Radio Diaries is pleased to offer a new four-month fellowship program based at our office in DUMBO, Brooklyn. This is a part-time, paid fellowship. Fellows will work approximately 25 hours per week and earn $2500 per month.



Radio Diaries is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities in the audio field to apply. We especially welcome applications from people of color, women, veterans, people with disabilities, and gender nonconforming candidates.

Applications due April 21





Since 1996, Radio Diaries has been giving people tape recorders and working with them to report on their own lives and histories. Over the years, Radio Diaries has pioneered a new form of citizen journalism and produced dozens of acclaimed and innovative documentaries broadcast on NPR. In addition to our “audio diaries,” we produce “audio histories,” where we weave first-person stories with archival recordings to create a new kind of oral history. These stories investigate the intersection between personal and public history, and bring the past to life.



Our hope with the fellowship is to train producers in our unique, non-narrated style of audio storytelling. We will mentor and support the fellow as they learn to produce in this format. Fellows will have an opportunity to pitch and produce their own stories, go through a rigorous editorial process, and participate in group story meetings where their feedback is valued. The fellowship will be a combination of producing stories, story research and supporting Radio Diaries staff on projects. We will mentor fellows as they learn to structure and mix radio stories. Fellows will also be asked to do story research, log and transcribe interviews, and help in podcast production.

This fellowship is ideal for producers who have some audio experience under their belt. That being said, we are open to applications from people in other fields who have creative ideas for audio stories, and are eager to learn how to produce them. The mission of this fellowship is to train and support. Experience cutting interview tape and knowledge of digital editing software is a plus, but is not required.

Radio Diaries is a small non-profit organization (three full-time staff) and we do not have a traditional hierarchical office culture – everybody does a bit of everything. We are looking for fellows who are self-directed, hard workers, and brimming with ideas.