Since late 2007 America has been in an economic crisis. From a story about a family living on a beach, to a former GM employee looking to downsize his life, to a teenager weighing options for after high school, this one hour newscast compatible documentary explores how people are finding the strength and situations that get them through economic hard times by presenting personal stories and intimate portraits alongside contextual interviews and reports. Jennifer White is the program's host. "Finding Our Bootstraps: Americans Deal with Recession" was produced at Michigan Radio and showcases work from independent and station-based contributors to PRX.ORG - The Public Radio Exchange. Listen to the program online: To download the MP3, right click this link and choose "save link as". Additional Credits Jennifer White, Host -- A native of Detroit and graduate of the University of Michigan, Jennifer White has worked at Michigan Public Media since 1999. Jennifer is currently the director of community engagement for Michigan Public Media. She hosts the television show "Out of the Blue" for the Big Ten Network. Tamar Charney, Executive Producer -- Tamar Charney is the Program Director at Michigan Radio. She produced the 2007 documentary "Ashes to Hope: Overcoming the Detroit Riots," which won a Murrow Award, a Clarion, a PRNDI, and numerous regional and state awards. She has also produced the station's two most recent documentaries: "Foreclosing on the American Dream" and "Facing the Mortgage Crisis." Zoe Clark, Interview Producer -- Zoe Clark is a producer at Michigan Radio. She's responsible for interview production and general production work. Vincent Duffy, Content Editor -- Vincent Duffy has been news director at Michigan Radio since May 2007. In his first year of leading the Michigan Radio news room, the news team won more than three dozen national, regional and state awards including a national Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for a month long series investigating education in Michigan. Mercedes Mejia, Line Producer -- Mercedes Mejia is a production assistant at Michigan Radio. She has extensive radio and TV production experience from her work in New Mexico with Entravision and KUNM. 2008 Khalid Hanifi -- Theme music is an instrumental version of "Only Human" by Khalid Hanifi. blog comments powered by Disqus Original banner image by Julia Anderson.