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I’m Emily Siner (rhymes with “finer”), a journalist in Nashville. I make stories that document the human experience and explain how things work.

I specialize in story editing — helping other journalists elevate their reporting and storytelling — and supporting newsroom leaders through coaching and trainings. I also report my own stories.

Here’s some of the experience I bring:

  • I was the executive producer of More Perfect from WNYC Studios as the nationally acclaimed podcast relaunched in 2023. I led the team as we created a dynamic 12-episode season about the modern Supreme Court. The show was downloaded more than 5 million times in 2023 and listed as one of the best podcasts of the year by The New York Times and Vogue.
  • For five years, I served as the news director of Nashville Public Radio, leading an innovative and supportive newsroom that was frequently recognized for its service to local journalism.
  • I was the executive editor of the Peabody Award-winning podcast The Promise: Season 2, about inequality in Nashville public schools. I also co-edited a longform investigation with ProPublica that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the Goldsmith Award, and a National Magazine Award. Stories that I edited about criminal justice in Tennessee led to the early release of two men from prison.
  • As a 2022 U.S. Fulbright Scholar, I was a visiting researcher and lecturer at Maynooth University in Ireland, where I taught journalism workshops and did academic research on how Irish journalists covered abortion.
  • My own reporting has garnered three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. I launched an award-winning interview podcast called Movers & Thinkers, and was named Tennessee Radio Journalist of the Year in 2016.

Before moving to Nashville, I produced stories for NPR and interned at the Los Angeles Times. I’m a proud graduate of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, am passionate about strengthening the future of journalism, and feel strongly that journalism leaders can and should foster compassionate, creative teams.