Producer's Blog - Columbus Neighborhoods

Producer’s Blog

Columbus Neighborhoods producers share some insight into the making of the documentaries.

How To Organize and Preserve Digital Photo Collections
If you’re like me, you take photos every day, in just about every situation. It’s estimated that 1.3 trillion photographs were taken around the world… Read More
Kahiki Supper Club Connects Columbus, Family Histories
Aja Miyamoto holds a scrapbook of photos from her grandmother's time working at the Kahiki Supper Club. Aja Miyamoto thought she knew her grandmother.… Read More
Remembering Columbus' Wonderland Neighborhood
In 1927, a small, short-lived community called Wonderland began in Columbus. Wonderland was a subdivision located in what is now Gahanna, right behind John Glenn… Read More
Top 10 Stories from Columbus Neighborhoods Season 2
Columbus Neighborhoods producer George Levert interviews brothers Carnell and Malik Willoughby, of Willowbeez SoulVeg. With another successful season in the books, we're now hard… Read More
Timeline: Gen. Sherman's Rise Through the Ranks and March to the Sea
While many are familiar with Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War, few know that Sherman is a native of… Read More
Learning about Lancaster During the Civil War
WOSU Public Media intern Sarah Charlton stands next to a mannequin dressed in a Civil War-era evening gown from Lancaster, Ohio. The gown is part… Read More
Family Ties Connect Stories of Black History-Makers Across the Country
Green Flake By Charlene Brown My career in television began in Salt Lake City, Utah, where I was a reporter and anchor on KUTV News.… Read More
Take a Tour of 21 Historic Columbus Signs
Planters Peanuts sign at the Peanut Shoppe; opened in 1930s (new location in 2010)Photo: frankieleon/Flickr On this week's living history show (8:30 p.m. Thursday on… Read More
Map: Columbus Neighborhoods Coverage
In the three seasons of the Columbus Neighborhoods weekly show (so far!), the local stories we've uncovered have taken us around Central Ohio. We wanted… Read More
The Ohio Women who Changed History as Marines During World War I
Women Marines, including Ouida Okey of Ohio, march in a 1919 military parade in Washington, D.C. Click this image to view the 1919 document… Read More