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The Takeaway

Producer Appreciation Weeks: Zachary Bynum

The Takeaway

WNYC and PRX

Politics, Wnyc, Daily News, Radio, Takeaway, National, News, News Commentary

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

"Atlanta influences everything."  As part of our Producer Appreciation Weeks, Host Melissa Harris-Perry talks with the professionals behind the scenes who bring you the stories you love.  Digital producer Zachary Bynum is a resident of Atlanta who's worked remotely with The Takeaway for the last 2 years. He produces, edits, and publishes all of our social media content, webpages, and podcasts. Zachary has also produced some enterprising coverage on the show, so today we are revisiting some of his favorite segments he produced: Cop City; Takeaway Report: A Teen Vogue State of the (Youth)ion; Dragphobia is on The Rise; Exploring Consumer Protection: The Kroger-Albertsons Merger; Black.Queer.Rising.:Moore Kismet (they/them) & George M. Johson (they/them) You can follow Zachary on Instagram and Twitter: @__zaby (2 underscores) You can pitch him here: [email protected]  Subscribe: Linktree: zabywrites

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0:00.0

I'm Melissa Harris Perry, and this is the takeaway.

0:07.8

Thanks for being with us.

0:09.6

We're continuing our producer appreciation weeks as we head toward our final episode this

0:14.8

Friday.

0:16.1

And today is a conversation with our digital producer, Zachary Bynum.

0:21.5

Now, Zach is part of what I like to think of as the dirty self contingent of the takeaway.

0:26.6

Me, I'm down here in North Carolina, and Zach is based in Atlanta.

0:31.5

Hey there, Zach B.

0:33.0

Hello to you and the entire takeaway universe, Melissa.

0:36.9

I'm not sure that we're a whole universe, but let's do it.

0:41.8

Now, Zach, we're going to get to some of your on-air production in just a moment.

0:46.2

But can you start by letting folks know about the digital side of your role?

0:51.2

Yeah, of course, Melissa.

0:52.7

So every weekday, I send out our daily rundown to all of our

0:56.1

partner stations across the country, publish our web and podcasts, and make some lovely social

1:01.2

media content based off of you and our incredible team's work, which has given us so many

1:05.9

opportunities to keep the conversation going online. And while you were doing all that work,

1:13.7

you always had your eye on stories for broadcast,

1:17.4

especially those that were centered in Atlanta.

1:18.8

Absolutely.

1:21.3

And I'm really proud of the work we have done this year to amplify the ongoing story

1:22.9

of community resistance to Cop City.

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