Professional Bio
Julie Drizin has been executive director of Current since 2015, where she launched many initiatives including "Local that Works," "Rising Stars," "Made Possible By" podcast, "Exit Interviews," "I am Public Media," Public Media Virtual Career Fairs, and the Public Media Job Description Depot. Julie previously served as Director of the Journalism Center on Children and Families at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where she taught undergraduates, supported reporters on the kid's beat nationwide, produced the Casey Medals for Meritorious Journalism awards contest and gala, and organized an Aspen Institute gathering about "Race and Journalism in the 21st Century" which included many public media journalists. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/RCC_Reporting_on_Race-21st_cen.pdf MShe has worked in and around journalism, talk radio and public media for three decades, including stints with WETA, WXPN, AIR, World Vision Report, National Center for Media Engagement, and J-Lab. Julie "served six years time" at Pacifica, first as News Director for the nightly Pacifica Network News, then founding Executive Producer of Democracy Now!, and finally as EP for all Pacifica National Programming. Julie was founding Senior Producer for NPR’s Justice Talking. As a journalist she reported from China at the 1995 UN Conference on Women in China, filing stories through the nascent internet using RealNetworks. In 1991, she joined a cohort of public radio journalists to post-Soviet Russia, Ukraine and Georgia and co-produced a documentary about Soviet women and sexuality for the now-defunct public radio series "Soundprint." She regularly filed stories from Philly for the now-defunct public radio multicultural newsmagazine called "Crossroads." Her first taste of radio was as a newscaster on Penn's student radio Upon graduation, she landed the job that launched her career: News and Public Affairs Director at WXPN.
Company
Current
Washington, DC 20016-8122
United States http://www.current.org
Media Professional
Job Role
News Manager
Beats
Arts & Culture, Business/Finance/Economy, Education, General Assignment, Social Justice/Race & Equity/Diversity