Julia Barton on "The Hidden Grammar of Audio Stories" at University of Richmond

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Pulitzer Center grantee Julia Barton, former executive editor at podcast and audiobooks producer Pushkin Industries, will visit the University of Richmond on Monday and Tuesday, March 24 and 25, 2025, to speak with students about podcasting and audio storytelling. 

During her visit, Barton will meet with journalism students and hold a luncheon with the staff of the campus newspaper. She will visit four classes, where she will discuss an episode of her podcast and walk students through the editing process for it.

On Monday evening, she will give a public lecture titled "The Hidden Grammar of Audio Stories." It will be open to the campus and local community.

Barton was a founding editor at Pushkin Industries. She has previously worked with PRI's The World, Life of the Law, 99% Invisible, Studio 360, and other programs. Her print work has appeared in The Atlantic and Roads & Kingdoms, among other outlets.

Barton has reported frequently from the former Soviet Union and has done audio media training in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, and Armenia. Her Pulitzer Center-funded project Ukraine's Most Vulnerable, Two Years On documents the efforts to integrate the Internally Displaced Persons who fled eastern Ukraine and Crimea.