Biography
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Martina Castro is an independent producer and podcast consultant. Over the past twelve years, she's truly made her way through public media -- from producer to reporter, trainer to managing editor, audio exhibit curator to creative director for live radio events. She has worked at National Public Radio in Washington, D.C. and Culver City, CA, with KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco. In 2011, she added entrepreneur to that list when she co-founded Radio Ambulante, where she was the senior producer and sound designer until September of 2016. |
Martina's independent work has aired nationally on NPR's All Things Considered and Morning Edition, played on stage at Pop Up Magazine, and has been recognized with various awards, including the 2014 Edward R. Murrow award for The Race to An Emergency, a radio documentary about the 911-response system in Oakland, CA. Martina has produced a dozen live radio performances and given numerous workshops and talks on the art of narrative radio storytelling across the U.S. and Latin America.
In 2015, she was elected to the board of directors of AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) and was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach radio journalism in Montevideo, Uruguay, where her family is from. The grant culminated in a radio documentary series about reverse migration, which was produced in collaboration with students from the University of Montevideo. In 2016, that series was turned into an audio exhibit that is currently on display at the Museo de las Migraciones in Montevideo until December 2016.
If you're curious to know more, here are some articles and interviews about her work:
Arquitectura sonora e identitaria -- Montevideo No Podcast, Uruguay, Mayo 2016
Hablame de vos: Martina Castro -- Brecha Semanario, Uruguay, Marzo 2016
La cacería de Martina Castro -- Cerosetenta Podcast, Colombia, Enero 2016
Un lugar para Radio Ambulante en Montevideo -- Revista Bla (página 43), Uruguay, Diciembre 2015
In 2015, she was elected to the board of directors of AIR (Association of Independents in Radio) and was awarded a Fulbright grant to teach radio journalism in Montevideo, Uruguay, where her family is from. The grant culminated in a radio documentary series about reverse migration, which was produced in collaboration with students from the University of Montevideo. In 2016, that series was turned into an audio exhibit that is currently on display at the Museo de las Migraciones in Montevideo until December 2016.
If you're curious to know more, here are some articles and interviews about her work:
Arquitectura sonora e identitaria -- Montevideo No Podcast, Uruguay, Mayo 2016
Hablame de vos: Martina Castro -- Brecha Semanario, Uruguay, Marzo 2016
La cacería de Martina Castro -- Cerosetenta Podcast, Colombia, Enero 2016
Un lugar para Radio Ambulante en Montevideo -- Revista Bla (página 43), Uruguay, Diciembre 2015
