Worlds of Difference uses
radio documentaries to
explore the impact of global change on traditional societies worldwide.
The goal of the project is to stimulate public
discussion on questions of diversity, tradition, identity and
change.
Feature stories
Most Worlds of Differencestories are
intimate, sound-rich documentary features that bring listeners
into the homes and communities of people facing critical
decisions about their changing ways of life. The project
includes 40 stories from 27 different countries.
The programs are hosted
by María
Hinojosa and distributed to public radio stations by NPR.
They are available for download by radio stations on the Public
Radio Exchange, and for streaming on this website. Because of
music rights issues, they are not available on CD, cassette or
MP3.
Balance
This project grows out of an urgent concern for
the rights and welfare of cultural groups whose worlds are changing
as a result of forces beyond their control. We recognize that
these processes are complex, and hope that our choice of stories,
and our commitment to the highest journalistic standards, reflect
this. We have strived for geographical balance, thematic balance,
and balance between stories that focus on problems and stories
that focus on solutions.
Production team
Worlds of Difference is
a project of Homelands
Productions, an independent, non-profit media cooperative
that has been producing award-winning radio documentaries since
the early 1990s. The executive producer was Jon
Miller; senior collaborating
producers were Sandy Tolan and Alan
Weisman. Lara Ratzlaff
(administration) and Melissa Robbins (production) were associate
producers. Feature stories
were reported and produced by more than 20 accomplished
journalists. Administrative support was provided by Vincie
Bertolino, Nancy Hand, Rod Richards and Kate Le Page. Robin
Wise of Sound
Imagery was the engineer for the
special hours.
Board of Advisors
A Board of Advisors,
composed of social scientists, authors and thinkers, provided
critical intellectual input and oversight. They are in no way
responsible for errors or omissions, or creative, technical or
intellectual lapses.
