Reporters Named For WAMU/Washington's Collaborative 'Guns & America' Project

Reporters Named

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY News-Talk WAMU/WASHINGTON, D.C.'s AUDION FELLOWS reporting initiative has announced the inaugural cohort of reporters for its first project, a report on guns in the U.S.  The reporters who will work on the two-year "GUNS & AMERICA" reporting collaborative include:

• NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk WUNC/CHAPEL HILL's ADHITI BANDLAMUDI
• NORTH TEXAS PUBLIC BROADCASTING News-Talk KERA/DALLAS' ANTHONY CAVE
• BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk KBSX-Classical KBSU-F/BOISE's HEATH DRUZIN
• ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS News-Talk-Classical WABE/ATLANTA's LISA HAGEN
• UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY News-Talk-Eclectic KCUR/KANSAS CITY's CHRIS HAXEL
• OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING's JONATHAN LEVINSON
• CONNECTICUT PUBLIC RADIO's RYAN LINDSAY
• COMMUNITY RADIO FOR NORTHERN COLORADO News-Talk KUNC/GREELEY, CO's LEIGH PATERSON
• IDEASTREAM News-Talk WCPN-Classical WCLV/CLEVELAND's MATT RICHMOND
• WAMU's ALANA WISE

“It’s hard to think of a conversation that’s more entrenched than the one around guns -- Americans are polarized, frustrated, and stuck,” said WAMU Sr. Dir. of Content and News ANDI MCDANIEL. “With GUNS & AMERICA, we’ll have 10 talented journalists, from diverse communities around the nation, taking a deep and unflinching look at the role guns play in American life. We believe this kind of in-depth and nuanced storytelling has the potential to change the national conversation.”

The AUDION FELLOWSHIP program is backed by a $5.3 million grant from THE KENDEDA FUND and is being led by WAMU Dir./Collaborative Reporting JEREMY BERNFELD.

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