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Behind the Scenes of Stories from the Heart of the Land
Series Producers:
Jay Allison is one of public radio's most accomplished producers. He is currently the host and curator of This I Believe on NPR. Over the last thirty years, he has independently produced hundreds of documentaries and features for radio and television, and has won virtually every major industry award, including five Peabodys. He co-created the acclaimed websites Transom.org and the Public Radio Exchange. He also founded the public radio stations for Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and Cape Cod where he lives.
Emily Botein is an independent radio producer based in New York, who helped launch PRI¹s The Next Big Thing in 1999 and served as its senior producer. Since 2005, she has worked with a range of shows and institutions, including American Routes, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and National Public Radio. Before radio, Botein worked for seven years on local and national folklore programming initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution, the Brooklyn Arts Council and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance.
Read an interview by Posey Gruener with Allison and Botein here.
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Other contributors to Stories from the Heart of the Land:
> Composer/guitarist Bill Frisell wrote and performed music for the series, during just two days in the studio. He worked with Hank Roberts (cello), Jenny Scheinman (violin) and Eyvind Kang (viola). Botein explains how they came to work with Frisell here.
>Atlantic Public Media Production Team:
Program Consultant: Viki Merrick
Website Design and Construction: Joshua Barlow
Website Content Developer: Posey Gruener
Staff Support: Samantha Broun, Ibby Caputo, Sydney Lewis
More information:
> You can subscribe to the Nature Stories podcast to hear the SFHL stories individually, or check them out in hour chunks on PRX.
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SFHL featured producers:
Scott Carrier is an independent radio producer and writer based in Salt Lake City. His work has been broadcast on All Things Considered, This American Life and Marketplace and has appeared in magazines such as Harper¹s Magazine, Esquire, and Rolling Stone. A collection of his essays, "Running After Antelope," was published in 2001.
Elizabeth Arnold is currently a freelance correspondent for NPR, after 15 years of reporting for the network from rural Alaska and as a national correspondent from the halls of Congress and the presidential campaign
trail. Now she's back in Alaska, where she continues to report on the social, economic, and political repercussions of environmental policy, for Morning Edition, All Things Considered and Weekend Edition. She's an avid hiker, skier, and long-distance runner.
Natalie Edwards was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Both her parents are Jamaican. She became involved in radio at Brooklyn College. Throughout college, she interned at several music radio stations throughout New York City. She graduated in June 2006 with a B.A. in Television and Radio and within a week was hired at the commercial news station 1010WINS. She is currently working with A&E Network as an Integrated Ad Sales Production assistant. But she still loves radio, and is working on various projects for public radio.
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