About Barbara J Grady-Ayer

GRADY, BARBARA has been a print journalist for many years, reporting for Reuters New Service and the Oakland Tribune with a stint in between freelancing for magazines during the dot.com era. In 2009 Barbara and a colleague at the Oakland Tribune received a Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for their series on the commercial sexual exploitation of children in Oakland. Currently, Barbara is a freelancer writing environmental and community news and completing another project on human trafficking of children through a grant from the G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism. Barbara plans to use the skills she learns at the Knight Digital Media Center workshop on that project as well as in her community news and environmental news blogs.

• Location: AL
• Was accepted for Mar 21-26 2010 Independent Journalists Workshop.

Stories

Digital media stories published elsewhere by Barbara J Grady-Ayer:

• AHS Jazz Band Sent to Lincoln Center [edit]
  This video brings viewers into a practice session of this award-winning jazz band on the eve of a trip to Lincoln Center. The video zooms in for close ups on two of the most stellar performers as they regal listeners with solos.
• Video: Take the Walking School Bus on Wednesday For Health, Environment [edit]
  Video follows the "Walking School Bus" one morning as the bus picks up kids along its route and makes its way to Marin School in Albany. Interviews with the organizer, some kids and the school principal along the way.

Writing

Content on this site written by Barbara J Grady-Ayer (includes contributory writing):