Laura Spero
Recent Pieces from Laura Spero
Tij
(05:00)
From: World Vision Report
Girls and women in Nepal live in a culture that treats them as second-class citizens. But they have a very public way of expressing their displeasure. Once a year they ...
Robot Kid
(03:05)
From: World Vision Report
Back when the Nepali village of Kaskikot didn’t have any technology except the radio, a young farm boy started wondering about how machines work. He started making robots. ...
Wood Cutting Trip
(04:05)
From: Laura Spero
An American gal accompanies a raucous group of neighbors down the mountain to cut firewood in rural Nepal.
Bus Busker
(03:58)
From: World Vision Report
Reporter Laura Spero lives in New York City, but she travels to Nepal every year. There, a single winding road connects Nepal’s capital, Katmandu, to the popular city of ...
Woodcutting Trip
(04:03)
From: World Vision Report
In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, a gas stove is no longer an oddity. Many people have them these days. But with oil both scarce and expensive, fire is still the best way ...
Water Tap
(03:33)
From: World Vision Report
Collecting water is a serious business in Kaskikot, Nepal. Reporter Laura Spero found that out when she spent nine months living with a family in the tiny farming village. ...
Frying Cel Roti in Pokhara, Nepal
(04:57)
From: Laura Spero
Learning to cook a traditional fried bread in Nepal.
Mahane Yehuda
(01:05)
From: Laura Spero
The elbow-throwing, shekel-shouting, watermelon and halva and bread-selling chaos of Jerusalem's largest outdoor market on a Friday afternoon just before Shabbat.
Churning Milk in Nepal
(04:42)
From: Laura Spero
Let's talk about locally produced food--you've never had milk like this. In the village of Kaskikot, Nepal, Aamaa shows reporter Laura Spero how to churn buffalo milk to ...
About Me
I am currently working as a freelance producer in Hartford, CT while also directing Jevaia Foundation, Inc., a social enterprise I founded in 2007. I have extensive experience traveling and reporting soft features internationally, with a special focus on Nepal. I speaks fluent Nepali and have produced stories from rural and remote parts of Nepal for many years.
As a facilitator for Sound Portrait's Productions StoryCorps project (www.storycorps.net) from 2005 - 2006, I had the life-changing experience of listening to hundreds of oral history interviews in New York, Texas, New Orleans, and Washington DC.
I graduated from Williams College in 2002 with a B.A. in anthropology and neuroscience, and completed an MFA in creative nonfiction writing at the New School in 2008. My first documentary, produced in the spring of 2002 as a senior project in anthropology, explored the 9/11 attacks in relation to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. I have a black belt in taekwondo and was part of the varsity rowing and swim teams at Williams.
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Availability
Laura is currently available for new projects and is available to travel Internationally.Skills
- Producing: News
- Field Recording
- Editing
- Reporting
- Writing
- Producing: Documentary and soft feature
Available For
- Field Recording
- Documentary Production
- Interviewing
- Tape Syncs
- Long Walks on the Beach
- Sound Editing
Equipment
- Hard Disc/Flash Recorder
- Pro Tools
- Minidisk Recorder
- Laptop
Languages I Speak
- Nepali
- English
Work Experience
Previously Aired On
The World Vision Report, Marketplace, Weekend AmericaEducation
University of Connecticut, Master's in Social Work, 2018
The New School, M.F.A., 2008
Williams College, B.A., 2002
