Stephanie Kariuki is an award-winning audio journalist and the founder of Earthtone Media, based in Brooklyn, NY.
Stephanie currently contributes as an executive producer and senior editor for Vice News Reports. In 2022, she led the team behind AUTHENTIC : The Story of Tablo, a limited run series about music, internet and fandom. The show received critical acclaim, being named as one of the ‘Best Podcasts of 2022 (so far)’ by Vulture and Spotify. Stephanie also led the team behind another limited run series called Strongman.
Previously, Stephanie co-created the documentary unit at Stitcher ‘Witness Docs.’ During her time, Stephanie senior produced Unfinished: Deep South, which was nominated for a Peabody in 2020. She also worked on the second season of The Dream about wellness culture, made a show called Secret Lives of Black Women and produced two seasons of Marvel's Wolverine series. As part of the development team at Stitcher, Stephanie contributed to the pilot-making and green-lighting of dozens of podcasts, many of which were nominated for various awards.
Stephanie has also taught several iterations of a workshop about making audio for UnionDocs. She has enjoyed giving various presentations about audio storytelling to high school and college students throughout her 10+ years in audio.
Stephanie currently contributes as an executive producer and senior editor for Vice News Reports. In 2022, she led the team behind AUTHENTIC : The Story of Tablo, a limited run series about music, internet and fandom. The show received critical acclaim, being named as one of the ‘Best Podcasts of 2022 (so far)’ by Vulture and Spotify. Stephanie also led the team behind another limited run series called Strongman.
Previously, Stephanie co-created the documentary unit at Stitcher ‘Witness Docs.’ During her time, Stephanie senior produced Unfinished: Deep South, which was nominated for a Peabody in 2020. She also worked on the second season of The Dream about wellness culture, made a show called Secret Lives of Black Women and produced two seasons of Marvel's Wolverine series. As part of the development team at Stitcher, Stephanie contributed to the pilot-making and green-lighting of dozens of podcasts, many of which were nominated for various awards.
Stephanie has also taught several iterations of a workshop about making audio for UnionDocs. She has enjoyed giving various presentations about audio storytelling to high school and college students throughout her 10+ years in audio.