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Carol Zall
EDUCATION
Postgraduate Diploma, Television Production & Multimedia
Sabhal Mòr Ostaig College, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 2000
Ph.D., Celtic Studies
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998
A.B., English and Creative Writing, magna cum laude
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1988
JOURNALISM
Independent Radio Producer, Cambridge, MA, 2012 - present
Freelance radio reporter, producer and field recordist for public radio outlets, including PRI’s
The World, RTÉ Radio One’s documentary unit (Ireland), BBC Radio 4, Gimlet Media, 99%
Invisible, Marketplace, America Abroad.
Producer, ‘The World’ – WGBH / BBC / PRI, Boston, MA, 2006 - 2012
Worked on all aspects of production for ‘The World,’ a daily international current affairs radio
program that reaches three million listeners throughout the US and Canada.
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Produced over 600 host interviews on a wide range of topics and breaking news.
Researched, wrote and reported on-air pieces.
Generated and researched news and feature story ideas on a daily basis.
Developed and expanded The World’s global fiction and books coverage.
Conducted interviews and gathered sound for reports and other on-air content.
Created web pages and produced multimedia content.
Used social media to promote show items and increase website traffic.
Produced studio mixes for pieces filed by reporters in the field.
Turned around breaking stories in a very fast-paced daily news environment.
Researcher and Director, ‘Eòrpa’ - BBC Scotland, Glasgow, UK, 1999 - 2002
Involved in all phases of production for ‘Eòrpa,’ an award-winning weekly television show on
European current affairs produced by BBC Scotland’s Gaelic Department.
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Originated and researched story ideas.
Directed filming and conducted interviews on location.
Wrote production scripts and supervised edits to create stories for broadcast.
Planned and coordinated location filming for shoots throughout Europe.
Researched five half-hour documentary specials.
Researcher, ‘Airidh air Urram’ - BBC Scotland, Glasgow, UK, 1999 - 2000
Sole researcher and interviewer for ‘Airidh air Urram,’ a series of thirteen half-hour radio
documentaries about remarkable Gaelic-speakers of the twentieth century.
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Generated and researched program ideas.
Traveled throughout Scotland to conduct over seventy interviews in Gaelic.
Carried out in-depth research for each episode, identifying interviewees and other
unique sources of information.
Conducted research in national library and sound archive collections.
Worked with series producer on scripts and coordinated materials for series host.
Columnist, ‘An Gàidheal Ùr,’ 1999 - 2003
Wrote a monthly opinion column on contemporary culture for Scotland’s Gaelic newspaper.
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Named 2003 ‘Gaelic Writer of the Year’ at the Scottish Press Awards for my work.
Location fixer for The Learning Channel/Cronkite Ward Television, 2001
Coordinated all aspects of location filming in Edinburgh, Scotland for a documentary about
Robert Louis Stevenson that aired on The Learning Channel in 2002.
Freelance Print Journalist, 1988 - present
My work has appeared in the following publications: The Washington Post, The City Paper
(Washington, D.C.), The Scotsman (UK), The Times Educational Supplement (UK),
Princeton Alumni Weekly, The West Highland Free Press (UK), Poetry Scotland (UK), Am
Braighe (Canada), In Dublin (Ireland), U Magazine (Ireland), Dublin Event Guide (Ireland),
Response (New York City), Juice (San Francisco), The City (San Francisco), Jewish Sages of
Today (book chapter), 100 Successful College Application Essays (essay contributor).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
Lecturer, Scottish Gaelic 131, 2008 (Spring semester).
Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh
Teaching Assistant, Celtic Civilization, 2002-03 & 1994-96.
Lecturer and Teaching Assistant, Celtic 1A, 1995-97.
Department of Continuing Education, University of Edinburgh
Lecturer, Modern Welsh, 1994-98.
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