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
- Government Video Podcast: Ethical AI in Public Media (2025)
- 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)
Books
Ideas to Air: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating Quality Public Radio Programs for Independent Producers is my resource guide for those of you seeking to get into the public radio programming ecosystem. Available now on Amazon.
I have also contributed to several books on topics such as economics, history and criminal justice.
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.