About

A radio and podcast producer with a passion for exploring arts and culture, tech, history and queerness through sound. I've worked on CBC’s arts and culture interview show “Q with Tom Power, ” CBC’s morning radio newscast “World Report” and CBC Podcasts. I’ve also produced pieces for CBC, BBC, NPR's Weekend Edition, Rhode Island Public Radio, WAMU, With Good Reason, and news spots for NPR's National Arts Desk.

I’m available for Toronto field producing and tape syncs, and have done so on a freelance basis for BBC News, NPR’s Morning Edition, 99% Invisible, The World, Reveal, Harvard Business Review, On The Media, and many other podcasts and radio shows. I have also done transcribing for shows such as S-Town, This American Life, Reply All, Love and Radio, and many others.

Awards:

2023 Digital Publishing Awards, Gold - Best Podcast: Arts, Culture, and Society

2022 New York Radio Festival, finalist - Serialized Podcast

2022 Digital Publishing awards, honorable mention - Best Podcast: Current Affairs

2021 CAJ - Investigative Journalism - Online Media

2021 New York Radio Festival, Silver - Serialized Podcast

2021 Digital Publishing Awards, silver - Best Podcast: News & Politics

2021 Ambies nominee - True Crime

2021 Ambies nominee - Science Podcast

MagNet 2020, Canadian Magazines conference - panelist on creating literary podcasts

Contact:

sarahemelton1@gmail.com