Jeff Jacoby (sound artist)
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Jeff Jacoby is an Emmy Award-winning sound and radio artist. His programs and artworks have been heard on NPR, PBS, Pacifica Radio and other venues nationwide.
Jacoby was a commissioned artist for the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut, and has served on the faculty of Quinnipiac University and The Digital Audio Project at Real Art Ways in Hartford, and on the boards of the New Haven Media Arts Center and The National Radio Project. He is currently a faculty member in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University. Ongoing projects include The Traveling Radio Show, Into Sonic Space (lecture / performance series) and The Freedom Fries (an activist art collective).
Jacoby earned an Emmy in 2001 for his sound design work, Emmy nominations in 1999 and 2003, two Ciné Golden Eagles, two Benjamin Franklin awards, and two Crystal Radios.