WUNC Content Director Lindsay Foster Thomas is a multiplatform journalist and audio storyteller with a background in public radio that began in 2006 at WUNC.
Thomas was first hired as a producer for the station's flagship show "The State of Things" and developed in that role to become the show's managing editor. At "Marketplace," she helped re-launch a weekend personal finance program and embedded with an investigative reporting team for the project "York & Fig," which examined gentrification through the study of one Los Angeles neighborhood. Thomas was senior producer for the first iteration of "On Second Thought" at Georgia Public Broadcasting with host Celeste Headlee. She was also part of the national production team at WAMU in Washington that launched NPR's "1A" with host Joshua Johnson, serving as its senior managing producer.
Thomas is a graduate of Columbia University's School of Journalism and Hampton University. Her expertise includes innovative audience engagement, live events and serial storytelling with an attention to diversity.
She lives in Durham with her husband, daughter and dog.
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