Will Coley

Will Coley is an independent radio and podcast producer originally from North Carolina and now based in Queens, New York. His work has aired on NPR Morning Edition, BBC World Service, 99% Invisible, KCRW’s Unfictional, and Georgia Public Broadcasting, among others. Will also produces digital storytelling projects for nonprofit organizations building stronger communities. Will is a graduate of the Transom Story Workshop. 


collections of Moomins things

Finnish Moomins book series finds new audiences in the US

Books

​​​​​​​The Moomins are troll-like characters from a Finnish children’s book series that became popular around the world starting in the 1950s. But they never really took off in the United States. The author Tove Jansson rejected Walt Disney’s offer to buy the brand. Now, a bookstore chain in the US is trying to popularize the Moomins here.

The sound collage, “Social Distance, Haiku, and You,” pulls together haikus about life in quarantine from all over the world.  

Quarantine projects curate pandemic-inspired art

Coronavirus Art
NJ Farmer 1

For African cooks, one New Jersey farmer has what they need

Food
Constantino Morales 1

Despite deaths and drugs, asylum in the US remains a dream for most Mexicans

Conflict