My dedication to fostering public media is reflected in my writing and speaking engagements, where I offer insights on digital strategy, audio and community engagement to audiences nationwide.
Writing
- Here’s How San Francisco’s KQED Rebranded to Boost Listenership (Radio World, 2025)
- Playbook for growth: Treat radio like a vibrant platform and your audience will flourish (Current, 2025)
- We can’t let anti-DEI laws kill public media (Current, 2024)
- The Six Success Factors for Nonprofit DEI Councils (Independent Sector, 2024)
- How DEI councils can help public media manage change and retain staff (Current, 2024)
- The Secret to Highly Effective DEI Councils (Greater Public, 2024)
- The playground of possibilities: A guide to generative AI for public media (Current, 2024)
- How public media can use AI to reach Latino audiences (Current, 2023)
- NPR’s State of the Union coverage aims to reach listeners who navigate the world in two languages (Current, 2023)
I am author of Ideas to Air, a resource guide for independent producers interested in marketing and creating broadcast programs to public radio; and co-author of a thought paper and resource guide on building effective DEI Councils. For the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, I authored a variety of guides, including a primer on podcasting for community radio stations. These are still available to NFCB member organizations.
Interviews
- KCSB News: Funding Cuts to Public Broadcasting (2025)
- Content Amplified: What Can B2B Teams Learn from Radio (2025)
- AINews.com interview (2025)
- Experiments show potential of newsletter platforms beyond email (Current, 2024)
- Signal Flow: Ernesto Aguilar (Noise Gate, 2024)
- How KUER’s new station fills a media gap for Utah Latinos (Current, 2024)
- How public radio stations can serve deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences (Current, 2022)
- Serving Spanish Speakers & Latinx Communities (Gather, 2022)
- How KQED is Forging New Bonds with Latinx Audiences (Gather, 2022)
- Public Radio’s News/Talkers: ‘We Have To Change How We Think About Ourselves.’ (Inside Radio, 2021)
- Public Radio’s News/Talkers, Part 2: ‘We Don’t Live Or Die By Ratings’ (Inside Radio, 2021)
- Meet Ernesto Aguilar A Latinx Advocate and Thought Leader for Public Radio (BoldLatina, 2021)
- Discussing KQED, community media and OIGO (KWMR, 2021)
Speaking & Engagements
I do a variety of conference speaking and webinar training on various media subjects, including digital strategy, AI, DEI, audio production, radio content and more. Here are just a few interviews, sessions and engagements:
- Public Media Content Conference featured session: Understanding AI and Its Impact on Public Media (2025)
- Webinar: Introduction to generative AI and public media (2024)
- Public Media Content Conference featured session: Connecting With Latino Audiences (2023)
- America Amplified: How we reached Latino/a/e/x Communities (2022)
Audio
As a program director and news producer, I have an extensive list of audio work to my credit, including national live radio coverage of events. I also produced NFCB’s (now defunct) podcast Up for Air. Finally, I’ve conducted many interviews on subjects of interest, including a 2007 interview with historian John Hart on Cinco de Mayo’s political history.