Photo by Whitney Browne
Trina Mannino is a producer and reporter living in the New York City area. Her writing has appeared in Atlas Obscura, Crain's Chicago Business, The City, Vice, WNET’s All Arts, among others. Her audio work can be heard on Marketplace, Project Brazen’s The Closer and elsewhere.
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Selections of Published Audio Work
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Marketplace: Arts nonprofits look to expand their real estate footprint
Reported this feature, which included field reporting, voicing, and cutting tape using Pro Tools for Marketplace’s flagship afternoon show.
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The Closer: How ABC and ESPN made Disney into a powerhouse.
Produced this episode — from developing story structure, scripting, selecting archival sound to fact-checking.
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The Closer: How to beat an oil giant
Produced this episode — from developing story structure, scripting, selecting archival sound to fact-checking.
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Marketplace: Hip-hop at 50: How did entrepreneurs in the genre get their start?
Reported this feature, which included field reporting, obtaining an interview with a high-profile emcee, voicing, and cutting tape using Pro Tools.
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Marketplace: Galleries flock to lower Manhattan’s Tribeca
Reported this feature, which included field reporting, booking experts, and cutting tape using Pro Tools.
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Audiofiles: Growing Retail Cannabis
Reported this award-winning feature (SPJ’s Mark of Excellence Feature Region 1 Radio Feature Category), which included field reporting, cutting, editing and mixing in Pro Tools.
Selections of Published Print Work
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Theaters fight to survive in an unsteady environment
As theaters of all sizes face mounting challenges, the industry is evaluating how to navigate an uncertain future.
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New York cannabis growers are struggling to stay alive
Many small-scale New York cannabis farmers are worried they’re getting left behind by the state’s fledgling retail industry.
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No matter the economy, beauty sells
Stubborn inflation and the threat of a recession may lead some shoppers to cut back on nonessential items, but that doesn’t apply to their favorite mascara or face mask.
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State Pot Board Deals Out NY’s First Weed-Selling Licenses
The state’s cannabis regulatory board approved 36 of potentially 175 pot-selling licenses Monday — with at least 13 of them to be based in the city.
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Students' futures are on the line as CPS works on its pandemic recovery
Some parents are concerned that the district will continue to come up short in delivering what their kids need to succeed. And they're making moves.
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History-making choreographer returns to the Joffrey Ballet with a new work
Making the leap to choreograph for a company as large as the Joffrey—as Chanel DaSilva has—is a feat for any artist. For women and people of color, it's especially rare.
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To find balance amid a pandemic, more working moms pushed to work for themselves
As COVID upended domestic life, women's rate of self-employment rose faster than the share of men in the sector.
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Camille A. Brown makes her Broadway directorial debut with "For Colored Girls”
Brown is the first Black woman in almost 65 years to direct and choreograph a Broadway show.
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Equity applicants express concern over NY’s emerging legal marijuana industry
While the state intends to prioritize aspiring minority applicants, concerns remain over its delivery on that promise.
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Staff Shortages Lead to Long Waitlists for Kids
The waiting lists to get into MMCC’s after-school programs topped 400 as of late last month . . . That’s because there simply isn’t enough part-time after school workers to staff 34 of its 36 locations.
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Lehman Center Welcomes Home Audience — Finally
One of the Bronx’s largest cultural institutions reopened this month after a 19-month hiatus in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Future of Ballet Is Inclusive and Queer
Today, that clichéd image is slowly changing, thanks to the efforts of dancers, companies, and activists working to expand diversity in ballet.
