Hi there! My name is Buffy Gorrilla (yes, you can ask me if this is my real name). I am an award-winning audio journalist and independent producer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My interests are wide-ranging… sports, culture, health, music, should I go on? Thanks for stopping by.
Here are some of the details.
My work has appeared on/in NPR, WHYY, The Pulse, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and The Age. Here are a few stories from NPR (1, 2, 3)/WHYY/Radio National Australia that I am proud of.
My niche is sports. I have worked for ESPN and Sports Illustrated Studios. Spiraled, a six-part investigative series I co-reported and produced with Sports Illustrated Studios. I was the supervising producer on Max’s Hard Knocks Podcast.
I was a podcast producer for the Philadelphia Eagles. I was the lead producer on Return Game. I’ve gone deep, like really, really deep, on a storied rivalry in Birds, Boys and Bad Blood, and I talked at length to the last gentleman coach in Return Game: Coach Vermeil.
In addition to sports, I help female entrepreneurs launch podcasts. My current projects include Take on Board, a weekly podcast focused on helping women achieve their goal of securing a place at the board table. Lead to Soar is a resource for career women and their allies, and Not in My Workplace is a new limited series that aims to be a resource for people wanting to make workplaces safer, more respectful and inclusive.
I produced the Peabody-nominated series Half Vaxxed: The Rise and Fall of Philly Fighting COVID. I worked as a producer at The Why from WHYY.
I created a Spotify playlist with some of my favorite episodes that I have produced.
I completed Transom’s Story Mentorship – a six-week storytelling extravaganza.
Have a look around. If you have a great story and need help getting it out there, I would love to hear from you!
Thanks for stopping by!
Buffy