Advisor & Trainer

I have worked with 19 first-time, independent producers to launch podcasts with The Virginia Audio Collective. Here are a few of my favorite VAC shows made by first time producers!

How I contributed to these podcasts:

  • Help with show piloting including brainstorming, audience research, feedback on project blueprints, and designing production calendars

  • Help develop storyboards

  • Train first time producers to use professional recording equipment

  • Provide technical training to record and edit in Adobe Audition

  • Provide editorial and technical feedback

  • Establish new RSS feeds and publish shows

  • Create and maintain a large portfolio of customized training resources for new podcasters

Gritty Women is about the history of UVA's coeducation and the experiences of women in the first coeducational class. Hosted and produced by Giovana De Oliveira, as her fourth year thesis.

Produced by Tyler Carter & Erika Howsare, If You See a Deer won a 2024 Virginia Association of Broadcaster’s Award! If You See a Deer is a companion podcast to Erika’s book, The Age of Deer, both the book and the podcast are about human-deer interactions across time and in literature.

Legal Knowledge is a podcast that chronicles the history of the University of Virginia School of Law. Produced by Meggan Cashwell & Rebecca Barry.

New Radio Programs

I helped with the second season of Speaking in Hues, which was produced and hosted by UVA Women’s Center student interns, and about their experiences as women of color at a Predominantly White Institution.

I’m very excited about initiatives that get young people behind the mic. At WTJU, I’ve started two new radio programs:

Cville Tulips Afghan Teen Radio Shows

A few times per year, Afghan middle and high school students involved in Cville Tulips take to the airwaves to share some of their favorite songs with the public. The playlists include music by artists from Afghanistan, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, Tajikistan, and even a little Taylor Swift.

WXTJ Summer High School DJ Program

WTJU has a student station, run and hosted by UVA students. In the summer when the UVA students are away, we invite local high schoolers to apply for a 2-hour time slot once per week during June & July. Last year, the program reached fully capacity, getting about 30 high schoolers on the air and providing live music programming during the summer.