Zooming in December 2021 with the international production team for Scene on Radio Season 5: The Repair. From top left: executive producer and host John Biewen/North Carolina, me, Tareq Ahmed/Bangladesh, Nina Roshita/Indonesia, Julian Cola/Ecuador, Victoria McArthur/Scotland, co-host Amy Westervelt/California, Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo/Nigeria
Here's what creative people have to say about working with me:
"Working with Cheryl was one of the best learning experiences of my career. She was with me through planning, travel, editing and broadcast. Her decades of experience in the industry helped me tell such an important story in the best way possible." Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo, winner of a 2022 Covering Climate Now award for the Scene on Radio Season 5 episode "We Don't Have the Power to Fight It."
"It felt immersive, like somebody was really considering every word that I wrote and recorded, and when the script was done, it felt like there wasn't anything in the story that didn't need to be there. That's a good feeling." Jesse Hardman/Founder and Director, Listening Post Collective
"Her editorial framing opens a story to angles easy for the reporter to execute & powerful for listeners to experience." Erika Aguilar/Former Executive Producer, NPR Morning Edition
Erika and me
With mentee Marianna Sousa at the conclusion of NPR's Next Generation Radio workshop, Sacramento CA 2017
"Editing with Cheryl was an active exercise. There was nothing routine about it. When we tracked she had me recall where I was when I was reporting and learning about the characters (in my story). It took me back to that place and helped me get into my own voice." Alexandra Hall/Central Valley bureau, KQED/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
