Audio documentarian and co-producer Richard Ziglar will serve as project director and editor on this project.  He is a graduate of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.  His work has aired locally on WXDU, as well as nationally on WUNC and AARP Prime Time Radio. 

He has also freelanced as an editor/producer for the national show, The Story, which is distributed by American Public Media. Other clients include Oprah’s Harpo Productions and Duke University.  Selections of his work are archived here:  http://radiofreerichard.blogspot.com/ .

Before becoming a documentarian, he worked as a financial analyst at IBM and has an MBA in finance from North Carolina State University.

Richard is working with Barry Yeoman, a freelance magazine journalist, who is the primary reporter for this project.