Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Timeline
Generic

KS Torres

Summary

Award-winning audio producer and academic researcher with 10 years of experience in public media and academia at places like WBUR and Harvard University

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Translator/Fixer

Freelance
11.2022 - Current

- Conducts Russian/English translation for clients such as Latvia-based Russian opposition magazine Meduza, Oxford University and the Russian Academy of Sciences

- Interprets and finds subjects for clients like Radio Free Europe

Mentor

NPR Next Generation Radio
10.2022 - 10.2022

- Mentored student journalists in producing a multimedia story for radio, web and social video during this weeklong workshop

- Taught students how to field produce and use recording equipment

Associate Podcast Producer

WBUR Boston NPR
06.2019 - 09.2022

- Piloted and produced Anything for Selena, an Apple top podcast of 2021

- Edited audio from raw into weekly two-ways for internet culture show Endless Thread

- Prepared scripts for hosts, including research and fact-checking

- Pre-interviewed and booked guests

- Produced episode web posts, including writing headlines, blurbs and formatting transcripts

- Served as sole social media producer for Anything for Selena, organically growing the show's accounts to more than 20k followers on Instagram and Twitter

Eurasian Enigma Podcast Producer

Harvard University
09.2017 - 01.2019

- Produced monthly podcast for the Davis Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies focusing on Russian politics

Intern

St. Louis Public Radio
09.2013 - 12.2013

- Engineered soundboard for live daily broadcast of local affairs program St. Louis on the Air and weekly Cityscape arts magazine

Education

Master of Arts - Russian Area Studies

Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
06.2019

Master of Arts - Russian Literature

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
05.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Russian Literature

University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
05.2012

Skills

Adobe Audition

Podcast piloting and research

Music rights negotiation

Social media community management on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Graphic design in Adobe Photoshop

Russian language

Timeline

Translator/Fixer

Freelance
11.2022 - Current

Mentor

NPR Next Generation Radio
10.2022 - 10.2022

Associate Podcast Producer

WBUR Boston NPR
06.2019 - 09.2022

Eurasian Enigma Podcast Producer

Harvard University
09.2017 - 01.2019

Intern

St. Louis Public Radio
09.2013 - 12.2013

Master of Arts - Russian Area Studies

Harvard University

Master of Arts - Russian Literature

University of Missouri

Bachelor of Arts - Russian Literature

University of Missouri
KS Torres