In addition to on-camera work, Traci has supervised the production of multiple special projects, as well as award-winning web series, digital documentaries, and a (surprisingly!) chart-topping podcast.
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Alongside her NBC News colleagues Sandra Lilley, Amber Payne, and Raul Reyes, Traci co-hosted Changing America, a news program for MSNBC Shift, an online streaming network based out of 30 Rock.
(Role: Co-host, producer)
Traci produced and co-hosted Dawson’s Speak: A Podcast About Dawson’s Creek from 2017-2020. The weekly independent show, which has more than 200 global reviews, analyzed the classic WB teen drama.
(Role: Co-host, producer)
Interview: Matt Damon, The Great Wall (2017)
(Role: Interviewer, video editor)
Oral history: Tule Lake internment camp (2016)
(Role: Text editor, audio/video producer)
Interview: Ludi Lin, Power Rangers (2017)
(Role: Interviewer, video editor)
NBC Asian America Presents… was created in 2016 with the goal of putting Asian American producers behind the camera to tell stories about Asian American communities. As supervising producer, Traci recruited freelance journalists, filmmakers, and YouTube creators – including ISAtv and Jubilee Media – to produce nearly a dozen web series, two feature-length films, and half a dozen short films. The content – which has garnered more than 22 million views across Facebook and YouTube – went viral, screened at film festivals across the country (including a sold-out premiere in San Diego in 2016), and gained national recognition (including honors from the Southern California Journalism Awards and the NAMIC Vision Awards).
(Role: Supervising producer)
In collaboration with Jubilee Media in 2017, Traci co-created and oversaw the launch of NBC Asian America Presents: A to Z, a special project for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. A to Z was the first list of its kind to highlight emerging voices and rising stars across Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. Each year, the 26 honorees were given a letter that corresponded to an adjective or phrase that described their work in lifting up the community – from “X” for “Xtreme” (Chloe Kim, 2017) to “R” for “Ready for the Spotlight” (Lana Condor, 2018). More than 80 pieces of original content were published each year, from exclusive photos and video interviews to written Q&As.
(Role: Supervising producer, editor)
IG: @alopeciamua
Traci is passionate about educating and advocating for alopecia awareness. Since her alopecia diagnosis as a child, it’s been important for her as an adult to find opportunities to give back to and mentor children, young adults, and families who are experiencing alopecia in any form. Along with creating content on Instagram @alopeciamua, she posts alopecia-related content on TikTok and her blog. Her essays and personal stories about alopecia have also been published at The Cut and Variety.
Traci conducted interviews ahead of Netflix’s Always Be My Maybe release (2019) with director Nahnatchka Khan and stars Randall Park, Ali Wong, Daniel Dae Kim, and Michelle Buteau. The videos were featured on NBCNews.com and shared across NBC Asian America’s social media.
(Role: Interviewer, video editor)
Traci’s first experience in a national newsroom was as an intern at NPR News in Washington, D.C. While there as a News Desk Intern, she also took on the role of blog and social media editor for NPR Intern Edition, the intern-produced radio program and multimedia site, in 2011. As the blog editor, she edited and produced daily text and audio pieces by her colleagues. She also reported and conducted interviews for Intern Edition, such as this two-way with musician Adam Young, aka Owl City.
(Role: Interviewer, audio producer)