Marge Ostroushko
{{short description|American radio producer}}
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File:Fred Young, Marge Ostroushko, Majora Carter, Mary Beth Kircher and Emily Botein, May 2011 (2).jpg for The Promised Land. L to R: Fred Young (juror), Marge Ostroushko, Majora Carter, Mary Beth Kircher and Emily Botein, 2011.]]
Marjorie "Marge" Ostroushko (born March 14, 1951) is a public radio producer.
Early life
Ostroushko was born and raised in upstate New York. In 1973, she graduated from Wittenberg University with a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies and Environmental Studies.
Career
In 2001, Ostroushko co-created the public radio show Speaking of Faith. From 1977 to 1983, she was a producer at the public radio show A Prairie Home Companion hosted by Garrison Keillor. The show won a Peabody during her tenure. She has won two Peabody Awards as an executive producer, for Mississippi: River of Song and The Promised Land.
Ostroushko worked in new program development and marketing for Public Radio International for ten years. In 2008, she and Majora Carter co-produced the pilot episode of The Promised Land, which won a three-way competition for a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Talent Quest grant. The one-hour program debuted on over 150 public radio stations across the US on January 19, 2009, was renewed for the 2010/2011 season, and earned a 2010 Peabody Award.{{cite web |url=http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/event.php?id=73 |title=Peabody Award Winner 2010 |author=University of Georgia |date=March 31, 2011 |publisher= |accessdate=March 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404001754/http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/event.php?id=73 |archive-date=April 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Ostroushko is a partner of Launch Productions, a collaboration in national programming development.
Personal life
Ostroushko was married to mandolin player Peter Ostroushko, who died in February 2021.
References
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External links
- [http://www.thepromisedland.org/ The Promised Land]
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Category:People from New York (state)