Virginia Prescott
Host, Word of MouthVirginia Prescott is the Gracie Award-winning host of Word of Mouth, Civics 101, The 10-Minute Writers Workshop podcasts, and the Writers on A New England Stage series on New Hampshire Public Radio. Prior to joining NHPR, she was editor, producer, and director for NPR programs On Point and Here & Now, and directed interactive media for New York Public Radio.
Throughout her radio career, Virginia has worked to build sustainable independent radio in the developing world and has trained journalists in post-conflict zones from Sierra Leone to the Balkans. She has been honored for her contributions with a Gracie award for her work on Word of Mouth, a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University, and was a member of the Peabody Award-winning production team for Jazz from Lincoln Center with Ed Bradley. Virginia loves working in public radio, but regrets that so many good outfits go unnoticed.
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Open Secret: a Search for IdentityEvery family has its secrets. Few compare to the Lickteigs. Steve Lickteig was adopted by a devout, Roman Catholic family. Growing up in a small house on… -
What's on your Menu?This Sunday, the average Super Bowl viewer will consume twelve-hundred calories worth of snacks like chili, chips, chicken wings, and pizza, which besides… -
"Microaggressions" ExposedA black man is President of the United States, an increasing number of women are running large companies, and same-sex marriage is legal in a number of… -
And the Oscar SHOULD go to...The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning with some expected names – Meryl Streep and George Clooney, and a few surprises, Bridesmaids got… -
A Campaign to End Awesome? NOOOO!!!!Produced by Avishay ArtsyWe all have our linguistic pet peeves. I, for one, bristle when I hear “literally” to describe things that aren’t literal at all.… -
Meet the blogger behind GwarlingoSomewhere on the list of why making a radio show is so fun would be this: surfing the internet is part of the job. In other office pods, people have to… -
The YouTube Celebrity in YouIn 2007, Tay Zonday uploaded his video, “Chocolate Rain” to YouTube. Before the rain soaked the ground, it became a viral sensation. Unlike many VH1… -
A Safeway in ArizonaA year ago this week, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot while meeting constituents outside an Arizona supermarket. Six others were killed and… -
Tea, anyone?Long before playing a role in sparking the American Revolution, tea drove history, something largely unknown to me when i took a proper afternoon tea in… -
Puppet Power PlayAn unusual production is making a landing this weekend at Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center …“Baby Universe,” tells a fantastical futuristic story of earth and…
