DMA Staff
Executive Director
A former newspaper journalist, Autumn is a respected community leader, a media maker, and experienced nonprofit executive director. Autumn was a principal in the development of KDRT and has created public affairs content for the station over the years, including the highly regarded “COVID-19 Community Report” during the pandemic, a project for which she was recognized as a Yolo County Woman of the Year by Congressman John Garamendi (D-3). She also serves as executive producer for DMA’s nonpartisan election coverage, and has written about media consolidation and telecommunications policy for over 20 years.
Under Autumn’s leadership, DMA has been awarded the following:
• 2023 Democracy Works award, League of Women Voters Woodland
• 2022 Yolo County Nonprofit of the Year, Sen, Bill Dodd (D-Napa)
• 2022 Final Recipient, Supervisor Don Saylor’s Soup’s On
• 2021,Overall Excellence for Small Radio Stations, Alliance for Community Media
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KDRT Operations Assistant
Since 2007, Jim has assisted with the weekly updating of KDRT community radio’s 24/7 automated schedule logs including importing additional syndicated programming, special show episodes, and public service announcements. Jim also installs, maintains, and troubleshoots all radio studio equipment, trains new programmers, and serves as sound engineer on remote live broadcasts at events in the community. In his role as volunteer KDRT programmer, he has hosted his weekly show “Live Tracks” since the station launched in 2004, and often broadcasts his live recordings of local musicians that he has compiled over the past 15 years, creating a unique archive of the Davis music scene to share with the community.
Virtual Studio Manager
I spent 20 years in commercial broadcasting as a Producer/Director. Now I'm excited to be a part of media access for the Davis community.
My professional passion is being in a control room. From the time I was little, I wanted to find my way into a TV studio to learn all that goes on behind the scenes. It's a blast and I never lose my enthusiasm for it.
I look forward to training everyone who is interested in learning about the operation of a TV studio. Studio productions are a great way to get your story to video if you don't have a lot of time for field shooting and editing.
Volunteer Coordinator
As a law student with interests in entertainment law and education policy, I have a deep appreciation for the “behind-the-scenes” of creative and informative works. I hope that by aiding in the facilitation of KDRT operations I can both contribute to, and learn from, Davis Media Access as a whole.