Trust Me, I'm an Editor
Producers come to editors with their tape, a vision, and a piece in various stages of completion. Editors bring their skills, a fresh set of ears, a fat red pen, and often the mandate of an established show format.
Producers come to editors with their tape, a vision, and a piece in various stages of completion. Editors bring their skills, a fresh set of ears, a fat red pen, and often the mandate of an established show format.
In this panel, two pairs of producer/editor teams (Emily Botein & Ben Shapiro, and John Biewen & Deb George) with the assistance of moderator Gwen Macsai, discuss the editorial process from both sides of this collaboration, and the not-so-simple process of refining a piece into its strongest form.
Featuring
Ben Shapiro is a New York-based documentarian working in film, television, and radio.
Deborah George is the Senior Editor for Radio Diaries, and has recently served as Senior Supervising Editor for NPR and Senior Radio Editor for Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
Emily Botein is Vice President for On-Demand Content at WNYC Radio in New York.
Gwen Macsai is an award-winning radio producer, writer, and host.
John Biewen (he/him) is a longtime journalist and audio documentary maker now based at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, where he produces and hosts the Scene on Radio podcast.