Adreanna Rodriguez is a Lakota Sioux/Chicana journalist, audio producer, and filmmaker based in Oakland, California. Over the past five years, she’s produced award-winning work for outlets including VICE, Audible, and Latino USA. As a 2022 Ida B. Wells Fellow and 2023 Fourth World Media Fellow, her investigative story “Roe Was Never Enough” was a finalist for the Third Coast International Audio Award and received a Gracie Award. Adreanna holds an M.A. in Visual Anthropology from San Francisco State University and a Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies from the Maine College of Art. Her interdisciplinary background and deep community reporting make her a standout voice in narrative and investigative media.

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Adreanna Rodriguez is a Lakota Sioux/Chicana journalist, audio producer, and filmmaker based in Oakland, California. Over the past five years, she’s produced award-winning work for outlets including VICE, Audible, and Latino USA. As a 2022 Ida B. Wells Fellow and 2023 Fourth World Media Fellow, her investigative story “Roe Was Never Enough” was a finalist for the Third Coast International Audio Award and received a Gracie Award. Adreanna holds an M.A. in Visual Anthropology from San Francisco State University and a Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies from the Maine College of Art. Her interdisciplinary background and deep community reporting make her a standout voice in narrative and investigative media.

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Adreanna Rodriguez is a Lakota Sioux/Chicana journalist, audio producer, and filmmaker based in Oakland, California. Over the past five years, she’s produced award-winning work for outlets including VICE, Audible, and Latino USA. As a 2022 Ida B. Wells Fellow and 2023 Fourth World Media Fellow, her investigative story “Roe Was Never Enough” was a finalist for the Third Coast International Audio Award and received a Gracie Award. Adreanna holds an M.A. in Visual Anthropology from San Francisco State University and a Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies from the Maine College of Art. Her interdisciplinary background and deep community reporting make her a standout voice in narrative and investigative media.

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Work Experience

Independent Producer - Investigative Journalist
May 1, 2023 - Present
Pitch, report, and produce podcast episodes for clients, including PRX, LWCS Studios, Fonografía Collective, and Futuro Media.
Story Editor - Documentary Producer
May 1, 2023 - Present
Provide feedback on drafts for story structure for both short and feature length films, including Big Sky Award Winner Bring Them Home.
Senior Producer at Audible
September 1, 2024 - October 26, 2025
Reporting and producing a limited series on the impacts of the McGirt decision and Freedmen descendants in Oklahoma.
Producer- Journalist at VICE Audio, Remote
May 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Pitch, report, produce stories for the weekly news podcast, VICE News Reports. Reported and produced a year-long investigation on access to abortion services.
Managing Editor at NPR’s Next Gen Radio: Indigenous, USA
October 1, 2023 - October 26, 2025
Oversee editorial operations, while leading a team of writers, editors, sound designers, and digital artists through an audio workflow.
Freelance Producer at Snap Judgment
August 1, 2019 - Present
Reported and produced an award winning episode about Native American youth and the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Reporter at KALW: San Francisco Public Radio
October 1, 2020 - October 26, 2025
Reporting for a nightly episodic radio program about the Winnemem Wintu tribe and their fight against the proposed Shasta Dam raise.

Education

Graduate Certificate, Documentary Studies at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland, ME
January 1, 2019 - May 1, 2019
MA Visual Anthropology at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
August 1, 2015 - May 1, 2018
BA History at University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
August 1, 2006 - May 1, 2010
Story Editor Training for Narrative Audio at Edit Mode
January 11, 2030 - October 26, 2025
Story Editor Fellow at Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
July 1, 2021 - July 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education