Richard Paul, Producer |
An independent radio documentary producer, Richard Paul is the founder and principal of rlpaulproductions. His documentary We Were on Duty was voted Best Radio Documentary by the Society of Professional Journalists; it also received the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism. Trapped on the Wrong Side of History, which he produced for Soundprint, was voted Best Documentary by the Asian American Journalists Association. His documentary Washington Goes to the Moon won the Bronze Medal for International Radio Programming at the 2000 New York Festivals International Competition.
Paul has also produced and written numerous stories for Studio 360, Weekend America, and NPR’s Morning Edition. He is the most licensed producer on the Public Radio Exchange.
Before starting rlpaulproductions, Paul spent thirteen years at WAMU-FM in Washington, DC. He produced special projects as well as Metro Connection, The Diane Rehm Show, and Good Dirt.
Prior to joining WAMU, he was national affairs press secretary for Senator Frank Murkowski of Alaska and press secretary for the Senate Subcommittee on Children, Families, Drugs, and Alcohol.
Paul has been a member of the Capitol Steps, a political satire troupe that specializes in light-hearted musical commentary on current affairs, since 1985. He is a 1981 graduate of American University. He traces his interest in performance to a high school production of The Boys from Syracuse, a musical based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors... and just one more manifestation of Shakespeare in American life!
