DEVIN KATAYAMA

August 20, 2014 – Devin moderated an event with special guest, Jonathan Wolff, where he shared the inside, fascinating story of his journey from growing up in Louisville to rising to the top of his field in the television music industry, complete with Hollywood stories and tips on how he got the jobs so many others didn’t.

Devin Katayama is an award-winning journalist who hosts the midday for WFPL Louisville Public Media. He’s also the station’s education reporter. Devin earned his M.A. in Journalism from Columbia College Chicago where he was a Follet Fellow. While in Chicago, he won the Studs Terkel Community Media Workshop Scholarship award for his stories on street youth. Devin previously worked with WBEZ Chicago Public Media’s Worldview program and with Northern California KQED’s The California Report. He earned his B.A. in English Creative Writing at CUNY Hunter College in New York City. For more of his work, check out audiocollected.org.