First Name
Alex
Last Name
Lewis
City, State
Philadelphia, PA
Country
USA
Pronouns
he/him
Gender
Male
Roles
Editor
Producer
Reporter
Sound Designer
Sound Engineer
Composer
Tape Syncs
Other role
Teaching audio storytelling x
Formats / Genre
Interviews / Roundtable
Narrative Non-fiction / Documentary
News / Journalism
Fiction
Experimental
Open to relocating
No
Open to branded content?
No
More about me
Alex Lewis (b. 1988, Daejeon, South Korea) is a Philadelphia-based independent radio producer and musician.
He's the co-founder of Rowhome Productions, a Philadelphia-based production house that specializes in making audio documentaries, podcast series, & audio tours.
Alex's written and produced longform audio documentaries including Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans, The Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul (nominated for a 2020 Peabody Award), and Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio (winner of a 2015 National Edward R. Murrow Award). He also produces The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
Other work includes lead producing Every ZIP Philadelphia, a 2016 Localore: Finding America production, and numerous Philadelphia-area audio projects with organizations such as Mural Arts, Bartram's Garden, Reading Terminal Market, Ars Nova Workshop, and the Association for Public Art. He's also produced projects with podcast companies including Pushkin Industries, Magnificent Noise, and Audible.
Alex graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, where he studied music theory and musicology. He studied radio documentary at the Transom Story Workshop on Cape Cod. He's given talks on audio storytelling at the University of Pennsylvania, Skidmore College, Temple University, WHYY, Scribe Video Center, PhillyCAM, and elsewhere. He was a 2018 Third Coast Radio Resident, a 2019 HearSay International Festival artist-in-residence, and a 2019 Skidmore MDOCS Storytellers' Institute Fellow.
He's the co-founder of Rowhome Productions, a Philadelphia-based production house that specializes in making audio documentaries, podcast series, & audio tours.
Alex's written and produced longform audio documentaries including Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms and the Music of New Orleans, The Gospel Roots of Rock & Soul (nominated for a 2020 Peabody Award), and Going Black: The Legacy of Philly Soul Radio (winner of a 2015 National Edward R. Murrow Award). He also produces The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine.
Other work includes lead producing Every ZIP Philadelphia, a 2016 Localore: Finding America production, and numerous Philadelphia-area audio projects with organizations such as Mural Arts, Bartram's Garden, Reading Terminal Market, Ars Nova Workshop, and the Association for Public Art. He's also produced projects with podcast companies including Pushkin Industries, Magnificent Noise, and Audible.
Alex graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, where he studied music theory and musicology. He studied radio documentary at the Transom Story Workshop on Cape Cod. He's given talks on audio storytelling at the University of Pennsylvania, Skidmore College, Temple University, WHYY, Scribe Video Center, PhillyCAM, and elsewhere. He was a 2018 Third Coast Radio Resident, a 2019 HearSay International Festival artist-in-residence, and a 2019 Skidmore MDOCS Storytellers' Institute Fellow.
Link to resume
Links to website / work