Margaret Cirino
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
- Editing
- Producing
- Reporting
- Scripting
- Writing
About Margaret
Margaret Cirino is an audio journalist and documentary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work explores the intersections of environment, identity and culture through place-centered storytelling. She is currently a podcast producer for NPR’s Life Kit and has contributed to Short Wave, TED Radio Hour and It’s Been A Minute. Margaret was a 2024 UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Fellow and is developing a documentary about climate gentrification in New York City. She is passionate about creating work that helps communities envision more just and powerful futures.
Margaret's Portfolio
A documentary filmmaker in the late twenty-first century tries to make sense of New York City’s toxic environmental past and present. This speculative fiction/documentary hybrid weaves interviews from both displaced and current residents and business owners of Superfund sites in Brooklyn and Queens.
Experience
Skills
- Mixing
- Voice Coaching
- Story Editing
- Sound Design
- Social Media
- Scoring
- Research
- Reporting
- Producing
- Mentoring
- Interviewing
- Field Producing
- Fact Checking