Katy June-Friesen
Culture, history, arts, environment
Culture, history, arts writer/editor in Washington, D.C. Researcher/writer for documentary film. Media producer for nonprofits. Ph.D. student in journalism/media studies, University of Maryland.
PROJECTS
Humanities Magazine
In the 1930s, Radio Station WLW in Ohio Was America's One and Only
In the 1930s, Radio Station WLW in Ohio Was America...
Humanities Magazine
Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Made ...
Old Friends Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Ant...
Humanities Magazine
Massive Resistance in a Small Town
By Katy June-Friesen | HUMANITIES, September/Octobe...
Humanities Magazine
Scott Russell of the Northern Mariana Islands | Humanities
Scott Russell of the Northern Mariana Islands | Hum...
The Washington Post
Col. Michael J. Colburn, 48, Burke, Director of “The President’s Own” U.S. Marine Band
I was in junior high, at a summer music band camp on the campus of the University of Vermont. They had a number of guest clinicians there, and one of them was the principal euphonium player for the Ma...
Smithsonian Magazine
Where Did the Taco Come From? | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian ...
Dating back to the 18th century, the dish has jumped from the Mexican silver mines to fast food staple
The Washington Post
First Person Singular: Brittany Davis, wildlife rehabilitator
I always wanted to work with animals. I grew up on a horse farm surrounded by woods. I was an only child, and I was occasionally lonely, but I was never bored. In that time, you could be gone for 14 h...
The Washington Post
Nita Robinson, 67, La Plata, Safeway cashier
In 1982, I came in at Temple Hills [Safeway store]. I worked with a lot of great older women back then that saw my potential and helped me, because I was young and wild. I promised I would not let the...
Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine
Riffing on Identity: Jairo Moreno Examines the Impact of Cultural Expectations on Latin American Musicians
Some of Jairo Moreno’s past experiences as a professional bassist seem far removed from his work as a professor. “I played for drug dealers in Upper Manhattan, and I played at Avery Fisher Hall [at Lincoln Center],” recalls the Associate Professor of Music. “I played in Rome for 10,000 people on a live broadcast.” Yet in his current research, Moreno’s years as a practitioner are coming face-to-face with his theoretical approach to understanding music-making. ...
Smithsonian Magazine
A Northern Family Confronts Its Slaveholding Past | History ...
Filmmaker Katrina Browne discusses her family’s role in American slavery
railstotrails.org
A View From Down Under
Working on this feature convinced me: I need to go to Australia. The more photos I saw of the country's rail-trails and the more stories I heard, the more torturous it was to sit at my desk up to 13 time zones away and not take it in firsthand. I'd rather have been traveling on a resurrected railbed through South Australia's wine country or watching wildlife in one of more than 500 national parks.
Smithsonian Magazine
An Ancestry of African-Native Americans | History & Archaeology ...
Using government documents, author Angela Walton-Raji traced her ancestors to the slaves owned by American Indians
Smithsonian Magazine
Anne Truitt's Artistic Journey | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
Balancing the two lives of a Washington, D.C. sculptor—1950s hostess and emergent artist
The Christian Science Monitor
Backstory: New Mexico's cult of the chile / The Christian Science Monitor
By Katy June-Friesen, Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor / September 26, 2006
Sheathed in green satin and confidence, Green Chile Queen Alexandria Berridge claims her title – coveted by eve...