Barbara Bogaev

Barbara Bogaev is an American radio journalist noted for her work as the host of the public radio documentary program Soundprint and guest host of WHYY's Fresh Air.

Early life

Bogaev grew up in Philadelphia.^[1] She graduated cum laude with a degree in comparative literature from Silliman College, Yale University in 1983.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Before becoming a radio journalist, Bogaev worked in television including at PBS affiliates, CBS, and Nickelodeon.^[2]

She was co-host of the former American Public Media program, Weekend America, from 2004^[3] through 2006. On December 5, 2006, a memo was circulated at Weekend America announcing that Bogaev would be leaving the show.^[4] On December 9, 2006, the show's co-host, Bill Radke, announced Bogaev's departure with no specifics given regarding her or the program. Weekend America last aired on January 31, 2009.

Bogaev was substitute host of the National Public Radio program, Fresh Air with Terry Gross. During her tenure at the show, Bogaev interviewed figures including Fred Rogers, Mary Karr, Peter Jackson, and Bill Nye.^[5]

She was a guest host of Marketplace Weekend, from American Public Media from 2013 to 2014.^[6]

She is one of the hosts of the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series, produced by the Folger Shakespeare Library.^[7][8]

Bogaev guest hosts the news and culture magazine shows "To The Point" and "Press Play" on KCRW, Santa Monica.^[9][10]

SOUNDPRINT

Peabody-Award-winning^[11] SOUNDPRINT Media Center, Inc. published stories from January 1988 to July 2012,^[12][13] from Laurel, Maryland.

SOUNDPRINT, founded at WJHU,^[14] first broadcast in January, 1988, with Bill Siemering as executive producer,^[15][16] funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Radio Program Fund^{[17][18][19][20]}

As a host of SOUNDPRINT, Bogaev hosted more than 250 episodes and produced 7 documentaries.^[2]

Moira Rankin was president^[21] of Soundprint Media Center, an independent nonprofit carried on NPR's satellite radio channel.^[22]

References

1. Ezra, Graham (May 10, 2023). "Episode one hundred: Radio Adventurer Barbara Bogaev". News Nerds. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
2. "Barbara Bogaev - Host". SOUNDPRINT. from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. "Barbara Bogaev". Weekend America. publicradio.org. from the original on 2004-10-12. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
4. Kevin Roderick (5 December 2006). "Upheaval at 'Weekend America'". LA Observed. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
5. "Fresh Air with Terry Gross". Fresh Air with Terry Gross. September 10, 2023. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
6. "Barbara Bogaev, Author". Marketplace (radio program). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
7. efrench (27 November 2015). "Shakespeare Unlimited". Retrieved 17 July 2018.
8. "Shakespeare Unlimited: Pop Sonnets". collections.folger.edu. Folger Shakespeare Library. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
9. "KCRW 89.9FM - Music, NPR News, Culture Los Angeles". 30 March 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
10. "LA Time's Robert Faturechi on Lee Baca's Retirement". KCRW. SoundCloud. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Robert Faturechi of the Los Angeles Times talks with Barbara Bogaev about Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca's Retirement
11. "Awards". SOUNDPRINT.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
12. . soundprint.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
13. "Soundprint". PRX - Public Radio Exchange. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
14. McKerrow, Steve (February 4, 1994). . The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 27 November 2021. "Soundprint," founded at WJHU-FM (88.1) in Baltimore six years ago, is about to evolve into an independent production company to be known as Soundprint Media Center, Inc....the program will move this spring from WJHU headquarters on North Charles Street to new studio facilities being built at WAMU-FM (88.5) in Washington.
15. . baltimore sun. baltimore. November 25, 1993. Archived from the original on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Six years ago, a new weekly public radio documentary series hit the airwaves. Called "Soundprint," it is produced by WJHU-FM (88.1), the public radio station of Baltimore's Johns Hopkins University, and carried by 205 other stations throughout the nation.
16. McKerrow, Steve (August 6, 1993). . baltimore sun. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021. "Soundprint," which affiliated earlier this year with NPR after previously being carried by American Public Radio, is heard locally at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on WJHU-FM [88.1] and repeated at 7:30 a.m. Sundays.
17. Hardy, Charles III (January 1999). "Authoring in Sound: An Eccentric Essay on Aural History, Radio, and Media Convergence (West Chester University)". Producing Historical Documentaries. History Department, University at Albany, SUNY. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Modeling SOUNDPRINT on Life Magazine, "the aural equivalent of photojournalism," as he would put it, Siemering envisioned SOUNDPRINT as a showcase for the finest works of radio journalism that told their stories through sound, that set new standards and stretched the limits of the medium.
18. "Talking History: Archives". Organization of American Historians. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
19. "Talking History". talkinghistory.org. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
20. "Congressional Record, Volume 165 Issue 55 (Friday, March 29, 2019)".
21. Wemple, Erik (20 October 2011). "NPR and Simeone: Lots of corrections". Washington Post. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
22. Everhart, Karen (November 7, 2011). "News leaders draw hard line on employees' public comments". Current.