Podcasts and digital journalism projects:
ARIZONA PUBLIC MEDIA
I produced The Buzz, Arizona Public Media’s weekly public affairs radio show and podcast, from its launch in 2018 to March 2021. The Buzz is an interview-focused show to give listeners in Southern Arizona a deeper understanding of news, politics, science, current events and more. Episodes covered a wide range of issues and featured newsmakers and community voices.
NET NEBRASKA
In 2017, while working at NET Nebraska (the statewide PBS/NPR station) I created The PlainStory, a podcast exploring the people, places, culture, history and life in the Heartland. Stories ranged from revived local theaters to archeological digs to Nebraska's unique habitats to the state's deep roots of agriculture and storytelling. Find the full season one here. This podcast took second place in its division in the 2017 PRNDI Awards.
While working on the Platte Basin Timelapse project, I led the creation of two in-depth, multimedia projects exploring a major watershed in the Great Plains, the Platte River. I served as reporter, writer, editor and project manager of both projects linked below.
PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE
This interactive, three-chapter multimedia piece follows the journey of a snowflake from the high reaches of the Colorado Rockies through Wyoming’s network of dams and reservoirs to irrigated fields in western Nebraska.
PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE
This interactive multimedia piece explores the evolution of land use, human history, endangered species management and conservation work along Nebraska's central Platte Valley. It contains more than a dozen stories including maps, photos, audio, videos, and interactive elements.
(Photo by Michael Forsberg)
VOICES OF THE PLATTE
NET NEBRASKA/PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE
We all live in a watershed, a region defined by water. This unifies us more than we may realize. In 2015, I created this series in collaboration with Platte Basin Timelapse and NET Radio’s Humanities Desk to look closely at how water shapes landscapes and lives on the Great Plains through the voices of people who live here. These audio essays were broadcast on Nebraska’s statewide public radio station and published on the Platte Basin Timelapse project website.
Find the entire series here.