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Press Release: WYPR and WEAA Join Forces

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WYPR and WEAA JOIN FORCES

 

Stations will share resources as they cover and produce news around the events

surrounding the death of Freddie Gray

 

(BALTIMORE) – May 4, 2015 – Baltimore’s public radio stations WYPR 88.1 FM and WEAA 88.9 FM announced today a collaboration in which the stations will share news resources and coverage assignments that may allow both stations to cover and produce news content relating to events surrounding the death of Freddie Gray.

WYPR and WEAA will join forces to mutually plan coverage of the many angles and aftermath of daily occurrences incidental and directly related to Baltimore’s continued response and reaction to this event. Stories related to the death of Freddie Gray produced by each station will be available to each station with joint attribution.

 

“This is unity for a greater cause, one that gets defined and redefined every single day here in Baltimore,” said WEAA General Manager Michele Williams. “To deploy our resources collectively to inform the community certainly lives up to our public radio mission as a community asset.”

 

News directors Joel McCord from WYPR and Carla Wills from WEAA will serve as contacts for the collaboration. Together they will assign reporters to coordinate the workload of story development and reporting stories.

“This collaboration affords us the opportunity to better serve the Baltimore community at a time when they are counting on up-to-the-minute and in-depth coverage,” said WYPR General Manager Tony Brandon.

 

WEAA 88.9, located on the historic campus of Morgan State University, is an NPR-member station. Its locally produced award-winning programs include The Marc Steiner Show, First Edition with Sean Yoes, The Anthony McCarthy Show, Listen Up! with Farajii Muhammad, as well as music programs that feature jazz, blues,gospel and more. As a listener-supported station, contributions are tax deductible. Visit www.weaa.org or call 443-885-3564 for more information.

 

WYPR is an NPR station. The station produces and broadcasts local programs including Midday with Dan Rodricks, Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast, and The Signal, as well as news coverage and special editorial programming. As a listener-supported radio station, all contributions to the station are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. For more information, visit www.wypr.org or call 410-235-1660.

 

 

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Press Release: MPT airs Fighting Cancer Q&A as local tie to Ken Burns national documentary series

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MPT airs Fighting Cancer: Q&A as local tie

to Ken Burns national documentary series

OWINGS MILLS, MD – In conjunction with the national PBS telecast of the new Ken Burns documentary, Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, Maryland Public Television will broadcast a one-hour local special, Fighting Cancer: Q&A, to highlight important local research and explore local challenges to and support for cancer treatment.  The MPT program airs Wednesday, April 1, at 8 pm.

 

Fighting Cancer: Q&A,  moderated by MPT’s Carolyn Black-Sotir, features the following guests:

·       Drs. Stuart Martin and Gregory Carey, researchers, University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center

·       Dr. Robert Brookland, chair, Department of Radiation Oncology,  Greater Baltimore Medical Center, member of national board of American Cancer Society

·       Stacey Huber, patient navigator, Mercy Medical Center

·       Maria Dennis, on-air personality, Radio MIX 106.5, cancer survivor

·       Ashley Varner, psychosocial oncology specialist, Anne Arundel Medical Center

Viewers of the MPT program are invited to call in to speak with cancer information specialists from the American Cancer Society (ACS). The toll-free ACS number 1-800-227-2345 will be staffed offsite for calls from viewers who seek more information throughout the MPT telecast.  Viewers may also tweet questions in advance of the broadcast date to the on-air guests at this address:  @marylandpubtv. 

About MPT

Launched in 1969 and headquartered in Owings Mills, MD, Maryland Public Television is a nonprofit, state-licensed public television network and member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).  MPT’s six transmitters cover Maryland plus portions of contiguous states and the District of Columbia.  Frequent winner of regional Emmy® awards, MPT creates local, regional, and national television shows.  Beyond broadcast, MPT’s commitment to professional educators, parents, caregivers, and learners of all ages is manifest in its year-round instructional events and super-website Thinkport which garners in excess of 1.4 million visits annually. 

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Egg Crack Challenge

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A new challenge is sweeping the internet. It’s called the Egg Crack Challenge!

Maryland native, Will Hauver, passed away from complications with an illness. He was also a Type 1 Diabetic. During the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge phenomenon, Will decided to post a video of him cracking an egg on his head, dubbed the Egg Cracking Challenge. He donated to ALS, but also wanted to give awareness to T1 Diabetes.

The current campaign in his honor has raised $40,000.

WBAL TV 11’s Vanessa Herring has nominated me to participate. But first, here’s her video

Donate to the JDRF HERE

Donate to Will’s McDonogh Memorial Fund

Video In Memory of Will

Also, tweet Ellen Degeneres and use the hash tag #EllenEggCrack and #EggCrackChallenge to keep the movement going!

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