Selected Media
Selected Media Appearances
Educational documentary film produced by the Teaching Empathy Institute. 2020-2021.
Watters Theatre, Binghamton University. September 16, 2019.
Tom Cole, NPR Arts Desk Editor, Columbia University School of Journalism. January 14, 2019.
SUNY Broome Buzz. August 16, 2017.
Spectrum News. June 23, 2016.
By Chris Kocher. Press & Sun Bulletin. November 24, 2015.
NPR Weekend All Things Considered. March 4, 2006.
Image as Metaphor panel discussion, Third Coast International Audio Festival | Sharon Ball, panelist
Chicago Illinois. 2004.
An original song about issues burn-out. NPR Morning Edition. August 28, 2003.
NPR All Things Considered. December 22, 2001.
National Multicultural Institute Conference. Broadcast live on C-Span. Washington, D.C., June 1, 2000.
Sharon Ball worked in broadcast journalism for nearly 40 years, the last 15 years with National Public Radio in Washington, D. C. She served progressively as a news producer, newscaster, fill-in news magazine host, and editor. As senior cultural editor, she oversaw NPR’s coverage of arts, media, race relations, and religion from 1993-2002. She moderated panel discussions for organizations such as Independent Sector and for Wake Forest University Divinity School, among others.
She served as guest faculty and National Advisory Board member for the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and was named a senior scholar to the Fetzer Institute’s Fellows Program. Her journalism awards include two Gabriel Awards, an Alfred I. DuPont Award, and a Case Media Fellowship at Harvard University.
Sharon’s involvement continued after she moved to Upstate New York and became executive director of the Broome County Arts Council. She retired in 2015. She has been a special projects consultant to the Binghamton University Art Museum and the Teaching Empathy Institute, among others.