Radio documentary for BBC World Service - REPORTER, PRODUCER, MUSIC COMPOSITION
ViewRadio Documentary for BBC - PRESENTER, REPORTER, PRODUCER, MUSIC COMPOSITION **Finalist, Best Documentary Third Coast 2018**
ViewAudio Drama for Love+Radio Podcast - VOICE ACTOR, WRITER, MUSIC COMPOSITION **Best Eps of 2018 by IndieWire**
ViewNarrative Podcast Series for VICE News - CREATOR, REPORTER, PRODUCER **2022 Kavli Gold Award for Science Journalism**
ViewI am a reporter, audio producer, and writer. My work has been heard on NPR, BBC, APM, Radiolab, This American Life, and radio stations around the world. I’ve been interviewed about my work by Foreign Policy, BBC, and recently got a nice mention in The Guardian.
If you’re looking for a place to start, listen to Fu-Go, an episode I reported for Radiolab about Japanese balloon bombs during WWII. Or check out Pig-Pen, an audio documentary for BBC about trying to piece together my father’s clandestine work in the CIA. That piece was a finalist for best documentary at Third Coast Audio Festival in 2018.
Previously, I was a managing producer at VICE Audio, where I made narrative nonfiction podcasts. I made Source Material, an experimental found footage series, and A Show About Animals, a nine-part podcast about Koko the gorilla and whether she really knew sign language. For my reporting on that story I won the 2022 AAAS Kavli Award for Science Journalism.
Before that, I taught audio journalism at the Salt Documentary Studies Program at the Maine College of Art. And I ran a film & podcast production company called Light Fighter.
I grew up in McLean, Virginia and Munich, Germany. I’ve also lived in Holland and Jamaica. I now live in Portland, Maine.
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CURRENT WORK
Podcast Development. I am consulting for new podcasting companies to develop a slate of new shows.
Limited Series Screenplay. I am writing a limited series TV show with my brother. It’s a dark comedy about extremism.
Book of Short Stories. I am working on a book of collected short fiction, and plan to enroll in an fiction MFA program next year.
Loud Noises: How to do Podcasting. I am adapting lectures from my years of teaching at the Salt Institute to create an online radio/podcasting journalism resource.
Podcast Scoring Album. I am working on an album of songs designed to be used for podcast scoring.
Boys Camp. My first documentary film, Boys Camp, was released for streaming. It’s a documentary comedy about a failed American rock band. I think it’s like a mixture of Almost Famous and Vernon, FL. It was produced in collaboration with Nick Farago of Light Fighter Film.
*Photo Cred: Alex Lewis