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About the Presenters
Leah Bartos
Journalism Advisor for UCSB Associated StudentsPrior to joining A.S., she worked for more than 10 years as an investigative journalist for national outlets. While a writer at heart, she has also reported, researched, and produced documentary films for PBS Frontline and ProPublica. Projects she’s worked on have won numerous awards, including two Emmys, as well as various awards from Investigative Reporters and Editors, Society of Professional Journalists, and the American Bar Association. She has a master’s in journalism from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s in anthropology from UC Santa Cruz.
Lisa Osborn
KCSB News & Public Affairs DirectorLisa works with student news directors and a team of volunteer reporters to produce content for the 5pm KCSB newscast and weekly radio program, Inside Isla Vista. Prior to coming to KCSB, Lisa worked at commercial radio stations across Southern California, holding several positions including news anchor, morning show host, program director and music host on a national radio network. She earned a Golden Mike Award for entertainment reporting in Los Angeles for her KFWB news story “The Business of Walt Disney.”
Ted Coe
KCSB Staff AdvisorHe has been at KCSB FM 91.9 for 25 years and has been in his current since 2015. In Santa Barbara since 1989, he earned a Master’s in English at UCSB, while researching underground music cultures (esp. punk), indie labels and small presses, DIY (Do It Yourself) culture, subcultures, anti-corporatism, etc. His music-and-cultural arts radio show, “The Freak Power Ticket” (Mondays at 11am) began in 2002. Described as “a ‘wondrous boat ride’ exploring rock ‘n’ roll & other music, counter culture, cinema, pop culture, oddities, etc.,” his shows are deep dives into art and culture, back stories, creative genealogies, and lyrical and narrative themes — esp. local arts and music history. He enjoys interviewing filmmakers and songwriters (eg, Richard Linklater, Danny Boyle, George A. Romero, Boots Riley, The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, Bob Mould, La Marisoul [La Santa Cecilia], Will Oldham, etc.). Ted served on the board of Goleta’s late all-ages music venue, The Living Room, and led “Save the Living Room”; he’s on the steering committee of the national Grassroots Radio Conference, and the National Advisory Committee of Art+FM, a low-power, community radio station in Kentucky.