Illustrated portrait of Devika Rao, a fictional person

Devika Rao

Producer, sound recordist and picture editor

Devika Rao records, writes and edits. She is the producer of Tidewater Field Notes and the picture editor of Aurora Quarterly, and she travels with a notebook, a small recorder, and a very large thermos.

Her work is about slowing down and noticing.

Professional Background

Devika worked in radio before joining Northlight, where she built the Tidewater audio series from a single notebook habit. As picture editor of Aurora Quarterly she commissions and curates the magazine's illustrations.

Quick Facts

  • Role: Producer and picture editor
  • Episodes produced: 48 (fictional)
  • Kit: one recorder, one windshield, one thermos

Story Angles

  • Recording a landscape instead of photographing it
  • Slow travel by sea
  • How an editor picks one image from a thousand

Media Assets

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