
Miguel Macias
Miguel Macias is a Senior Producer at All Things Considered, where he is proud to work with a top-notch team to shape the content of the daily show.
Prior to joining NPR in 2021, Macias was Supervising Senior Producer for Latino USA, where he led a team of talented producers and editors. Before that, Macias was an Associate Professor at Brooklyn College CUNY, where he taught radio production and journalism for a decade. Before moving into academia, Macias worked as the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for Youth Radio; for American Public Media as an Associate Producer and Director for the Marketplace Morning Report; and at New York Public Radio WNYC's Radio Rookies as an Associate Producer. Macias is also proud to have worked as a volunteer for the NGO MADRE. As such, he has trained Indigenous radio reporters in Peru, instructed video editing to teenagers in Colombia, and taught radio production to activists in Nicaragua.
Macias received a Peabody Award in 2006 as the Associate Producer for WNYC Radio Rookies' Mosholu series.
Originally from Seville, Spain, Macias moved to the U.S. in 2001 and earned an M.F.A. in Television Production from Brooklyn College.
In his spare time... he doesn't have any spare time. But he does love to spend time with friends, and produce video and audio documentaries.
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The unwanted kiss a Spanish soccer official planted on a female player after the team won the FIFA World Cup has galvanized Spain's "se acabo" feminist movement: "That's enough."
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Spain is thrown in political limbo after national elections failed to produce a clear winner. No party obtained sufficient votes to form a government.
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Spain heads to the polls this weekend in what could be one of the most important elections in years. Spain is now run by a center-left government – but the rise of the far right has many worried.
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The challenges facing Africa are real, but depending on who you talk to, the solution is either to risk it all for a better life in Europe or stay on the continent and fight for a better future there.
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The UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis is perched precariously between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River. And it's on borrowed time.
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Sweeping global trends are changing the world. As climate change heats up the planet and pushes people to migrate, far-right politicians see both a threat and an opportunity.
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Helena Maleno helps save the lives of people who try to cross the border into Europe from Africa. Her story highlights the fraught international relationships when it comes to migration.
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The traditional Spanish Christmas Lottery happens every Dec. 22. Madrid students bring joy, and sometimes a lot of money, to people all over Spain. Its top prize is known as "El Gordo."
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Argentines around the world share what Argentina's victory at the 2022 FIFA World Cup means to them.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with far-right extremism expert Sam Jackson about the conviction of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.