Stephanie Wolf
Stephanie Wolf is a Denver-based freelance journalist and audio producer who writes regularly about the arts and culture industry, including dance, opera, theater, visual arts and museums. On this beat, her reporting often focuses on issues like equity and labor.
Stephanie was born and raised in Atlanta, Ga., and it was in her hometown that she first immersed herself in the arts and set her sights on becoming a professional ballet dancer. She went on to have a performing career, dancing with companies like Minnesota Ballet, James Sewell Ballet, The Metropolitan Opera and Wonderbound, formerly Ballet Nouveau Colorado. Stephanie cut her public radio teeth at Colorado Public Radio, working as a producer and reporter for CPR News’ flagship show, Colorado Matters, as well as the arts reporter for several years.
Stephanie then moved to Louisville, Ky. in early 2020 to cover arts, culture and religion for NPR member station Louisville Public Media. In 2021, she spent several months in Germany as an Arthur F. Burns Fellow through the International Center for Journalists. Much of her reporting abroad resulted in an hourlong, award-winning radio documentary called “A Critical Moment,” an examination of how the U.S. and Germany teach school children about their country’s past atrocities, and why.
Since moving back to Denver in early 2023, Stephanie has contributed reporting and producing to outlets like Podcast Allies, The Texas Tribune, The Colorado Sun and The Fuller Project.
Job title: Freelance journalist
Topic expertise: Arts and culture, dance, theater, visual art, museums, opera
Location: Denver
Language(s) in addition to English: Intermediate spoken German
Education: St. Mary's College of California, bachelor's degree
Honors & Awards: 2023 RIAS Media Prize for "Best in Radio"; 2023 Educations Writers Association Award for "Best in Audio Storytelling/Smaller Newsroom"; 2023 regional Murrow Award for "Best News Documentary"; 2022 Western Kentucky University's Mountain Workshops still photography participant; 2021 Arthur F. Burns Fellow through the International Center for Journalists; 2020 regional Murrow Award for "Best Feature Reporting"; 2020 & 2019 SPJ Top of the Rockies First Place Award for "A&E and Food Single Story"; 2019 Hearken's Champions of Curiosity First Place Award for "Most Fun Story to Report"; 2017 RIAS Berlin Komission Fellow
Professional membership(s): Association of Independents in Radio
Contact:
Email: stephrwolf@gmail.com
X (Formerly Twitter): @stephrwolf
Threads: @stephrwolf
LinkedIn: stephaniewolfwrites