SARAH WHITES-KODITSCHEK
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  Sarah Whites-Koditschek
 Investigative Journalism • Audio Production • Hosting
EXPERIENCE

AL.com • Birmingham, AL - Investigative Reporter • 2019 to PRESENT
 • Report investigative projects on inequality including debtor's lawsuits and evictions

 • Wide-ranging healthcare and economic coverage of COVID-19 pandemic
 • Co-report team investigations on topics like "justified" homicides
 • Partner with BBC on podcast on international murder-for-hire scam

Oxford American, Points South podcast • Little Rock, AR - Senior Producer • 2020 to PRESENT
 • Senior producer on contract for podcast episodes on Southern history, culture, and literature
 • Oversee production, audio gathering, script writing, and overall sound
 • Coordinate with Oxford American authors, editors, and Spacebomb studios for final mix


Wisconsin Public Radio and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism • Madison, WI - Investigative Reporting Fellow • 2018 to PRESENT 
 
• Reported projects on the environment in audio and print
 • Reported on political pressure that undermined scientists at state agencies
 • Investigated labor trafficking scheme, conducted interviews in Spanish
 • Covered statewide conflicts over the shift to renewable energy


Arkansas Public Media, Little Rock, AR - Reporter, 2016 to 2018
 • Reported features on criminal justice, healthcare, education, and politics
 • Covered the legislature, federal courts, and topics like failing 911 systems, executions, and
Medicaid work requirements
 • Filed pieces for American Public Media's Marketplace, National Public Radio, and the BBC


National Public Radio member station KUAR • Little Rock, AR - Morning Edition Host and Reporter • 
2014 to 2016

 • Reported for and hosted Morning Edition, conducted interviews with experts for air
 • Spearheaded and designed Arkansas Public Media, a regional journalism center funded with a nearly $500,000 grant
    from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting


WHYY Public Radio • Philadelphia, PA - Health and Science Reporter • 2013 to 2014
Production Assistant • 2008-2010

 • Reported on health and science issues
 • Conducted interviews, reported on local events, edited stories, archived audio

National Public Radio, World Cafe • Philadelphia, PA - Audio Producer • 2014
 • Edited sound mixes for air

National Public Radio • Washington, D.C. - Production/Editorial Assistant • 2008
 • Produced segments, wrote interview scripts, booked guests and studios, pitched story ideas

National Public Radio • Culver City, CA - Morning Edition Intern • 2008
 • Performed research and transcription for hosts, booked studios

War News Radio • Swarthmore, PA - Student Reporter • 2006
 • Reported stories about life on the ground during the Iraq War using sources from Skype
 • Learned radio skills including ProTools production


EDUCATION

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism • New York, NY
M.S. in Investigative Journalism, Stabile Investigative Program

Temple University • Philadelphia, PA
M.A. in American History

Smith College • Northampton, MA
B.A., Major: American Studies, Minor: Spanish

AWARDS
First Place PRNDI news reporting
Regional Edward R. Murrow 
Arkansas Society for Professional Journalists
Associated Press
Milwaukee Press Association
​Diamond Journalism Awards


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