Audio Samples
Freelance work
San Diego Fire Chief Robert Logan speaks with his friend and colleague, Capt. Jason Shanley
A Storycrops Studios story produced by Katerina Barton about how San Diego Fire Chief Robert Logan climbed the ranks of the fire department to where he is today and what it means to come back and serve the community in which he grew up.
Reported Audio from The Takeaway.
The Takeaway: Narcan: How To Save a Life
Takeaway producer Katerina Barton spoke with Joanna Kaufman, a nursing student, full spectrum doula and priestess in training, living in Santa Fe, New Mexico, whose brother, Benjamin, died in 2019 from a fatal opioid overdose. Katerina also received a Narcan training from Elena Rotov, an overdose prevention coordinator, Hep C/HIV tester, and Hep C coordinator at the Brooklyn-based harm reduction center After Hours Project.
The Takeaway: What’s Behind the Rise of Sober Bars?
Takeaway producers Katerina Barton and Ryan Wilde talk to a few folks in the industry and and customers at a sober bar in New York City about this growing trend. They look at what makes a sober bar still a bar, and discover the deeper importance of folks being able to share physical space to come together and connect in environments that are alcohol free.
The Takeaway: Deaf Concert-Goers Can Feel the Beat
Producers Katerina Barton and Ryan Wilde report on what makes a show or concert accessible to the deaf community and they look at, and try on, some technology from Music: Not Impossible that could help make attending concerts and experiencing music more accessible.
More Produced Audio from The Takeaway.
The Takeaway: Gordon Plaza Residents Fight for Relocation from Toxic Land
We spoke with two residents, Jesse Perkins and Marilyn Amar, of the Gordon Plaza subdivion in New Orleans, who were fighting to be relocated from the toxic land their homes were built on by the city.
As an Associate Producer on this show, I scheduled, recorded, and conducted all of the interviews in this segment, wrote the script, assembled the audio cuts, and coordinated the final mix with our host, audio engineers, and technical directors.
The Takeaway: The Kinetic Movements of Kinetic Light
Kinetic Light, a disability art collective, performed a duet called Under Momentum at Lincoln Center in February. The performance shows the joys of continuous motion, the allure of speed, and the beautiful futility of resisting gravity and is performed on a series of ramps, and the artists interchange between wheelchair and floor movement. We spoke with Alice Sheppard, founder of Kinetic Light, who performed in Under Momentum, about the performance, the joys of moving the body, and access in the arts.
As an Associate Producer on this show, I sound designed the opening music of the segment, scheduled the interview with the guest, prepped the guest questions, and wrote the rest of the script.
The Takeaway: Almost A Year After the Russian Invasion, What’s Next for Ukraine?
We checked-in with these voices on the ground in Ukraine about how life has changed for them and how they’re reflecting on this one-year mark of the war.
We spoke with Christopher Miller, Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times and author of the forthcoming book about Ukraine, “The War Came To Us,” and Anton Troianovski, the Moscow bureau chief for The New York Times. Olena Shevchenko, Head of Insight Ukraine, an LGBTQ advocacy group based in Ukraine, and Mariia Sirychenko, who in Kyiv when the city was attacked and left two days later to the safety of Lviv. Nearly a year later, she’s back in Kyiv.
As an Associate Producer on this show, I scheduled and pre-interviewed two guests, and recorded and conducted the other two interviews in this segment. I wrote the script, assembled the audio cuts, and coordinated the final mix with our host, audio engineers, and technical directors.