Exploring the world
through public radio documentaries, web sites and community events
Immigration, climate change, national and international politics, the history of New York City – these are among the many subjects I have focused on over the years and which continue to be at the center of my work. Follow the links on this page to programs and projects that I have produced that help people understand changes in their community and in the world.
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Feet in Two Worlds trains journalists from ethnic media to be radio producers and brings their work to public radio. |
I am the Executive Producer of this project that offers public radio listeners the chance to hear hidden stories of immigrants in America today. Feet in Two Worlds helps bridge the gap between the burgeoning ethnic media in the US and mainstream audiences who are largely unaware of the lives of immigrants and refugees and the issues they face.
Feet in Two Worlds received the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi award for public service in radio journalism and SPJ's New America award, which honors partnerships between mainstream and ethnic media.
Culture Lessons wins RTNDA/Unity award
Culture Lessons: Stories of Students at Manchester Central High School, a documentary I produced and hosted for New Hampshire Public Radio, is a 2007 winner of the RTNDA/Unity Award. Central is New Hampshire’s oldest and largest public high school, and its most diverse. Kids from nearly 70 countries, speaking close to 100 languages attend Central High School.
The Radio and Television News Directors Association developed the award with UNITY: Journalists of Color as part of their shared commitment to achieving diversity in the newsroom through developing news content and editorial staffs that reflect the changing face of America.
Listen and read more about my other projects
Stories From the NYPD Archival recordings and recent interviews are woven together in this hour-long documentary that tells the history of the New York Police Department from the 1940s to the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. From Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's famous, "sock 'em in the jaw," speech to new police officers in 1942, to first-hand accounts of a 1964 Harlem riot in which the police fired thousands of rounds of live ammunition, to the gripping story of police officers running for their lives after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers, this program opens a window into the NYPD's fascinating history and the complex relationship between the police and the citizens of New York .
War In Our Time In the winter of 2003, as the US prepared to invade Iraq, there were many unanswered questions about the consequences of taking military action against Saddam Hussein’s regime. This program was an attempt to raise and answer questions about the economic cost of going to war, the tactics the US military would use, the role of dissent in the debate over a possible war and other related topics. Today, many of these issues remain central to the debate over US policy in Iraq.
Six Months: Rebuilding Our City, Rebuilding Ourselves This series of five hour-long documentaries was broadcast during the first week of March 2002, six months after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The programs were produced for WNYC, New York Public Radio, and were broadcast on public radio stations around the country and internationally on The Voice of America.
Degrees of Concern: Climate Change and New York City's Future This documentary, broadcast nationally on NPR’s Living On Earth, highlights the risks that global warming poses to the largest city in the US.
Other Notable Programs
New York in Black and White: the 60s, Civil Rights, and the Ocean Hill-Brownsville Crisis The first in a series of programs I produced on the history of New York City. It was named "Best news special/documentary, First Place" for 2000 by the New York State Associated Press Broadcasters Association.
Changed New York - From the family of a woman who died in the World Trade Center struggling to make sense of her death, to NYPD 911 operators who discovered a new appreciation for life after the attack, this program reveals the inner landscape of people's emotions and how 9/11 impacted values, family, work, political views, spirituality and community. Changed New York was produced for WNYC and was broadcast nationally as part of public radio's special coverage; "Understanding America After 9/11."
Along the Edge of New York - Explores the history, geography and literature of New York's waterfront along with current environmental and land-use issues.
Gene Therapy: Medicine for Your Genes- In 1998, I spent days walking hospital corridors with a retired New Jersey construction worker who volunteered to be the first person in the world to receive experimental gene therapy for mesothelioma, a type of lung cancer. The documentary, Gene Therapy: Medicine for Your Genes, was part of The DNA Files, recipient of the 2001 DuPont-Columbia Journalism Award.
War in the Balkans: Which Way Out? - A live two-hour broadcast on Monitor Radio and winner of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters' Golden Reel Award and The New York Festivals' Gold Medal for International Radio Programming.
Population in Perspective - A series on population issues around the world. Winner of Planned Parenthood's Maggie Award and the Exceptional Merit Media Award from the National Women's Political Caucus.
Vietnam: The Enduring Legacy - A series on the cultural impact of the war in Vietnam. Winner of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters' Silver Reel Award.
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