First Epidemiology, then Radio
Following a successful career in public health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a medical epidemiologist, Philip Graitcer became a full-time independent radio producer. He has been creating and writing short documentary features on arts, culture, health and science for almost five years.
Radio, A Life-long Dream
Pursuing a life-long dream to become a radio reporter, Graitcer interned at Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) in 2006, and in 2007 became full-time independent radio producer. Although largely self-taught as a reporter, Graitcer has attended intensive seminars in documentary production at Duke University, the Third Coast Conference, and at GPB. In 2006, he was the co-producer of GPB’s Health Desk, overseeing and aiding in the reporting of a 35 story series on health issues in Georgia. His features are heard primarily on WABE, the NPR radio affiliate in Atlanta, and the Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) network. Graitcer’s features have aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, Morning Edition, Marketplace, The World, Weekend America, NPR’s Only A Game, Tablet, and the Voice of America.
Award Winning Stories
Graitcer has received awards from the Georgia AP Broadcasters Association, the Society for Professional Journalists, the Religion Newswriters Association, and RTNDA. He was a fellow at the NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Theater in 2007, and in 2011 was a recipient of a USC-California Endowment National Fellowship in Health Reporting.
In 2008 and 2011, Graitcer won regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his general and sports feature reporting.
Graitcer speaks Italian and French and resides in Atlanta and St Simons Island, GA. He is a US citizen.
Following a successful career in public health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a medical epidemiologist, Philip Graitcer became a full-time independent radio producer. He has been creating and writing short documentary features on arts, culture, health and science for almost five years.
Radio, A Life-long Dream
Pursuing a life-long dream to become a radio reporter, Graitcer interned at Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) in 2006, and in 2007 became full-time independent radio producer. Although largely self-taught as a reporter, Graitcer has attended intensive seminars in documentary production at Duke University, the Third Coast Conference, and at GPB. In 2006, he was the co-producer of GPB’s Health Desk, overseeing and aiding in the reporting of a 35 story series on health issues in Georgia. His features are heard primarily on WABE, the NPR radio affiliate in Atlanta, and the Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) network. Graitcer’s features have aired on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, Morning Edition, Marketplace, The World, Weekend America, NPR’s Only A Game, Tablet, and the Voice of America.
Award Winning Stories
Graitcer has received awards from the Georgia AP Broadcasters Association, the Society for Professional Journalists, the Religion Newswriters Association, and RTNDA. He was a fellow at the NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Theater in 2007, and in 2011 was a recipient of a USC-California Endowment National Fellowship in Health Reporting.
In 2008 and 2011, Graitcer won regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for his general and sports feature reporting.
Graitcer speaks Italian and French and resides in Atlanta and St Simons Island, GA. He is a US citizen.
