Sarah Reynolds

Sarah Reynolds is a radio producer and multimedia storyteller for public radio stations and networks. When she's not making radio or teaching it, she bakes a lot of bread.

I'm a radio producer and multimedia storyteller. The radio I enjoy making most is the stuff that takes the longest to produce; when you sit down with someone again and again to get a real sense of who they are. 
I've covered stories on the complexities of immigration and labor, to gender transition, to the smells of a city and growing old. In addition to reporting for local NPR affiliate stations, like the giant WNYC in New York and the tiny WCAI on Cape Cod, my work has aired on PRI's The World, Studio 360 and NPR's All Things Considered. I've taught documentary radio for Transom.org and for Radio Rookies.
And when I'm not making radio or teaching it, I bake a lot of bread. 
Lucy Oliveira of the New Bedford Immigrants' Assistance Center sits with 86-year-old Margarida Xavier, who moved to the US from Portugal in the 1960s. Oliveira visits Xavier's home every month and often helps Xavier read her mail.

Some Portuguese immigrants feel isolated as they grow old in their adopted home

Margarida Xavier came to Massachusetts in the 1960s, when the Portuguese community in New Bedford was a booming microcosm of life back home. As younger generations integrate, life for the most elderly immigrants, who still maintain the culture and language of their home, are feeling isolated.

Some Portuguese immigrants feel isolated as they grow old in their adopted home
Renaldi Jessica and Alfredo

A photographer spent seven years convincing strangers to take familiar pictures together

A photographer spent seven years convincing strangers to take familiar pictures together
"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.

This graphic designer makes 'smell maps' of cities around the world

This graphic designer makes 'smell maps' of cities around the world