Jocelyn Robinson
Director of Radio Preservation & Archives at WYSOJocelyn Robinson is a Yellow Springs, Ohio-based educator, media producer, and radio preservationist. As an educator, Robinson has taught transdisciplinary literature courses incorporating critical cultural theory and her scholarship in self-definition and identity. She also teaches community-based and college-level classes in digital storytelling and narrative journalism.
A Community Voices producer at WYSO since 2013 and anAIR New Voices Scholar in 2014, Robinson's recent audio work has includedWest Dayton Stories at WYSO, and as an independent producer, contributing to the Goethe-Institut USA podcastThe Big Ponder and WHYY’sThe Pulse.
Guiding the growth and development of theWYSO Archives for the past ten years, Robinson has worked to establish the archive’s infrastructure and position WYSO as a national leader in radio preservation. She is skilled in using historical media in content creation, producingRediscovered Radio, a series of short documentaries using WYSO’s civil rights and Vietnam era audio as source material. With WYSO’s music director Juliet Fromholt, she is co-producer of the Rediscovered Radio “Women’s Voices, Women’s Music in the Archives” podcast, scheduled for a spring 2024 release.
A member of the African American and Civil Rights Radio Caucus of theRadio Preservation Task Force at the Library of Congress, Robinson is project director of a multi-year effort to conserve and celebrate radio produced at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).The HBCU Radio Preservation Project will run through 2027 and is generously funded by the Mellon Foundation. She was the recipient of the 2022 Merit Award from the Society of Ohio Archivists and serves as the board vice chair of the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
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We’ve been reflecting on Black Joy on West Dayton Stories and our final commentary on the topic is from amaha sellassie.
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Our community producers have been considering the notion of Black Joy on West Dayton Stories, and this week, Tiffany Brown uses the performance art of spoken word poetry in her piece, “Stillness…to Joy”.
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We’re exploring Black Joy on West Dayton Stories. This week, community producer Loveyah Stewart talks about seeing her Black Joy when looking in a mirror.
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We’re exploring Black Joy on West Dayton Stories, and this week community producer Omopé Carter-Daboiku, known to many as Mama O, tells of a lifetime of dipping into that deep well of spirit and pride.
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In this week's edition of West Dayton Stories community producer Jaylon Yates uses lyrical language and poetic imagery to express his take on Black Joy.
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Here on West Dayton Stories, we’re exploring the concept of Black Joy. With so much focus on the trauma of race in America, we turn to this important source of celebration, resistance, and healing. Community producer LB, who’s also known as Leah Byrd, takes us back to the time he found the joy he didn’t know he needed in his life.
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It’s pretty clear voting is important, but is it enough? Activist and educator amaha selassie considers what else it takes to truly make positive change in our communities.
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A whole lot has happened in the last three decades. Community producer Loveyah Stewart reflects on how she got to this moment.
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Young people are raising their voices in the political debate, and we need to hear them. Community producer Jaylon Yates shares his ideas on the importance of voting, especially locally.
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As West Dayton Stories presents thoughts and opinions on the recent election and voting in years past, it seems there’s a generational divide emerging. Omope Carter-Daboiku has exercised her right to cast a ballot over quite a few voting cycles.