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Dan Collison is an independent radio and video documentary producer based in Silver Spring, Maryland and a regular contributor to National Public Radio's news magazine programs, Public Radio International's This American Life, and our own Talking History. He has worked in public radio since 1981, including four years as senior producer and editor of National Public Radio's All Things Considered (Weekend edition). In 1993, Collison founded his own not-for-profit production company specializing in documentaries about people and places overlooked by mainstream media. Many of his documentaries explore the historical dimensions of American social life and culture. His productions include the award-winning American Worker Series, the Work Across America series, the eight-part On the Bus series, and most recently, Execution Day: Huntsville, Texas, broadcast on All Things Considered and winner of a 1999 National Federation of Community Broadcaster's (NFCB) Silver Reel Award, and Scenes from a Transplant, which was awarded a prestigious DuPont-Columbia Silver baton. A video version of Scenes from a Transplant will air later this year on HBO.

Collison has received the following major media awards: a 1999 DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton, special citation as part of NPR's 1991-92 DuPont-Columbia Gold baton Award, the Clarion Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award (honorable mention), the Radio and TV News Directors (RTNDA) Award, the Exceptional Merit Media (EMMA) Award, the National Federation of Community Broadcaster's (NFCB) Award, and the Association of Visual Communicators (CINDY) Award.