Anatomy of a collaboration

Publisher’s Notes

Zion Adissem lives, works and creates in Pittsburgh now, but a few years back he interned at Metro Monthly where he helped create the metro30 podcast.

Our publication has had a longstanding relationship with the Youngstown Radio Reading Service, but Zion’s internship allowed us to expand and deepen that partnership.

Zion has a great-sounding voice, so I proposed that he do some broadcast reads. That went pretty well. I then suggested that we work on creating an original podcast. Zion and the Radio Reading Service were on board.

I knew what I wanted and provided a rough structure. Zion prepared the questions and conducted studio interviews. The semester-long project resulted in a number of well-received podcasts.

Zion is now writing, creating and producing his own podcast in Pittsburgh.

In this issue, he contributed “The Anatomy of a Drop Fade,” an introspective, cultural piece that appears on Page 7.

Internships are teaching experiences, and we both learned a lot that spring.

Stay safe and be well. See you next issue.

Mark C. Peyko, Editor & Publisher