I'm a freelance journalist and analyst, focused on how technology transforms the business of music and culture. I've been writing since fall 2015, and have regular digital and print bylines in publications including Billboard, Forbes, Music Business Worldwide, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor and the Columbia Journalism Review. I've been invited to speak at over 25 conferences around the world, and received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year in 2017 at age 21.
I also run my own music-tech newsletter Water & Music (part of the Hot Pod network), which reaches over 4,500 subscribers biweekly, and have been hosting an interview podcast of the same name since February 2019. I'm relatively new to audio, but edit all of my own podcast episodes and have a background in music production and editing on GarageBand and Logic Pro. I'm open to any opportunities as a host, editor, reporter and transcriber, particularly for podcasts related to media, entertainment and business.
This website is a growing directory of people of color who work in audio around the world. You’ll find editors, hosts, writers, producers, sound designers, engineers, project managers, musicians, reporters, and content strategists with varied experience from within the industry and in related fields.
It’s both a place for employers to find POC candidates, and a place where POC can find each other for meetups, collaborations, advice and so on, which means that not everyone you’ll see on here is actively looking for a job.
To our POC family: we see you and we stand with you. Let’s continue to support each other.
If you’re an employer, we need to talk.
*clears throat*
While recruiting diverse candidates is a great first step, it’s not going to be enough if we want the industry to look and sound meaningfully different in the future. Let us be clear: this isn’t about numbers alone. This is about getting the respect that people of color—and people of different faiths, abilities, ages, socioeconomic statuses, educational backgrounds, gender identities, and sexual orientation—deserve. So before you get started, here are the Terms of Service:
I will pay employees a living wage.
I will consider the ways in which my workspace might be hostile to people of color and find concrete ways to support their contributions and wellbeing.
I will continually reflect on how my networks, taste, curiosity, comfort and values are shaped by my race, class, gender, where I grew up, the media I consume, and the fact that we live in a white supremacist culture. This takes time. It will require vulnerability, and a commitment to ongoing learning.
I understand that this directory is not ZipRecruiter, and that expanding my hiring practices requires that I dedicate some time to engaging with potential candidates in a deeper way than simply scanning their years of industry experience.
If you are unable to commit to these terms, please click “I do not accept.”