Courtney began working with young people in Minneapolis, where she started a youth-run restaurant in the park across the street from her apartment. She moved to New York to study social work, then went to Maine to learn to produce radio documentaries. In 2007 Courtney combined her radio and youth work backgrounds and joined Radio Rookies as a producer. Now she assists in teaching radio and multimedia workshops and works alongside Rookie Reporters to produce stories for WNYC and NPR.
Courtney Stein appears in the following:
The Women Behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
ENCORE: Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter "A"
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Coming Out, Coming Forward
Monday, December 03, 2018
Episode 9: 'You Just Sit There and Wait for the Next Day to Come'
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Episode 2: 'They Look at Me Like a Menace'
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Episode 1: 'I Just Want You to Come Home'
Monday, March 12, 2018
One Immigrant's Anxiety in Trump's America
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Growing Up Without Parents, Life After Deportation
Thursday, November 03, 2016
My Sister, The Cop
Friday, May 06, 2016

Seeking an End to Cycles of Abuse
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Why Do I Stay?
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Radio Rookies Producer's Notebook
Monday, September 14, 2015
Nine People, One Bedroom: A Teen's Take on Life In Poverty
Monday, September 22, 2014

Radio Rookies Surprises Danielle With A Graduation Ceremony at WNYC
Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Radio Rookies hosted a surprise "graduation" ceremony for 2014 high school graduate Danielle Motindabeka at WNYC. Current and past Radio Rookies from as far back as 2004 came to celebrate along with New York Public Radio staff.
Radio Rookie Danielle Finds Out Her Regents Exam Results
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Radio Rookie Danielle Motindabeka reported this week that she was taking the US History Regents exam for the fourth and final time. It's the one thing standing in the way of her getting her high school diploma. Danielle went to find out her results.
Why Is Staten Island NYC's OD Capital?
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Radio Rookies DIY: How to Report Your Own Story
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Sexual Cyberbullying: The Modern Day Letter A
Friday, December 28, 2012
Radio Rookies Hosts Live Chat For Teens on Sexual Cyberbullying
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Radio Rookies hosted an in-class live chat to coincide with a new story about sexual cyberbullying. Rookie Reporter Temitayo Fagbenle hosted a facilitated online conversation for high school students to discuss the issues her story brings to light.