Veronique LaCapra
- Username: vlacapra
- Writer, editor, and multimedia producer
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Portfolio
Good vibrations! These bugs do their sexting via plant stem
(05:38)
From: Veronique LaCapra
Most insects communicate in a way that we can’t hear. A scientist at Saint Louis University is using a laser to eavesdrop on one insect’s “conversations” — about sex.
Missouri World Trade Center responders still at risk for health problems
(03:55)
From: Veronique LaCapra
In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, more than 50,000 rescue and recovery workers converged at the World Trade Center. Among them were the 62 members of Missouri’s FEMA Urban ...
Does single-stream recycling really work? Yes! And no
(03:33)
From: Veronique LaCapra
If you recycle at home, chances are you take advantage of a system called “single-stream” recycling: you mix all your bottles, newspapers, cans and containers together in a ...
New Ultrafast Camera Could Help Turn Science Fiction Into Reality
(03:34)
From: Veronique LaCapra
Researchers at Washington University have invented an imaging system that can take a hundred billion pictures in a second -- fast enough to record the fastest phenomena in ...
Archeologists Dig For Clues To Underground Railroad in Brooklyn, Ill.
(03:37)
From: Veronique LaCapra
Brooklyn, Ill., is a small, predominantly African-American town, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. What little revenue the town brings in comes mostly from ...
About Me
Audio storyteller. Explorer. Writer. Compulsive photographer. Prefer to listen than talk. Believe in slow radio and life lived offline. Science writer, editor, and multimedia producer for Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Former science reporter for St. Louis Public Radio, NPR, and the Voice of America.
My Groups:Favorite Shows:
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Availability
Veronique is currently available for new projects, has a car, and is available to travel Internationally.Skills
- Producing: News
- Field Recording
- Editing
- Reporting
- Writing
- audio production (radio features)
Available For
- Field Recording
- News Reporting
- Documentary Production
- Interviewing
- Mentoring
- Tape Syncs
- Environmental Reporting
- Voiceover
- Sound Editing
Equipment
- Hard Disc/Flash Recorder
- Pro Tools
- Specialized Mics
- Recording Studio
- Adobe Audition
Languages I Speak
- Portugese
- English
- French
Work Experience
Freelance radio reporter at NPR,
August 2010
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Present
Science, environment, and health reporter at St. Louis Public Radio (90.7 KWMU),
February 2010
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Present
Freelance radio reporter at Voice of America,
June 2007
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Present
Previously Aired On
St. Louis Public Radio, NPR, Voice of AmericaEducation
UC Santa Barbara, Ph.D. (ecosystem ecology), 2000
Cornell University, B.A. (biology, environmental policy), 1991
Awards
- Regional Murrow Award, best use of sound, large market radio, 2015
- Missouri Broadcasters Association - best news series, large market radio, 2015
- Investigative Reporters & Editors Awards, finalist, multiplatform-medium, 2013
- PRX STEM Story Project award winner, 2013
- Missouri Broadcasters Association, best radio feature, large market, 2012
- Missouri Broadcasters Association, best radio feature, large market, 2011
- St. Louis Riverfront Times, best reporter, TV/radio division, 2011
- Science Literacy Project fellow, 2011
Additional Information
Affiliations: Society of Environmental Journalists and AIROther Web sites: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/ [search term: LaCapra]
