Drew Maziasz
Coordinating Producer “Sound of Ideas”Expertise: Audio production, live events, environmental issues, multi-modal transit, history, author interviews
Education: St. Ignatius High School
University of Toledo
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: The Towpath Trail
Experience:
Drew Maziasz worked at a union organizing nonprofit for several years before joining Ideastream Public Media as a part-time operator/announcer in 2011. In 2016, Drew was hired as a full-time technical producer, specializing in engineering live events and remote broadcasts as well as the “Sound of Ideas.” He joined the “Sound of Ideas” team as a producer in 2020 and became a coordinating producer in 2023.
Highlights:
- 2023 Press Club of Cleveland, Best Public Service, Radio/Podcast Show
- 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Public Affairs Program, Second Place
- 2022 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Minority Issues Coverage, Second Place
- 2022 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Public Affairs Program, Second Place
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Will the increasing number of electric vehicle jobs and infrastructure drive consumer interest in Ohio?
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Tony Kost discusses his journey to sobriety and how he's helping others in and out of the service industry deal with substance abuse.
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Political demographer Jennifer Sciubba writes in her new book about how population growth trends are shaping the world.
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Akron Mayor Shammas Malik gave his first State of the City address this week, all while uncertainty looms over the search for a new police chief.
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The Sound of Ideas Community Tour stopped at The Great Lakes Science Center to discuss all things eclipse and asked how the celestial event can inspire future scientists.
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CNP hopes that their new funding model will better serve a wider swath of Cleveland's neighborhood community development corporations and in a more equitable fashion.
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The poet and culture critic just released the book, "There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension."
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In her new book "The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with our wild Neighbors", Erika Howsare examines this long relationship.
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"The Age of Deer" traces the complicated relationship that humans have with deer.
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The Survivors of Homicide Loss Group Support Network is a collaboration between local government and nonprofit agencies.