Writing, Mentoring, Public Radio, 
archiving, technology, policy analysis, planning

Equipement/Studio : Preservation and Archiving advice

Media Experience : Community Radio, International Reporting, Radio Documentary, Social media strategy, 
preservation, archiving, media policy, technology planning, station construction

Bio : NAN RUBIN has been strengthening and building infrastructure for community-based media for more than thirty years. Her business COMMUNITY MEDIA SERVICES has been providing organizational assistance and support to public television and radio stations, independent producers, media service organizations, social justice groups and foundations since 1985. Her specialties include feasibility studies, policy analysis, organizational assessments, and technical and facilities planning.


She often serves as Project Director for independent productions, including “Living Voices”, a CD of profiles of American Indians, produced by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. But to public radio listeners, Nan is best known for the highly popular radio series \"Search for the Buried Past: The Hidden Jews of New Mexico.\"

Nan built two community-based public radio stations – WAIF in Cincinnati, and KUVO in Denver – and she is a founder of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters (NFCB)and served on staff in Washington DC for more than 6 years. Nan is also a founding member of AMARC (Association Mondiale des Radio Diffuseurs Communautaires/World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters) an international NGO based in Montreal, Canada with members on every continent except Antarctica.

Nan has traveled widely to public radio, television and production facilities throughout the United States and abroad, and she has worked extensively in support of minority public radio and television producers and minority arts and media projects.

She is currently Project Director of Preserving Digital Public Television, which is designing a long-term digital archive for public television being funded by the Library of Congress. She chairs the Board of the Prometheus Radio Project, and is a volunteer producer with the radio program on Jewish politics and culture \"Beyond the Pale,\" aired weekly on WBAI, the Pacifica station in New York City.

Tena Rubio
Freelancer/Former Exec. Producer/Host Making Contact
Lafayette , California,  94549
USA
415-272-1494 (Office)
tenarubio@msn.com
http://radioproject.org/

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

Equipement/Studio : Hard Disc/Flash recorder, FTP, ISDN etc, Minidisk Recorders, Soundslides, 
I own a tascam hd-p2 & a senheiser md 46, we use Cool Edit 2.0

Media Experience : Community Radio, Radio Documentary, Television, Multimedia production, On-air talent, Slideshow production, Social media strategy, 

Bio : Tena Rubio is an award-winning journalist and the former executive producer/host of National Radio Project’s syndicated weekly public affairs program, “Making Contact.” She began her radio career as the senior producer and fill-in host at Pacifica Radio\'s Washington, DC bureau, WPFW. Tena’s work has been recognized with several honors, including a 2006 Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation Katrina Media Fellowship to report on post-Katrina New Orleans immigration and labor issues, two 2007 Society of Professional Journalists (NorCal Chapter) awards and a 2008 National Association of Hispanic Journalists national radio reporting award. She was also named a finalist for the 2009 DART Center Awards and 2007 Investigative Reporters and Editors award. With a background in local and national TV news and news magazine programming, Tena\'s media experience includes producer and newswriter roles at NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates, and DC-based commentary segment producing. Tena holds a B.A. degree from UC Berkeley and received her M.A. in journalism and public policy from American University in Washington, DC.

Tena loves documentary film/radio, hiking, yoga, cooking, reading, college football, and hanging out with her dog, Bo.

John Rudolph

855 Islington St.
Portsmouth , New Hampshire,  03081

603-430-9239 (Office)
www.feetin2worlds.org

Media Experience : Public Radio

Bio : I am the executive producer of Feet in Two Worlds, a project that brings the work of immigrant journalists to public radio. Visit our web site and listen to our Podcasts at www.feetin2worlds.org.

I have produced documentaries and reports for WNYC, New York Public Radio, National Public Radio, Monitor Radio, WBUR-FM and WGBH-FM in Boston, New Hampshire Public Radio, BBC World Service, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBS Radio and others.

Notes : Listen to some of my documentary work at: http://prx.org/pieces/13322 or
http://www.nhpr.org/node/11473

Jim Russell
Jim Russell Productions
445 Ridge Springs Drive
Chapel Hill , North Carolina,  27516

919-942-6950 (Office)
310-717-4905 (Cel)
jim@programdoctor.com
http://www.programdoctor.com

Available For : Consulting, Grant Writing, Mentoring, Promotion and Marketing, Public Radio, 

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

Bio : Jim Russell has been a local news director, an NPR reporter and executive producer, a war correspondent in Vietnam and Cambodia, the Manager of two public television stations, and the Manager of a Los Angeles production company. Jim has worked with all 3 public radio networks and public television, and has won every major award in broadcasting, including the duPont Columbia Award, broadcasting’s "Pulitzer", a National TV Emmy, the Peabody, Ohio State, National Headliner, and many other awards. A member of the team that created NPR's landmark All Things Considered that he executive produced, Jim also worked on the early design of Morning Edition. He conceived and guided the development of PBS's Newton's Apple science series and the APM public radio national series Marketplace and Weekend America and PRI’s The World.

Jim knows what it takes for programs to succeed.
- What kind and size of audience;
- What kind of audience loyalty.
- How to make programs financially sustainable:
- What programs should cost and the support
they need;
- What are reasonable costs per listener
hour.

Notes : I am available to work with and advise you on the following subjects:
o Local Programming and Production
o National Production
o Program Creation: Concept, Design
o Recruitment of outstanding Staff
o Piloting, Grant Writing & Production
o Budget Development & Management (“How to avoid losing your shirt in program production!”)
o Marketing
I am happy to work with Independent Producers. I'm now on AIR's Board. I'll listen to your program, give you a free written critique and chat with you about it.

For details, check out my web site: www.programdoctor.com.