Daisy Marie Rosario is an American

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personality and producer. She is currently senior supervising producer of audio for ''

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''. Previously, she was an executive producer at

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, where she oversaw podcasts on the Stitcher Original label and developed new narrative-driven podcasts and talk shows. She regularly appears as a guest on

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's ''Pop Culture Happy Hour''.

Education

Originally from

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, Rosario graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School. She earned a BFA from

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’s

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

and a

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from the

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City. One of the 24 institutions comprising the City University of New York, or CUNY, the school opened ...

and was a 2015 USC Annenberg Health Reporting Fellow.

Media career

Rosario's story "Child of Trouble" appeared on the

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-winning 2010 season of ''

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'' and was used to present the award. While at CUNY, Rosario interned at ''

Radiolab ''Radiolab'' is a radio program produced by WNYC, a public radio station in New York City, and broadcast on public radio stations in the United States. The show is nationally syndicated and is available as a podcast. Live shows were first off ...

'' and in 2012 at ''

Latino USA ''Latino USA'' is a nationally syndicated public radio program and podcast produced by The Futuro Media Group and distributed nationwide by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX), after 27 years of being distributed by NPR. The program is anchored by M ...

,'' where she reported on health, science, "geek" culture, race, and identity. At ''Latino USA'', she served as line producer, guest host, and senior producer. At

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, Rosario and produced the podcast ''Sooo Many White Guys'', hosted by

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. In 2017, she joined

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as a managing producer, first for the radio show ''The Big Listen'' and then for The Pod Shop, WAMU’s initiative to support DC-area emerging podcasters, for which she also served as lead instructor. In 2019, Rosario served as a judge in the Third Coast International Audio Festival. That same year, she left WAMU to become an executive producer at

. Rosario also hosted the Mic video series ''Future Perfect''.

References

External links

Official website

Twitter
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