Sara Nics
I lead creative teams.
I'm an editor and producer with more than 20 years of experience, currently working as VP of Content at Pushkin Industries, home of the hit podcasts Revisionist History, Happiness Lab, Cautionary Tales and many more.
At Pushkin, I oversee production (with the help of a team of excellent EPs), editorial (with the help of great editors), and lead new show development.
Previously, I was executive editor at Transmitter Media, where I supported all of our productions and—just as importantly—our producers' professional development. As part of the executive team, I helped steer the company's culture and editorial direction.
Check out some shows that I edited
Further back, I was a founding producer and the assignment editor at the New Yorker Radio Hour, a coproduction of WNYC and The New Yorker. I worked with leaders from the magazine and WNYC to shape the tone, content and style of the program.
Earlier in my career, I worked as a producer, interviewer and fill-in host for To the Best of Our Knowledge, as the announcer for Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?, as a South Asia reporter and producer for Radio Netherlands Worldwide, as a chase producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as a host and news producer for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network, and as a journalism trainer for the African Woman and Child Feature Service.
Listen to some favorite pieces
I've taught Pulitzer Prize-winning writers how to make audio stories, reported from a sinking island at the height of a tropical storm, managed a team of reporters from East Africa, covered breaking news in South Asia, performed radio every week in front of a live audience, and produced stories about Antarctic explorers, art thieves, uncontacted tribes, wonder, ecstatic creativity, narrative self-concept, and a whole lot more.