Nora Saks

Hi, I'm an independent journalist and oral historian based in the City of Ships (historic Bath, Maine). I'm currently working on assorted documentary and oral history projects, and am available for freelance assignments of all kinds.

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My stories have been published by NPR, WBUR, Maine Public Radio, Montana Public Radio, public radio stations across the Mountain West and Alaska, Down East Magazine, Maine Farms Journal, 99% Invisible, NHPR's Outside/In, and elsewhere.

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Over the last decade, I've worked as a news reporter at Maine Public Radio, an associate editor at Down East Magazine, as the Radio + Podcasting instructor at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, as a podcast producer at WBUR, and as a reporting intern at KFSK in Petersburg, Alaska. My radio career began in Montana, where I was lucky enough to be a reporter, host and producer with Montana Public Radio. 

 

During my time at Montana Public Radio, I created Richest Hill, a narrative non-fiction podcast series about one of America's most legendary Superfund sites in Butte, Montana. The New Yorker called Richest Hill a "must-listen" and one of the best podcasts of 2019. It was also the winning entry for the 2020 Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, which recognizes rising talent in public media.​

 

​I hold an M.A. in Environmental Journalism from the University of Montana, a B.A. in Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto, and a certificate in Creative Writing and Multimedia from Salt. 

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When I'm not out gathering stories, I can be found exploring the water, woods, and wilds of this exquisite state with my freckle-faced mutt Raffi.