Emily K.

. audio production experience

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FRQNCY Media / Associate Producer

August 2022 - present, Atlanta, GA

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Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles / Independent Consultant, "Before the Bell: Interviews with Experts” healing justice series.

April 2022 - present, Los Angeles, CA

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MinneCulture / Producer

2021-present, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Listen Up Youth Radio / Producer, Listen Up radio show & Associate Producer, Summer Media Institute and Youth Media 

June 2018 - May 2022,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

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KFAI Radio / Radio host and producer, “Versed Radio”

2013 - 2016,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

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.teaching experience

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School of Social Work Youth Work Learning Lab, University of Minnesota / Facilitator

"Using Storytelling to Support Young People During Times of Grief & Change"

February 2022, remote

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College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota / Co-Facilitator, Youth Development Leadership

"Re-education, Truth telling and Reclamation"

January-April 2019,  St. Paul, Minnesota

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College of Education & Human Development, University of Minnesota / Co-Facilitator, Youth Development Leadership 

"Interrupting Youth White Supremacy Seminar"

June-August 2018,  St. Paul, Minnesota

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. youth work + community media experience

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Listen Up Youth Radio / Director

June 2018 - May 2022,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Ampersand Families / Youth Leadership Program Coordinator
September 2019 - June 2020, St. Paul, Minnesota

Simpson Housing / Youth Advocate

April 2017 - August 2019,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
YouthCARE / Teen Program Coordinator, Little Earth

September 2013 - August 2015,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
St. Paul Neighborhood Network / Youth Programs Coordinator

September 2012 - August 2013,  St. Paul, MN

 
KFAI Radio / Youth Media Instructor

September 2011 - August 2012,  St. Paul, MN

 
.education

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Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University / Certificate in Documentary Studies

September 2020 - present,  remote

In progress on an audio documentary.

 
University of Minnesota / Masters in Education, Youth Development Leadership Program

September 2017 - May 2019,  St. Paul, Minnesota

Field Study on youth radio dialogues, youth leadership & governance.

 
New York University / Bachelors of Arts, Urban Studies

September 2007 - May 2011,  New York, New York

Honors thesis on race, community, & policing in 1990s New York City

 
.community experience

 

Hennepin County Library Queer Voices Writing Circle / Member

2021 - present,  Minneapolis & St. Paul, Minnesota

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Impact Hub / Entrepreneurship 4 Good Program

July 2021,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
WomenVenture / Small Business Essentials  

June 2021,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Quatrefoil Library / Find Your Story, Find Your Voice Writing Circle Member 

2019,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

 
KFAI Radio / Radio host, “Versed Radio”

2013 - 2016,  Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Headwaters Foundation for Justice / Social Change Fund Committee Member

2012-2015, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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.skills

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• 10+ years teaching audio production, interviewing, and editing

• 10+ years working or volunteering in community media

• 2+ years booking and interviewing guests for local radio

• Hindenburg, ProTools, and Audacity audio editing proficiency

• Adobe Premiere video editing, photography, and graphic design

• Web development and social media marketing proficiency

• 5+ years facilitating workshops & seminars for adults and youth

• 3 years of project management experience

• 13+ years in the youth development and education field

• 2+ years of project management experience

• Conversational Spanish

• Trained in Design Thinking facilitation