Carrie Saldo
A native of Stamford, VT, I call(ed) the Berkshires of western Massachusetts my home. The Berkshires are a culturally rich area -- I鈥檓 talking pass the butter and heavy cream -- rich.
Degrees in English and Theatre from Manhattanville College (thanks mom) have been useful when I need to look good on paper. Toss in life-long dance lessons and two failed attempts at guitar mastery (sorry, dad) and you鈥檝e got the broad brush strokes of how I landed here in Colorado.
I am the arts and culture maven for KUNC, RMPBS, and KUVO, which means I have a business card that folds out. The nuts and bolts of the gig go like this: host the weekly arts magazine television show, on RMPBS. Report on all things arts and culture for NPR member stations and .
Colorado鈥檚 arts and cultural scene is robust and diverse, at least that鈥檚 what Google tells me, and I suspect that鈥檚 the reason the bosses at all three organizations saw fit to craft this Transmedia position.
Before I packed up my stuff, drugged my cat, and said 鈥淲estward, ho!鈥� I was the host, writer, and a producer of Connecting Point, WGBY-Springfield鈥檚 nightly magazine program. While there, I busted out my backpack and video equipment to report on some serious stuff, , and some seriously fun stuff, .
Nitty gritty: More than a decade of journalism experience, first for something called a daily newspaper and then on the airwaves of WAMC Northeast Public Radio.
Shout outs from: the Associated Press and the Edward R. Murrow foundation.
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