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@Ariana_Lee93
Currently producer at NPR| made by
@NPRinvisibilia
@dustlight_co
@columbiajourn
and the people who love me
Joined August 2019
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@Ariana_Lee93
I was also incredibly lucky to work with
@neenpathak
who is one of the most thoughtful and kind people I have ever met in my life. Despite deadlines cutting off all the exits, we had so much fun helping birth @imontheradio’s beautiful story
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Therapy Ghostbusters
Listen to this episode from Invisibilia on Spotify. In San Jose, California, a community clinic was stumped as to why their clients were seeing ghosts. This week, a story about grappling with ghosts...
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My bet is that less than a year from today, everyone will be competing for
@yowei_shaw
’s time. She is a superstar writer, interviewer, sound designer, and mentor 🧵
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yowei shaw 邵 友 薇
@yowei_shaw
Well, looks like my time with NPR is up. Gutted that @NPRinvisibilia the show I love & have given 7+ yrs of my life to has "stopped production". Gutted to not get to work with my brilliant teammates. Gutted that me & some 100 colleagues I admire have lost our jobs. This sucks.
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@LouderThanARiot
season 2 is exactly the kind of thing
@NPR
should be doing more. Strong ideas. Strong character. Strong emotions. I want to particularly shout out
@sorayashock
who has been an incredible leader throughout #NPRLayoffs 🧵
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Louder Than A Riot
@LouderThanARiot
🧵Louder Than A Riot has been cancelled by NPR. Our producers and editor have been laid off, although NPR would like everyone to stay on until June to finish publishing the show. We are taking some time to process what this looks like for our staff. 1/4
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Mother 👏🏼country👏🏼radicals 👏🏼
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Tribeca
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The host’s willingness to take us along in his investigation of his parents’ radicalization make this an incredible listen. The winner of the Tribeca Podcast Award: Best Audio Storytelling in Nonfiction is “Mother Country Radicals” tribecafilm.com/films/mother-c
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Once when I worked at a museum, I was Harry Belafonte’s “bouncer.” On his way out, he shook my hand and thanked me for my hard work. I hardly did a thing that eve. Yet it made perfect sense that Belafonte saw the people around him who were invisible to most. Rest in power ❤️
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The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: Harry Belafonte, the barrier-breaking singer, actor and activist who became a major force in the civil rights movement, has died at 96. nyti.ms/444e0xM
Harry Belafonte sings into a microphone. Text reads: "Harry Belafonte 1927-2023." Photo credit: Bob Henriques/Magnum Photos
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I’m teaching a class next week on pre-interviewing! There’s a part where I talk and another part where you practice. Both live and recorded tickets available.
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Dustlight Productions
@dustlight_co
In our next Poddy Training, producer Ariana Gharib Lee will host an interactive workshop that will cover how you can get the most out of your pre-interviews. June 25 @ 12pm PT. eventbrite.com/e/157125331095
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@Ariana_Lee93
We won in two categories at the Signal Awards! Thank you for your votes and for listening. It's been so great to hear what you think and feel about
@ZaydDohrn
's family story.
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn
@ZaydDohrn
Mother Country Radicals won Best Writing and Best Documentary in the Signal Listener's Choice Awards! Thanks to all who listened and voted. And thanks especially to the brilliant teams at @CrookedMedia and @dustlight_co signalaward.com/the-1st-annual
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As an editor, Neena championed stories from marginalized communities by giving them TIME. She made sure we had sensitivity listens, asked tough questions, elevated writing, and most important- wasn’t afraid of having an unpopular opinion.
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@Ariana_Lee93
I have been so lucky to work with @meuceph, Higher Ground, @maryknauf
@arwenn
@jonshiff
@itsValeria20
@Va1entinoRivera
@emmenm
@domesticetch
@davidlinard
and
@dustlight_co
. And having all that work be acknowledged by
@MichelleObama
and
@BarackObama
feels...incredible.
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Michelle Obama
@MichelleObama
Barack and I started Higher Ground to give exciting new voices a platform to tell great stories. We're proud to share Season 2 of @meuceph’s Tell Them, I Am—a podcast we think you’ll love as much as we do. Listen now on Spotify: bit.ly/TellThemIAm
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@Ariana_Lee93
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I am going to miss Neena so, so much. NPR just won’t be the same without her warm and thoughtful presence. But hit her up to work on your show! It’s seriously the best decision you’ll make in 2023.
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On a big picture level, Neena is a master at building collective creativity. If you’re lucky enough to work with her— watch out! She’ll trick you into getting tons of work done with her thought provoking questions, baked goods, and book clubs.
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@meuceph hired me when I had no experience. She trusted me and helped me. She knew when to release control and when to push us to be better. Her finger prints are everywhere on this show.
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@Ariana_Lee93
How is telehealth transforming domestic violence social work during Covid-19? And what are the consequences for survivors? I wrote about it in
@Rewire_News
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Rewire News Group
@RewireNewsGroup
Domestic violence counselors are facing a range of challenges in using telehealth services to stay in touch with survivors who may be stuck with their abusers during COVID-19 lockdown. rewirenews.link/2AbJ85f
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@Ariana_Lee93
Yes. And also I hate how therapy speak and work speak have converged into a new and horrible style of relationship speak
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Rebecca Fishbein
@bfishbfish
For @bustle, I interviewed people who've been on the flip-side of "therapy speak" — ghosted, bailed on, friend-dumped — and spoke to experts to see how we can avoid hurting others in the name of self-care. Give a read! bustle.com/wellness/is-th
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We spent two life changing years on this show. From
@ZaydDohrn
I learned how much work goes into being fair to the people who lived your story, the people who hate your story, people who got locked up or died and therefore couldn’t go on the record.
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@Ariana_Lee93
Look at what just a few can do ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼#wgastrong
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Starlee Kine
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WE WON. Evil (the show) shut down around 1 am. A handful of us walking in a tiny circle cost them the day’s shoot. We were told the producers were pissed They kept the crew there for hours, sitting on the sidewalk. We felt the solidarity. We’ll win this whole thing together
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@StephanieCohn16 is an outstanding reporter and sound designer. She has the unteachable talent of feeling the emotional core of the story and then showing the rest of us. Her notes were outstanding. And her grace under that aforementioned revision 206 admirable.
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@Ariana_Lee93
"I had thought fermentation was controlled death, left alone, a head of cabbage molds and decomposes....So it is not quite controlled death because it enjoys a new life together." - just a glimpse into
@jessjoycej
's lovely interview with Michelle Zauner
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jessica jacolbe
@jessjoycej
I spoke with the generous @Jbrekkie about ~H Mart realism~ and her incredible memoir out today. I cried twice when I read it. elle.com/life-love/a361
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@Ariana_Lee93
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Someone wrote in a near final version of the script that the story unfolded like origami— intricate, surprising, inevitable. This was precisely true - a testament to Yowei’s rigor and humanity in her storytelling.
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@Ariana_Lee93
So who at
@prx
is going to address these harms? We are waiting.
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Ramsammy
@ramsammy
I became outspoken about the toxic issue of diversity at @PRI @TheWorld during ‘15/16. Chats with @apsuss lead him to pitch me as a needed Chief Diversity Officer to @alisaamiller. I was ultimately fired by PRI because they were “going in a different direction.” They all knew.
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I am personally devastated to not have my friend and mentor in my day to day. Yowei has spent hours teaching me how to write, how to interview, how to prepare so you can have a good time. I wish every person finding their way in this field had someone like her.
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Early in your audio career? Apply to dustlight!
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Dustlight Productions
@dustlight_co
1/ We’re looking to put paid apprentices on our shows to learn the ins & outs of how a podcast is made & be better positioned for a job in the industry. If you know someone who would be a great apprentice, email rachael@dustlight.co. Preference is for POC, queer, trans folks.
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@Ariana_Lee93
What a joy to get to tell Bophal’s story with such a wonderful crew ❤️✨
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National Press Foundation
@NatPress
1/4: Congrats to this year’s winner of the Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health Reporting @stephaniefoooo, @neenpathak, @leetroyhale, @Ariana_Lee93, Phoebe Wang, @yowei_shaw & @nevesmnic for their @NPRinvisibilia episode “Therapy Ghostbusters”: nationalpress.org/award-story/np
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