Broadcast Hosting Reel

 

Broadcast Hosting Samples

 

Ryan Conarro is a media producer, radio host, & community-engaged storyteller. Below, please find his broadcast reel, as well as links to deeper dives into his media work.

Ryan’s experience includes producing & hosting for KTOO Public Media (Juneau, Alaska), KNOM AM & FM (Nome, Alaska), and BRIC Arts Media House (Brooklyn, New York). He served as founding General Manager and Program Director of Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio, the first & only radio station in the world to broadcast 24/7 from inside prisons to the public. He’s currently the Media Arts Partner Artist at Youth on Record in Denver, guiding & supporting emerging producers.

The above two samples of Ryan Conarro’s on-air hosting feature excerpts from Worthy: Colorado Reentry Stories, a production of Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio in 2022-23. This podcast was supported by a 2022 LEDE Fellowship from Solutions Journalism Network. It was awarded a 2023 Gold Signal Award for Public Service & Activism and a 2023 Best of Solutions Journalism in Audio Award (to be announced in May 2024). For the full Worthy podcast, please click here.

The above reel of Ryan Conarro’s on-air hosting includes 5 excerpts:

  1. Worthy: Colorado Reentry Stories Episode 1, December 2022, a production of Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio. This podcast was supported by a 2022 LEDE Fellowship from Solutions Journalism Network. It awarded a 2023 Gold Signal Award for Public Service & Activism and a 2023 Best of Solutions Journalism in Audio Award (to be announced in May 2024). For the full Worthy podcast, please click here.

  2. “This Church Is Steeped In History: A Profile of Lafayette Avenue Church,” Fall 2019, a production of the BRIC Arts Media House in Brooklyn, New York. This audio postcard, produced and co-hosted with Celeste Staton, led to Ryan & Celeste becoming 2020 resident artists with the University Settlement Performance Project, where they produced an Audio Walk of stories from New York City Housing Authority residents at Atlantic Terminal Houses. To learn more about the Audio Walk, please see Ryan’s Sound Works page.

  3. Independent Native News report: Shishmaref Relocation Vote, Spring 2002, a production of KNOM AM & FM, Nome, Alaska. As Public Affairs Director for KNOM, Ryan filed this national report on one of the first community relocations spurred by climate change in U.S. history. For more of Ryan’s climate change coverage in Alaska, please see Ryan’s Sound Works page.

  4. Worthy: Colorado Reentry Stories Episode 4, January 2023, a production of Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio. This is the final episode of this podcast, co-hosted with producers JoyBelle Phelan and Seth Ready. For the full Worthy podcast, please click here.

  5. One Tune: Nickel Creek, Spring 2023, a production of Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio. In this episode of One Tune at Limon Correctional Facility, Ryan and producer Travis Sandlin host a reflection on the song “When You Come Back Down” by Nickel Creek. For the full One Tune podcast, please click here.