About

The Reporter’s Notebook is an audio podcast produced in the radio studio of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

We’re interested in global culture makers who operate and think on the edge. Refugees, aide workers, writers, innovators, mavericks–world citizens who look at the world in compelling ways and have thoughts on how to make it a better place. Each week, we open our studios to guests and invite them to share ideas. Join us.

People

Lonnie Isabel, Host

Lonnie is the former deputy managing editor of Newsday, and was responsible for supervising the national, foreign, state, Washington, health and science staffs. During his 16-year career at the newspaper, Isabel also served as assistant managing editor, overseeing coverage of the September 11th aftermath and the Iraq War, and as national editor, covering the 2000 presidential campaign and the Oklahoma City bombing. Earlier in his career, Isabel worked as a reporter and assistant city editor at the Oakland Tribune, and as a political reporter at the Boston Globe. He was appointed a Poynter Ethics Fellow in 2006. He has taught news writing at Hofstra and San Francisco State universities. He received a B.A. in African Studies from Amherst College.

Tina Pamintuan, Producer

Tina is the director of radio projects and initiatives at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She began her journalism career at National Public Radio where her favorite task was writing science and adventure scripts for Radio Expeditions. In 2001, she was part of a four-person team that won a Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton for the yearlong series, The Geographic Century.

Tina’s media projects have received grants and support from organizations, including the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, Third Coast International Audio Festival, and the Asian American Journalists Association. In 2002, she won the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies Writing Award. She was a 2006 writer-in-residence at the Hedgebrook Writers Retreat in Washington State and is currently a fellow at the CUNY Writers’ Institute.

Chad Bernhard, Audio Engineer

Chad has an 18 year history as an engineer and coordinator for professional projects across all media, guided by a philosophy of simplicity and effectiveness. Chad’s professional experience ranges from field recording to studio production, audio mastering services (including work for Wynton Marsalis and Alicia Keys), mixing for film, television and radio. Most notably, his radio production and recording experience includes credits for NPR, Chicago Public Radio, WYNE, WNYC, NYCTV, The American Theatre Wing, and The Guardian. In addition to his long list of audio production and engineering credits, Chad has also edited for television programs such as “Jenny Jones,” “Judge Mathis” and “Motorsports Weekly.”

Chad is also a recording artist and producer, with a number of film scores under his belt as a composer. His primary musical project, things outside the skin, has issued releases on a number of record labels, has been featured on numerous feature film soundtracks, and is currently under a recording contract with Martin Atkins’s Invisible Records.