Miguel Macias
Miguel Macias is an audio editor and reporter based in Spain. Prior to returning to his home country in 2023, Macias spent more than two decades living and working in the U.S. Most recently Macias was a Senior Producer at NPR's All Things Considered, in Washington, D.C., where he worked in a number of capacities, such as producing the award-winning series Climate, migration and the far right.
Prior to joining NPR in 2021, Macias was Supervising Senior Producer for Latino USA, where he led a team of talented producers and editors. Before that, Macias was an Associate Professor at Brooklyn College CUNY, where he taught radio production and journalism for a decade. Before moving into academia, Macias worked as the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for Youth Radio, as an Associate Producer for American Public Media, as a Director for the Marketplace Morning Report and as an Associate Producer for WNYC's Radio Rookies. Macias is also proud to have worked as a volunteer for the NGO MADRE. As such, he has trained Indigenous radio reporters in Peru, instructed video editing to teenagers in Colombia and taught radio production to activists in Nicaragua.
Macias received a Peabody Award in 2006 as the Associate Producer for WNYC Radio Rookies' Mosholu series. More recently, he received an 2022 Ondas Award for his audio documentary, Limbo.
- Morocco denies responsibility for events at its border with Spain, as deaths near 100
- Migrant crisis on Spanish-Moroccan border triggers diplomatic tensions
- Spain's Pedro Sánchez was a hero of migrants. After Ceuta, he faces his biggest challenge
- Tens of thousands of migrants crossed into Spanish territory from Morocco this week
- As Spain battles wildfires, its politicians battle over climate change's role
- France continues to fight devastating wildfires, while progress is made in Spain
- France and Spain fires force more than 300,000 to flee homes
- World Cup: Spain's homecoming heroes