Dan Gediman is an American

radio producer A radio producer oversees the making of a radio show. The job title covers several different job descriptions: *Content producers or executive producers oversee and orchestrate a radio show or feature. The content producer might organize music cho ...

and performing

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

. He is the executive producer of the

public radio Public broadcasting (or public service broadcasting) is radio, television, and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service with a commitment to avoiding political and commercial influence. Public broadcasters receive ...

series

This I Believe ''This I Believe'' was originally a five-minute program, hosted by journalist Edward R. Murrow from 1951 to 1955 on CBS Radio Network. The show encouraged both famous and everyday people to write short essays about their own personal motivati ...

and co-editor, with

Jay Allison Jay Allison is an American public radio producer and broadcast journalist. He's executive director of Atlantic Public Media (APM). Through APM, he created platforms for independent audio producers, including Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and the edu ...

, of the books ''This I Believe'' and ''This I Believe II: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women''. He is also the co-editor, with John Gregory and Mary Jo Gediman, of the books ''This I Believe: On Love, This I Believe: On Fatherhood, This I Believe: On Motherhood, and This I Believe: Life Lessons'', as well as ''Edward R. Murrow's This I Believe'', ''This I Believe: Kentucky'', and ''This I Believe: Philadelphia''. He has also edited a new edition of Will Thomas's memoir ''The Seeking''. Gediman's public radio work has been featured on programs such as ''This American Life'', ''All Things Considered'', ''Morning Edition'', and ''Jazz Profiles''. His public radio specials include ''Little Secrets: Child Sexual Abuse in America'', and ''Breaking the Cycle: How Do We Stop Child Abuse'' with Jay Allison. Gediman co-produced the DuPont-Columbia Award-winning ''50 Years After 14 August'', a reflection on the end of World War II, with legendary radio playwright

Norman Corwin Norman Lewis Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing. His earliest and biggest successes were in the writing and directing of radio drama during th ...

and Mary Beth Kirchner. In 2017, he produced for Audible Originals the documentary series ''The Home Front: Life in America During World War Two'', narrated by Martin Sheen.

References

External links

Dan Gediman's websiteThis I Believe, Inc.''This I Believe'' (book) reading guides
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