MICHELLE LOXTON

For more than a decade I have worked as a radio journalist in California (USA), Dubai (UAE) and Cape Town (South Africa). I love talk/news/public radio and have been lucky enough to experience this through a variety of different roles: podcast creator, host/anchor, producer, reporter, news reader/newscaster, and digital media producer.

 

I currently work at NPR member station KCLU as a Podcast and Digital Content Producer. This station covers Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties along the California coast. At KCLU I launched their very first podcast The One Oh One. I handle all elements of the podcast including hosting, producing, scripting, sound design and digital elements. The very first episode of this podcast won first place for 'use of sound' in the Audio Journalism category at the L.A. Press Clubs 64th SoCal Journalism Awards.

At KCLU, I am also in charge of managing the station's website, its App and other digital offerings. I am also a stand in host for the Morning Edition and All Things Considered shows. And I handle operational duties when the Operations Director is away. 

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Before KCLU (from 2019 to mid-2021) I worked across the Monterey Bay Area as a reporter and host for KAZU (NPR for the Monterey Bay Area). My stories focused on the issues that affect the community locally including the COVID-19 pandemic, the opioid crisis in the community, the study of fog and a look at how goats are used to prevent wildfires. Three of my stories (on coronavirus testing, the Monterey Jazz Festival going virtual and dangerous debris flows) were featured on The California Report, a statewide program. I was also part of the news team that won a National Edward R. Murrow award for our coverage of the four major wildfires that ravaged the Central Coast in 2020.

As a local host I presented NPR's All Things Considered and APM's Marketplace. I also handled breaking news coverage. 

As a reporter and host in Dubai I covered a wide range of topics from breaking news to lifestyle events. I have reported on presidential addresses (Obama on the UAE), tragic plane crashes (Emirates and flydubai) and historic occasions (Solar Impulse 2 landing in Abu Dhabi). I have produced features on Michelin starred chefs (there are a lot of them), comedians (Trevor Noah), TED speakers and albino alligators (their names were Ali and Blue). I was also the main correspondent for the Dubai International Film Festival. I have had the opportunity to interview an array of international personalities such as Simon Sinek, Akon, Giuliana Rancic, Paris Hilton, Vincent Willem van Gogh, and philanthropist Jane Goodall. 

As I producer in Dubai I have worked on every kind of show imaginable - business, health, culture, food, careers, education, parenting, psychology, travel and politics. I have created new shows and re-launched established ones. It is extremely rewarding working with talented colleagues, creating fantastic content and interacting with loyal listeners. 

I have also worked as a travel journalist and experienced first-hand the destinations on which I have covered (in long-form audio stories): Sri Lanka, Mauritius, San Francisco and Rwanda to name just a few. 

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Last but not least I am an experienced audio editor (Adobe Audition, Cool Edit Pro, ENCO and Dalet) and story writer and editor - I produce and write every story I take on-air.