Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong
Producer
About
Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong is a producer on The Record. A multimedia storyteller and editor, she has lived and worked on five continents. Most recently, Adwoa was IDEO's storytelling fellow; she also served as producer for The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture's HatchLabs.
She has designed and implemented communications and outreach program at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Evidence for Policy Design at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and for agricultural development projects with IFDC Nigeria. As Community Engagement Fellow in Prose at Mills College from 2013-15, she designed and implemented a digital storytelling workshop for immigrant and refugee teen girls. In the same capacity, co-produced a student documentary series for KALW public radio.
Adwoa holds a Master of Fine Arts from Mills College in Oakland and a Bachelor of Arts from New College of Florida in Sarasota. She is an alumna of the NextGeneration Radio and VONA fellowships.
Stories
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The Record
For many Seattleites with disabilities, this snow is impassable
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The Record
The fight against measles, in the hospital and in Olympia
There are 54 known cases of measles in the state — 53 in Clark County and one in King County as of Feb. 11.
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The Record
5 tips for spotting fake news from this Seattle librarian
Real headline or surreptitious propaganda? In the past few years, that's become harder to answer.
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The Record
CBD mascara? What will they think of next?
If the hype is to be believed, CBD will do everything from plump lashes to cure cancer.
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Society told these women not to talk about abortion. So instead, they're shouting
The Shout Your Abortion movement has yielded a book co-edited by Amelia Bonow, which features an essay by student and reproductive rights activist Alana Edmonson. Both women joined Bill Radke in studio for a conversation at full volume.
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The Record
December 31st | The Record's producers share their favorite segments of 2018
We made around 200 shows for you in 2018. These were the segments that producers Amina Al-Sadi, Alison Bruzek, and Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong found most memorable.
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SoundQs
Are Seattle drivers so bad? Is Tacoma so beta? And are we earthquake ready?
On this episode of SoundQs, Deborah Wang is joined by Crosscut's Knute Berger and Officer Kevin O'Neill with the Seattle Police Department.
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Why are there so many white supremacist groups in the Pacific Northwest?
What makes them so different in modern times? Dave Neiwert, author of the book "Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in Trump's America," says these groups are targeting mainstream liberals.
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The Record
This story will make you a beaver believer
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The Record
This Seattle bus driver decided to be extra nice to his passengers. Here's how it went
He wanted to test a theory from his childhood: If you're nice to people, will they be kind in return?