Audio & Multimedia

My career began in documentary filmmaking, which evolved into audio production, leveraging emerging technologies, and telling stories across platforms.

I currently work as a producer at Southern California Public Radio, home to NPR member station LAist 89.3 FM (formerly KPCC), LAist.com, and LAist Studios. My work leading the multimedia reporting project, “Child Care Unfiltered,” won multiple awards, including a regional Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Innovation and the Gather Award in Community-Centered Journalism from the Online News Association. I also launched a text message service called Hey bb to answer people’s questions about pregnancy and early parenthood, which we turned into a series of reported guides.

In 2022, I reported and hosted a podcast episode about Kristi Yamaguchi for the podcast Blind Landing, which won an Ambie for best indie podcast.

Select reporting and audio clips below.

News

“It’s Obon season! How to attend one of SoCal’s biggest Japanese American celebrations,” LAist, June 17, 2024.

“How To Host Your Own Super Fun Children's Reading Party, Just Like We Did,” LAist, June 4, 2024.

“How To Have The Pregnancy You Deserve, According To Black Parents And Maternal Health Experts,” LAist, April 21, 2024.

“What We Learned This Year About Schools, Students, And The Systems That Support Them,” LAist,  December 27, 2023.

“My Kids Are Sick. What Are My Rights To Time Off In California?” LAist, Updated January 11, 2024.

“How To Take Family Leave in California (And What To Do When You Come Back To Work),” LAist, Updated January 4, 2024.

“What We Learned This Year About Schools, Students, And The Systems That Support Them,” LAist, December 27, 2023.

"How Can I Calm The Nerves During Pregnancy?" LAist, July 31, 2023.

“How Can I Connect With Who I Was Before My Baby?” LAist, June 26, 2023.

“What Activities Help My Baby Develop Each Month? Is Tummy Time Really A Thing?” LAist, March 7, 2023.

“What Even Is Postpartum? We Made You A Guide For The Other Side Of Childbirth,” LAist, Updated November 17, 2022.

“Kristi Yamaguchi Is Remembered As The Perfect Olympics Hero. It Wasn’t Always That Way,” Slate, July 15, 2022.

“For Littlest Dodgers Fans, Lessons In Winning, Losing And Family During Emotional Playoff Game,” LAist, October 20, 2021.

“5 Takeaways From a KPCC/LAist Engagement Project With Child Care Providers,” Current, July 28, 2021.

“‘We Are Not Babysitters. We Are Educators’: A #NoFilter Look at Child Care,” (Audio two-way) LA Report, LAist, July 9, 2021.

“Child Care, Unfiltered (Photo Essay Series),” LAist, June 9, 2021.

“How Giving Parents Cameras Helped KPCC/LAist Tell A Different Kind Of Pandemic Story,” Poynter, August 21, 2020.

“Postpartum Guide” (Audio two-way), Take Two, KPCC, October 1, 2019.

Podcast

“Kristi Yamaguchi: Asian American Idol,” Blind Landing. May 18, 2022. (Contributing reporter, Episode Host)

“Boleros de Noche,” 24 Hour Radio Race, KCRW’s Independent Producer Project, August 11, 2019. (Host, Producer, Writer, Editor)

At UCLA, I co-created, produced and hosted a storytelling podcast called Re:Work, which spotlights the stories of workers, immigrants, and people of color.

The show trains students and community members in the radio production and storytelling process. In 2016, it won a Gracie award for the “Baby’s Bodyguard” episode. These UCLA Newsroom stories describe the show’s production process:

Select Episodes:

  • “Trafficked,” February 4, 2019. (Host, Producer, Editor, Engineer)

  • “Baby’s Bodyguard,” February 12, 2016. Host, Producer, Editor, Engineer)

  • “Coming Home,” February 11, 2016. (Host, Producer, Editor, Engineer)

All Episodes:

Film/Video

Early in my career, I worked in freelance documentary film/video as an independent producer, director, and editor.

Projects / Credits

  • No Health Care? No Problem! (A parody about Vapor Rub as a cure-all). UCLA Labor Center, short comedy sketch, 2014 (Assistant Director)

  • The Boston Indicators Project, The Boston Foundation, short documentary series, 2010. (Director, Editor)

  • Sharing Our Stories: 50 Years at the Venice Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, short documentary, 2009 (Director, Editor)

  • South Asian Network (SAN), 2008-2009. (Youth Media Instructor)

  • Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC), 2008-2009. (Community Artist)

  • Visual Communications, Los Angeles Asian American Film Festival, 2008, 2009. (Guest Services Coordinator)

  • California Fund for Youth Organizing, 2008 (Editor)

  • Justice Rising: Sparking Dialogue for Democracy, National Gender & Equity Campaign, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, short documentary, 2008. (Director and Editor)

  • The Robertson’s Story, California Community Foundation, short documentary, 2008. (Editor)

  • Green Houses, California Community Foundation, short documentary, 2008. (Editor)

  • Bolinao 52, feature documentary, 2008. Directed by Duc Nguyen. (Production Assistant)

  • Prof. Ling Chi Wang: A Retrospective, short documentary, 2005. (Videographer)

  • Ancestors in the Americas, feature documentary (unfinished), 2005. Directed by Loni Ding. (Production Assistant)

  • Campaign for College Opportunity, 2005. (Videographer)

  • Strong Threads, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, short documentary, 2005. (Director, Editor)