Barak Wright
Portfolio
- Business
- Editing
- Engineering
- Producing
- Recording
- Reporting
- Voice
About Barak
HI THERE. I’M AN INDEPENDENT WRITER & PRODUCER NEAR LOS ANGELES.
My reporting and writing has appeared in audio and print—Proof by America’s Test Kitchen, Unfictional by KCRW, The Pulse by WHYY, and Religion & Politics by Washington University in St. Louis.
I’ve also provided technical assistance for This American Life, BBC, NPR, APM, Gimlet, ESPN’s 30 for 30 series, and podcasts for Outside Magazine and Stanford University, among others.
Barak's Portfolio
Prepping for the Worst
A Mormon housewife. An elite military food science lab. And the four foods you should have on hand in case the world ends.
The Complicated "Science" of Individual Communion Cups
Individual Communion cups are an artifact of a debate about the risks of catching a disease from a shared Communion cup. Oh, and racism?
Secrets of The Sycamore School
Japanese teenagers, Aki and Hyuma, move to Hollywood to join an exclusive private school for performance magic. But when the boys arrive, the school isn't exactly what they imagined.
We're Not Following the Leader: Lessons from Alaska
A group of commercial fisherman hunt for a famous run of chum salmon in Southeast Alaska.
Experience
Skills
- Audience Development
- Contract Review
- Field Producing
- Field Recording
- Interviewing
- Logistics and Coordination
- Marketing
- Mentoring
- Producing
- Reporting
- Research
- Show Development
- Story Editing
- Tape Syncs
- Voiceover
Equipment
- Sound Devices MicPre-6
- Tascam DR-100 MKII
- ElectroVoice RE20 Microphone
- Rode NTG2 Shotgun Microphone
- Audio-Technica Wired Lavalier Microphone (2)