I produced and hosted the weekly radio program "All Non-Fiction" on KUCI 88.9FM, radio documentaries about Southern California people and culture. Stories included a profile of a soup kitchen; two different families' perspectives on their daughters' quinceañera; a bicycle ride along the Santa Ana river; standing in a silent vigil along a highway to mourn with mothers who'd lost families in Iraq and Afghanistan; celebrating empowered women with roller derby; and saying goodbye to Craby Joe's, the last bar on LA's infamous Skid Row.

Prior to this, I ran stories for the now-defunct weekly newspaper LA CityBeat, covering topics such as the rise of biodiesel amid surging gasoline prices, the march on downtown LA for immigrant rights, and local tensions between day laborers and the notorious Minuteman Project.

Despite no formal training, KUCI offered me a primetime slot from 5pm-6pm on Thursdays. At the time, no one else at the station produced a show like mine, much in the vein of the many shows on public radio I admire. For me, telling a story on radio was very much the same as making a film. I think of my radio work as films for the blind. Doing the show at KUCI was an immense amount of work for one person, but I'm glad I did it.

Now I'd prefer to produce shorter pieces that put together a larger, deeper story without the pressure of having to fill an hour a week with original stories where I could only really skim the surface.

I live in downtown Los Angeles on the western border of Skid Row, and am currently developing a series about the citizens of Skid Row and the gentrification of the surrounding neighborhoods. Hide full description

I produced and hosted the weekly radio program "All Non-Fiction" on KUCI 88.9FM, radio documentaries about Southern California people and culture. Stories included a profile of a soup kitchen; two different families' perspectives on their daughters' quinceañera; a bicycle ride along the Santa Ana... Show full description