Naomi Gingold is a journalist, podcast producer/story editor/host, and ethnographer.

She has lived and reported extensively in Japan, Burma/Myanmar and across the U.S., primarily for American public radio, covering figures and events both famous and monumental, as well as significant but unknown: from 2015's historic democratic election in Burma/Myanmar to unsung heroes of the 3/11 triple disaster in Japan. She has covered a range of topics, but specialties include technology, Asia, health/disability, immigrant communities, gender/racial equality, and the arts.

Her audio reporting can be heard on NPR, The World, and the BBC, and appears in print, as well, in outlets such as The Economist and The Daily Beast. She has worked as an editor, host, reporter, producer and vocal coach with various podcasts and at major market NPR stations.

Not the Cat is the Asia storytelling podcast that Naomi co-hosts with Jacky Ahn Yang.

Her academic research focuses on the intersection of hip hop, technology, politics, and youth culture in Burma/Myanmar. She is also a member of The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation’s US-Japan Network for the Future; she was the first journalist invited to join.

Although her work has taken her from the eastern US to the southwest and Asia, she will always have a soft spot in her heart for the backstreets of Shimokitazawa, the sidewalks of Yangon, and the parks of Boston.  

Naomi is an alum of Brown University and Berklee College of Music. 

Photos on this site are taken and owned by Naomi Gingold