Hannu Karisto

Produder and Head of YLE’s Radio Documentary Group since 1991. Karisto’s main recent productions are the documentaries True Stories and Sound Universe, as well as a series of youth and YLE Radio Suomi channel documentaries. He also trains young programme makers in radio and television and teaches at the universities of Tampere, Helsinki and Jyväskylä, as well as several colleges and institutes of communications. Karisto has an MSc in Communication, Literature, Philosophy and Musicology. He has entered several international competitions (Prix Futura, Prix Europa, Prix Italia, Premios Ondas) and participated in the EBU Ars Acoustica Group and the EBU Features and Documentaries Programme Group. Awards: 1st prize at the Premios Ondas in 1993, Gold Medal at the International Radio Festival of New York 1995, State Award for Mass Communication from the Finnish Ministry of Culture 1996, Prix Europa Special Commendation 2004. Hannu Karisto has been awarded several prizes and honorary mentions by the Koura Education Fund as well as Yleisradio’s Hella Prizes. Hannu Karisto’s programme A Drummers X-files was awarded Prix Italia Special Prize in 2010. Publishing activities: Todellisia tarinoita. (True stories) Edita 1997 Tokallinen toellisuutta. Kemi-Tornio ammattikorkeakoulu 2011