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Yuko Kodama
203 N 160th Street
Shoreline, Washington United States

Phone: 2067305198
Email: kodama.yuko@gmail.com
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Producer, Content Director, Editor


Resumes ID: 10027
Resumes Views: 2
Location: Greater Seattle Area, Washington, United States
Zip Code: 98133
Posted: 08.08.2024
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I'm an award winning radio producer, interviewer, writer and audio editor seeking work in my passion work of story production, media projects, assignments and consulting.  I'd like to work with a crew of people who share values with me in working with integrity in journalism and story production.  

For a link to award winning segments:
https://www.kbcs.fm/2017/11/29/kbcs-recognized-for-excellence-in-reporting/

Series of a day at the busiest bus stops in the Greater Seattle Area
https://www.kbcs.fm/2016/08/04/a-day-at-the-bus-stop/

Courtney Weaver on Domestic Violence
https://soundcloud.com/91-3kbcs/thriver-courtney-1-kbcs-music?in=91-3kbcs/sets/kbcs-weekly-series-2013-wk-40
 

Education:

09.07.1987 - 06.12.1992
Lewis and Clark College
Sociology/Anthropology

09.04.1995 - 06.16.2000
University of Washington
Urban Design and Planning


Work Experience:

09.04.2012 - 09.11.2015
Producer
KBCS |
Produced a five-part series each week. Pre-interviewed and scheduled guests, produced runsheets, wrote scripts, programmed music sets, voiced, edited and mixes pieces and shows. Developed promotional content to increase listenership

04.22.2024 - 03.15.2024
News Director
KBCS |
Strategized and managed all news and public interest programming. Developed storylines and directed the editorial calendar. Hired and managed a team of reporters. Created and produced The Grit, a magazine-style, one-hour, news/public interest program every weekday. Created FCC reports. Identified and fostered content partnerships with other news outlets and organizations creative collaboration and broadcast opportunities.

07.01.2022 - 06.30.2023
Producer and Curriculum Developer
Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction |
Awarded a grant to develop audio, story-based curriculum for Washington state high school students. Under the name echoes lessons, the project involved two lesson plans. One addresses and educates about intergenerational trauma resulting from the Japanese American incarceration. The other was designed to teach media literacy.

09.07.2015 - 08.31.2016
Producer
AIR MEDIA: LOCALORE – FINDING AMERICA |
Crafted 15 stories for What’s the Flux, a weekly feature about people’s commutes: field recording and interviewing, writing scripts, voicing and mixing.

04.06.1992 - 12.15.2000
Radio Correspondent and Producer
Atelier E.A.U. |
Produced four, ten to fifteen-minute interview segments per week on news and current topics for radio stations in Japan. Investigated and proposed stories/content for morning news shows airing in Japan. Coordinated with producers in Japan from Indonesia and the US. Programs included “Tokio Today” on J-Wave Radio in Tokyo, “Morning Buzz” on ZIP FM in Nagoya and “Grand Safari” on FM Yokohama.

05.06.2008 - 08.13.2010
Senior Producer
Reclaim the Media |
Produced 'Listen Up! Northwest', a regional, syndicated, weekly, 1/2 hour, magazine style program carried on 13 stations throughout the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia, Canada. Curated, hosted and mixed content from stations throughout Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia, Canada for production and distribution.


Total Years Experience:

30 years

Skills:

Skills: Editorial strategy and planning, content curation, Story crafting, including story development, interviewing, scripting, voicing, editing, mixing and distribution. 

I'm available to consult on newsroom development and management for small radio stations on a budget.  I can also consult about newsroom vision for diversifying content and diversifying a newsroom.

I generally use Adobe Audition for editing and mixing.  
In the field, I use a Sound Devices Mixpre-3 kit with Rode NTG shotgun mic
 

Occupations:

Audio Editor, Editor General, Editor-Features, Editor-Senior Editor (AME, Executive, Managing), Producer-General/Executive, Reporter-Feature Writer



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