About

I'm an award-winning audio and print journalist based in western Massachusetts. My audio stories have aired on NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here and Now, PRI’s The World, and on numerous New England radio stations. I’ve made longform audio features for podcasts including Scene on Radio and Threatened. My essays and articles have been published in The Atlantic, Kenyon Review, and other magazines and journals.

I'm a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop, and I taught fiction writing at Hampshire College for five years.

I’ve done field recording and tape syncs for Slate, the BBC, Sports Illustrated, IHeartRadio, Audible.com, and numerous other outlets. I’m available for small & large assignments, and for collaborations of all sorts.

Email me at: benjabirdy@gmail.com