About

Nick Michael is a supervising editor for the Visuals team, where he leads the design and delivery of complex editorial projects. Those projects include NPR-in-a-Minute, which in the span of 18 months piloted over a dozen shortform video series and garnered 1 billion views across Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. He also served as editorial lead for NPR’s foray publishing podcasts to YouTube.

He has co-managed the growth of NPR’s award-winning video team, highlights of which include co-crafting the look of NPR's signature interviews with President Obama, supervising two seasons of NPR Music’s The Formula, and coordinating 22 filmmakers across the country to document 2017's solar eclipse. 

Nick joined NPR in 2014 as the lead video producer for Jazz Night in America, NPR's first program with companion radio and video content. Jazz Night's 2017 portfolio earned a Peabody nomination.

Before NPR, Nick co-founded 1504, a video studio based in Birmingham, Ala. Through 1504, his freelance clients included the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Red Cross, The Associated Press and the Southern Foodways Alliance.

Nick has served as a judge for College Photographer of the Year and Society of Publication Designers. He earned an M.A. in photojournalism at the Missouri School of Journalism. He lives in Memphis, TN, and his mustache grows that way.

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