Sommer Hill
Sommer Hill (she/her) is a social media associate for NPR Extra. She started with NPR in May 2021. Her primary responsibilities include managing the social media accounts for NPR Extra as well as creating blog posts for NPR.org. In her time at NPR, Hill has worked on many projects including the Tiny Desk Contest, the How I Built This Summit, creating a resource page for Juneteenth material, participating in the 'What Juneteenth Means To Me' video and contributing to WOC/POC meetings.
Before NPR, Hill worked with BET as an associate producer and production assistant, NBC in the NBCU Page Program and CBS as an Associate Production Coordinator. She graduated from the illustrious Howard University in 2019 receiving her degree in media, journalism and film and a minor in Spanish. She graduated magna cum laude.
Hill is proudly from St. Louis but has lived in 3 different countries and 8 cities. She has a very deep passion for diversity and inclusion and actively seeks to make any environment she's in more safe and inclusive for everyone. She loves meeting and learning from new people, book suggestions and outdoor activities.
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Said Out Loud: Where the hosts are the guest.
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Faces of NPR highlights the people behind the work of NPR. -
Faces of NPR highlights the people behind the work of NPR. -
The tragedy at the Capital Gazette is back in the limelight as the gunman's insanity plea goes before a jury. -
Short Wave team answers questions about the changes on the show and the memories shared together. -
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NPR's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Manager, Whitney Maddox, collected videos from different colleagues that explained what Juneteenth means to them and how they celebrate.
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The NPR Shop collaborated with Philadelphia Print Works to bring us this Pride collection. -
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May is Asian/Pacific Islander American Heritage Month, and NPR is celebrating through special coverage projects, cultural aggregations, and unique audience engagement opportunities.