Adi Gevins is a

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-based radio documentarian, producer, educator, archivist, and creative consultant who has been referred to as the "

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Radio career

Gevins has won an Ohio State Award, an American Bar Association Silver Gavel, multiple Golden Reels from the

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, and two George Foster Peabody Awards, one with

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for ''Science Story'' in 1978, and one with SoundVision for ''The DNA Files'' in 2000. Much of Gevins' work has been done for the Pacifica Radio station KPFA in

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, including "One Billion Seconds Later", which won the

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and "Me and My Shadow", a documentary about

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's infiltration of the New Left. Gevins served as executive producer for the celebrated public radio documentary series, "The Bill of Rights Radio Education Project", produced for KPFA - Pacifica Radio. Gevins holds a master's degree in library and information studies from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2021, Gevins received the Society of Professional Journalists' Norcal 2020 Excellence in Journalism ''Unsung Hero Award'' for her work as protector of the KPFA archives; as well as, her broader archival efforts assists organizations around the country in archiving their own broadcasts.

References

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