Jen Picard
Senior Editor, Insight
Jen Picard
Senior Editor, Insight
Jen Picard's love affair with radio began while she was a student at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA. Her weekly show on the student-run station, KRFH, led to an internship in 1999 at KUBA in Yuba City. There she served as the weekend and afternoon news anchor. After graduating in 2000 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications, Jen was hired as a features copy editor at the Appeal-Democrat newspaper in Marysville, CA.
In 2001, Jen was promoted to Entertainment Editor, a position she held for five years. During her time in print, she wrote a weekly pop-culture column and spent an amazing amount of time covering local concerts and plays. "It was a rough job, but someone had to do it," she said.
Picard left the paper in March 2006 to pursue a freelance writing career, but found herself called back to radio in July 2006. "Working from home gave me an opportunity to listen to Insight daily and I really enjoyed the in-depth analysis of local topics, not to mention the variety," she said. "I wanted to work here and I got lucky. It's great to be a part of something that's unlike anything else in the area."
After a short stint working on CapRadio podcasts such as The View From Here: Making Meadowview, A Music of Their Own and This Is What It Feels Like with Terra Lopez, Jen recently returned to her first radio love - producing Insight with Vicki Gonzalez.
