Yowei Shaw
Yowei Shaw (@yowei_shaw) is a senior reporter/producer with NPR's Invisibilia .
Before joining the team, she was a USA Knight Fellow, whose work has been featured on This American Life , Pop Up Magazine, Studio 360 , among other places. At one point, she produced interviews at NPR's Fresh Air , and once made really good elevator music in Chinatown, Philadelphia. Learn more about all her multi-media pursuits, here.
Yowei got her start in radio by teaching youth media, when she was a young person herself. She is ever grateful to her parents for letting her report on their obsession with tango dancing. They were very perplexed when she won a Third Coast Honorable Mention: Best Documentary Award for the story.
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When Yowei Shaw was in college, her parents' relationship began to change.
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.
This hour people trying their best — and sometimes failing miserably — to make a connection.
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Every other fall, the Third Coast stretches its wings, embraces a film festival model (minus the popcorn - too noisy) and presents the Third Coast Filmless Festival - a celebration of sound, story, and the art of listening.
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The 2017 Third Coast/RHDF Competition awards the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention and Directors' Choice), Best New Artist, Radio Impact, Best News Feature, Skylarking and Best Foreign Language.