Julia Barton is a freelance radio reporter and producer now based in Tucson, Arizona. She has taught radio production across the former Soviet Union, including in Russia, Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In 2002, she received a Knight Fellowship to visit dozens of commercial radio stations across Russia.

In 2000, she reported from Ukraine for NPR News and other public radio outlets while on a Pew Fellowship in International Journalism. Barton covered politics and social issues for WHYY-FM in Philadelphia for three years. She got her start as an announcer and reporter at WSUI-AM in Iowa City, Iowa. Besides NPR, her work has aired on programs including Marketplace, The World, Studio 360, Living on Earth, Latino USA, and CBC Radio.

Julia Barton Links

Knight International Press Fellowship:
www.knight-international.org/