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The Steps That Led Me Here
General manager, Lafayette-based NPR affiliate KRVS Public Media serving Southwest Louisiana
Story editor, Sacred Steps — a collaboration between KALW-FM's The Spiritual Edge and the University of Southern California's Center on Religion and Civic Culture
Story editor, Scene on Radio Season 5: The Repair from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
Story editor, Viewers Like Us podcast from Studio To Be
Story editor, Un(re)solved podcast from Frontline/PBS
Consulting editor, Blindspot: Tulsa Burning podcast from WNYC Studios, KOSU and The History Channel
Editor, Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans — produced for WXPN-FM Philadelphia and distributed by NPR Music
Editor, Open To The Public: Creating Truly Inclusive Museums — for Virginia Public Media in Richmond
Editor, Heated series for KNKX-FM, Seattle
Mentor, the Maynard 200 Fellowship, Report For America, Association of Independents in Radio and Next Generation Radio Project
Editor, Breaking Points series by Ambriehl Crutchfield, WPLN/Nashville Public Radio
Participant, Public Media Journalists Association Editor Corps
Editor, Force of Law podcast from CalMatters and Studio To Be
Editor, Self Evident podcast Season 1 from Studio To Be
No Ordinary Lawsuit podcast from the nonprofit Our Children’s Trust
Editor, Peabody Award-nominated Gospel Roots of Rock and Soul documentary/podcast from public radio station WXPN, nationally distributed by NPR Music
Editor, Let's Go Together podcast from Travel+Leisure
Senior radio editor, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Part of the team that planned, assigned, and edited the weekly public radio hour and podcast Reveal.
Interim editor, NPR's Code Switch. Supervised reporting about the intersections of race, ethnicity and society.
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Media panel at Big Towns conference, Lafayette LA April 2024
Editor, Opelousas Daily World. In the seat of St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, managed, assigned, planned, wrote and edited daily news coverage. Trained new and veteran employees and led the newsroom through the adoption of a new content management system, website redesign and digital-first emphasis. Assisted with daily page layout, photo selection and communication with remote copy desk and design teams, and represented the Daily World at public events.
Senior news editor, Southern California Public Radio (now known as LAist). In California's most active public radio newsroom, with 250 newscasts a week and a vibrant digital presence, assigned and edited daily news copy for broadcast and online; planned daily and long-term coverage; supervised multiple reporters – most based beyond headquarters. Communicated frequently with producers across content platforms, senior management and personnel in other departments about daily and long-term news content. Participated in reporter/intern hiring and training, live event programming and outreach to donors and new audiences.
Senior editor, American Public Media's Marketplace. Commissioned and edited features and spot news, cultivated freelance talent for a nationally distributed 30-minute daily radio program that emphasizes business and economics. From Los Angeles headquarters, supervised bureau reporters in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Correspondent, National Public Radio. From Chicago, Miami and other locations covered more than 1,000 stories about breaking news, politics, regional flavor, history and culture.
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Adjunct instructor, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Taught the first public radio news course offered at USC.
Los Angeles correspondent, San Jose Mercury News. Functioned as a one-person bureau for one of California's leading newspapers under Knight-Ridder ownership. Covered news in Southern California and beyond for a tech-savvy Northern California audience.
Chicago Tribune, General/City Hall reporter under Tribune Company ownership.
Louisville Courier-Journal , General/Southern Indiana reporter under Bingham family ownership.
Boston Globe, Reporting intern under Affiliated Publications ownership.
Bay State Banner - Boston's Black weekly - Reporter/production assistant
Harvard Crimson, Reporter/associate features editor
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KRVS Public Media Fais-do-do, November 2023 Joseph Vidrine Photo
AB Sociology Radcliffe College, Harvard University
MS Journalism Columbia University
John S. Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University
Longtime member, national organization and local chapters National Association of Black Journalists
Guest speaker and instructor, Summer audio institute, Center for Documentary Studies, Durham NC; Florida A&M University; Southern Illinois University; California State University, Los Angeles, San Francisco State University, California State University East Bay, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Association of Independents in Radio, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Board of Screeners, duPont-Columbia Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. Contest judge, Education Writers Association, Broadcast Educators Association
Interviewer, regional high school Student of the Year competition for Southwest Louisiana, 2015
Nine-year board member, Woodstock Institute, Chicago, recipient of a 2007 MacArthur Foundation Award for Creative and Effective Institutions.
National advisory board member, UC Santa Cruz MA program in social documentation
Volunteer editor and contributor (20+ years), Columbia Journalism School (monthly) Black Alumni Network newsletter
Member of Leadership Lafayette cohort XXXVI
Recipient of a 2024 alumni award from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism
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