Bria Suggs
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I'm an audio journalist looking for a podcast to produce for! I have experience producing, engineering and also reporting on my own stories. My favorite part of the producing process is script editing and putting the piece together in an audio editing software. Proficient in Pro Tools and Audition.- Editing
- Engineering
- Producing
- Recording
- Scripting
- Voice
- Writing
About Bria
I attended undergrad at Georgia State University, where I majored in Creative Writing and my minor was in Journalism. I then worked as a General Assignment Reporter before seeking my Master's degree in audio journalism from UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism. I enjoy narrative, long-form storytelling about underreported and underrepresented communities.
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If you’ve ever driven down Sacramento Street in South Berkeley, you’ve probably seen the statue of William Byron Rumford Sr. prominently displayed on the median off Ashby Ave. Rumford was a civil rights advocate who became the Bay Area’s first African American elected to the California Legislature in 1948. He also owned the pharmacy across the street from the site of the statue. Both are stops on the South Berkeley Legacy Project’s Black History walking tour.
The tour is led by local historian and lifelong South Berkeley resident, Tina Jones Williams. The tour highlights cultural pillars in Berkeley’s Black community amid displacement and rapid change.
Guests: Corey Antonio Rose, producer Its Been a Minute and Bria Suggs, a journalist at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism.
This is a feature that I pitched and produced about Black mental health for WNYC. It aired on Morning Edition and All Things Considered.
Representatives of the City of Oakland passed a resolution to return five acres of parkland to the Ohlone, the indigenous people of the Bay Area. The municipality made history as the first in the nation to return city land to an indigenous group that’s not federally recognized.
Reporting for Northgate Radio, five journalists unpack Oakland’s legislation, along with other ways institutions in the East Bay are attempting to repair harm done to local indigenous communities.
This 30-minute audio special is hosted by me and was run by KALX on 12/29/22 and KALW on 1/4/23 (shortened version)
Experience
Skills
- Tape Syncs
- Story Editing
- Sound Design
- Scrubbing and Audio Editing
- Producing
- Interviewing
- Hosting
- Field Recording
- Field Producing
- Audio Engineering
Equipment
- Zoom H5 recorder, cardioid mic, windscreens