After graduating from college, I took a three year break from school to earn some money to pursue my master’s degree in journalism. The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism taught me the craft of storytelling and reporting fundamentals. J-school also introduced me to the world of audio. The intimacy of hearing people’s voice stood out to me.
I am currently interning for KALW, a public radio station in the San Francisco that covers the Bay Area. I write the newscast for the afternoon news slot. I edit and fact check scripts. And I pitch story ideas for their show called Crosscurrents. Before going to the Bay Area, I was producing Inc. Uncensored, a weekly podcast about fast growing businesses, startups, entrepreneurships and technology. I took control of the all the stages of production. I recorded, cut tape, mix and edit audio to create a 20 to 30 minute show each week.
I want to continue to grow as a journalist and producer to create amazing content.
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.”