Sally Herships has been interviewing people since she was 16 and she's beyond thrilled that it's finally occurred to her to make this her career. Her oral history work is included in the library of congress and among others she's produced or reported for BBC World Service, NPR's All Things Considered, WNYC, The New York Times, Studio 360, she's put in many hours at Radio Lab and is a regular contributor to public radio's Marketplace.

Sally’s work has been presented at UnionDocs,  and she’s taught radio workshops at the New School, Smith College, Feet in Two Worlds, Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, Spark Summit for Girls and documentary audio at Fordham University. Her investigative project "The Five Percent Rule" was awarded the 2011 Third Coast Radio Impact Award and best Prepared Report for the 2011 Front Page Awards from the Newswomen's Club of NY. She lives in Brooklyn and when she's not making radio she enjoys sitting around, daydreaming, and drawing supermodels, robots and cats.


Follow Sally on Twitter @sherships.




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