David Seitz
David Seitz learned his audio writing skills in the third Community Voices class. Since then he has produced many stories on music, theater, dance, and visual art for Cultural Couch. Some of these stories have won awards from the Public Media Journalists Association and the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors. He is deeply grateful that most of his stories address social justice issues in a variety of art forms, whether it be trans gender singing, the musical story of activist Bayard Rustin, or men performing Hamilton in prison.
For 25 years, David taught academic, nonfiction, and business writing in all kinds of genres to Wright State students from first year students to graduate students. In his last years at WSU, he also taught audio writing for creative nonfiction and podcasting for professional and technical writers. In his classes, he expanded on what he learned at WYSO to help students create podcast series, feature stories, and audio essays. He is teaching the current 2024 cohort of ComVox.
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The arts community is located in three 150-year-old manufacturing buildings at Front Street east of downtown. It's known for its monthly First Friday open studio events. -
Three women with 40 years of experience in theater created an experimental drama about race in America. The play premieres at the Foundry Theater in Antioch college. -
As the war in Gaza continues, artists in the Dayton area are responding to the crisis. A new exhibition by artist Sumayah Chappelle called “Renaissance” uses ceramics to offer a message of hope. -
The Race Project invites Miami Valley residents to talk about their life experiences through the prism of skin color. The conversations are honest, frank yet civil.This conversation is between Rafaela Santos and Stephanie Pearce. -
The Race Project invites Miami Valley residents to talk about their life experiences through the prism of skin color. The conversations are honest, frank yet civil. This conversation is between Andrew Strombeck and Matthew Chaney.
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The Race Project invites Miami Valley residents to talk about their life experiences through the prism of skin color. The conversations are honest, frank yet civil. This conversation is between Jalyn Gilbert and Karen Korn.
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Richard Austin, formerly general counsel for Central State University, shared his story as part of a collection of oral histories being gathered about the 1974 tornado. -
Dayton poet Paul Laurence Dunbar worked with the Hampton University camera club to illustrate his dialect poems. -
The WYSO Race Project invites two everyday people from the Miami Valley to talk about their life experiences through the prism of skin color. These conversations can be difficult and controversial but they also can build understanding and healing. -
Teenagers want their voices to be heard, especially about the problems they see in their lives. In Springfield, a teen-led group called BATS, or Bringing Awareness to Students, partnered with WYSO to make PSAs about public health issues in their community.
