A native of Cambridge, Mass., Meribah has a Masters of Journalism from Northwestern University and a BA from New York University. While completing her Master's degree in Arts Administration from the University of New Orleans, Kat began her new role as Assistant Director of United Way of Oxford & Lafayette County in Oxford, MS. After falling in love with the Nashville area, she and her husband relocated to Nashville, TN and joined Gilda's Club Nashville as Development Manager. When she's not reporting, she enjoys visiting museums and checking out the local music scene. His investigations have earned him journalism's highest honors, including three duPont-Columbia University Awards and three George Foster Peabody Awards -- both considered to be broadcasting's equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize. Alexis returned to WPLN in 2020 as a newscast producer and took over the education beat in 2022. She is thrilled to be reporting in her home state. Moselle crime scene: What will Murdaugh jury see? He is a graduate of Christian Brothers University and a member of the Tennessee Journalism Hall of Fame. Prior to that she worked for Kansas Citys NPR station, KCUR, producing a daily show and reporting daily news and long-term investigative stories, including an award-winning series on gun violence, with a grant from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. When she's not at work you can find her hiking with her husband Drew and their dogs Rondo and Zoe, two spunky Australian Shepherd rescues. Licensed Private Investigator at Rosetta Stone Investigations. He started working for WPLN in 2003, holding positions in membership and marketing, before leaving to start a freelance web development firm in 2008. Nina Cardona is a native of Middle Tennessee and near-lifelong listener to WPLN. Senior Music Writer, Nashville Public Radio She originally hails from Western North Carolina and enjoys baking and being outdoors with Bodhi, her beagle named after Patrick Swayze's character in Point Break. Joshs work reached national scope when he began producing for legendary Nashville country music stations in 2007. If Phil Williams calls, call your lawyer because you're in trouble.". She has a deep interest in history and has been known to dabble in photography, various textile crafts and open water swimming. In 1990, Phil's work was a finalist for print journalism's highest honor, the Pulitzer Prize, for an investigation that exposed corrupt state officials and gamblers who had taken over Tennessee's charity bingo industry. Still do. I started radio back in 2014 working for my college radio station at The University of Alabama. Previously, he served as the Comptroller at Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center and worked in various roles at Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Company. I started as an intern at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee and worked my way up to Music Director. Steve Haruch Before coming to Music City, she spent some time in the Tar Heel State. Among her favorite quotes through which she draws inspiration is, If we have no peace, it's because we have forgotten we belong to each other." summer@wpln.org I say all that to say I am sponge for great music, regardless of what genre its from. You will probably see her wild blonde curly hair bouncing around on Nashvilles running trails. Magnolia McKay is a multimedia producer based in Nashville who first cut her audio journalism teeth in San Francisco at NPR affiliate station KALW. A winner of multiple regional Emmy Awards, Phil has also been honored with a national Emmy. Since graduating from Alabama, I have been a program director and producer for Tide 100.9 and a producer for ESPN 102.5 The Game in Nashville. Daptone Records) Ambriehl Crutchfield Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption. Khalil Ekulona has been involved with media for almost his entire life. Blake Farmer is Nashville Public Radio's senior health care reporter. He lives in East Nashville with his wife and daughter and dabbles in hobbies like juggling, gardening, and birdwatching. Heggen, now in his eighth year on Channel 4, is one of the most popular local TV personalities, known for appearances of his dog, Dagny, on Friday broadcasts of WSMV's morning show. Born in New Jersey, raised in Maryland, Khalil received his degree in political science from Elon University (then Elon College). jwilkins@wpln.org Andrea has been in public media for 7 years, most recently serving as senior coordinating producer for America Amplified, a CPB-funded community engagement initiative. However, the majority of her years at the station have been spent sharing the news, first in the afternoons during All Things Considered and now as the local host of Morning Edition. An interest in learning more about the origins of the purity movement is what ultimately led her to Nashville. Ambriehl believes in centering community voices and concerns in news coverage in order to create standout original content that listeners depend on from public radio. Mack is WPLN's Director of Digital Products. Nashville, TN 37210 Main Number: 615-369-7222 News: 615-369-7236 Email: News Newsroom Fax: 615-369-7329 Weather: 615-369-7289 Email: Weather || Send News, Weather Photos Email: Programming. Director of Sponsorship Sales Ive been immersed in thinking, talking and writing about music as a Nashville-based critic and journalist for the better part of two decades, long enough to witness radical revolutions, slow-moving evolutions and recurring cycles throughout the music-making world. Metro Reporter Missouri born, and Midwest/Southwest raised, Josh Connor began his career as a freelance jingle and advertising writer and producer, later landing successful on-air and administrative roles in markets like Robinson, IL, and Cedar Rapids and Des Moines, Iowa. These women are very well educated ladies that come from some of the biggest schools in the country. WSMV 4 Nashville and WSMV.com: Working to bring breaking news and important information to the people of Middle Tennessee. Mikayla Elias (she/they) is an audio engineer specializing in broadcast and studio work. He's also enjoyed producing stories about midnight frog gigging and churches holding gun raffles. Is Tennessee a dangerous state to drive in? As an actor and voice-over artist, she has voiced characters forVeggie Tales,starred in commercials for the Tennessee Lottery and Dollar General, and appeared in numerous short films and theater productions. Cameron Adkins As a kid, I traipsed around outside a lot. He, his wife Teresa, and son CJ live with a spoiled cat in Hendersonville. Ray is a huge proponent of public education and freedom of information. The five former Memphis police officers stood next to their lawyers . She's also worked at public radio stations in Reno, Salt Lake and New York. He went to college in Texas at Abilene Christian University where he cut his teeth in radio at KACU-FM. She was the 2015 recipient of the Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship for Acting (Theater) and a winner of aNashville Scene2021 Best of Nashville Critics' Pick for her work as the producer, director and lead actor inThe Passion of Ethel Rosenberg(a Radio Play)podcast. Jewly Hight When she's not reporting, she enjoys visiting museums and checking out the local music scene. My immersive study of rhythm began when I took up clogging, a percussive folk dance influenced by Black, indigenous and Irish styles and lots else besides, and I eventually shifted that energy over to drumming. Her reporting on race and inequality in public schools prompted a wholesale shift in enrollment and attitudes toward school choice in one Nashville neighborhood. Rachel began her public radio career covering politics in Florida during the 2016 presidential race. She was the reporting intern at WPLN News in the fall of 2018 and afterward an intern on NPRs Education Desk. Colleen Phelps is the host of Live in Studio C on 91Classical and the and Classically Speaking podcast. rgilbert@wpln.org What else is there? Assistant Program Director, WNXP Josh has always been a fan and advocate of public broadcasting, growing up watching and listening even finding his first chance to participate in broadcasting on his hometown public stations. Phil had previously won a duPont and a Peabody for his "Friends in High Places" investigation of insider contracts given to friends of former Tennessee Gov. Director of Membership Tony Gonzalez Kat Drinkwater Previously she has worked in Central Ohio at WOSU News, covering criminal justice and the addiction crisis, and was named Ohio's reporter of the year by the Associated Press in 2019. The first time that I was given a microphonea cheap, little plastic deal attached to a toy keyboardI thought it was funny to mash my lips into it and make farting noises. A nonprofit professional full-time, Ive remained blissfully music biz adjacent in Music City, U.S.A., partnering with artists, venues and festivals via nonpartisan voter engagement organization HeadCount at live music and community events. He is from Apopka, Fla., and graduated from The School of Journalism at the Florida A&M University. Annually, we will publish a snapshot of who we are and the steps we are taking that lead to progress. A graduate of Belmont University, they have worked on a wide spectrum of projects, from hip-hop singles to occult podcasts. In 2014, Phil and fellow team members were honored with a Peabody for their "Questions of Influence" investigation. Nashville native Angel Adams holds a BS in Business Administration, Music Business concentration from Fisk University and Belmont University (a bridge program) as well as a BA in English from Fisk and a Masters of Public Administration from TSU. As a member of the leadership team, she trained and coordinated the efforts of reporters and producers across 50+ stations, wrote and edited a community engagement playbook and launched a national talk show around the election. Michael Warrick is a multimedia journalist (MMJ) who joined WSMV4 in June 2021. Program Director I anchor the news on Nashville's Morning News and during the Michael DelGiorno Show. Her work has also appeared in the New Yorker Radio Hour, NPR, Here & Now, The Colorado Independent, The Colorado Springs Gazette and HuffPost. Chas joined WPLN in 2015 and became an editor in 2018. He previously held the State Government Reporter position for WFSU News in Tallahassee. A native North Carolinian, Margaret graduated from Wake Forest University. In his spare time, he enjoys watching sports, outdoor activities and enjoying family time. Nina Cardona is a native of Middle Tennessee and near-lifelong listener to WPLN. He lives in East Nashville with his wife and daughter and dabbles in hobbies like juggling, gardening, and birdwatching. He previously held the State Government Reporter position for WFSU News in Tallahassee. 615-760-2014 jritchey@wpln.org It is essential that our staff also is diverse and that we foster an inclusive workplace for all. A singer/songwriter and music aficionado, Ray first came to Nashville in 2010 to attend Belmont University. Cindy Abrams Jason Moon Wilkins is an award-winning broadcast journalist with a diverse background and deep roots in the music industry. Zea grew up listening to NPR from the backseat of her parents' station wagon, and jumped at the opportunity (quite literally, she leapt into the air when the call came through) to work for Nashville Public Radio. He specializes in investigations into political corruption, criminal activity and waste of taxpayer money. Senior Health Care Reporter Lydia Fielder Anchor/Reporter Lydia Fielder is a weekend anchor and multimedia journalist (MMJ) at WSMV4 Nashville.. Before coming to Nashville, she worked on NPR's daily economics program The Indicator and the award winning climate podcast Drilled. Her desire to uplift local arts initiatives is fueled by her passion to advocate for artists, to help amplify their stories to audiences here at home, and abroad. Back in San Francisco, she was also a peer counselor at San Francisco Women Against Rape, where she supported survivors on a hotline, in one-on-one counseling and in emergency rooms. As a kid, I traipsed around outside a lot. Rose speaks English, Italian, and French. After working with stations in Nashville, Denver, Cincinnati and Tampa, Cameron joined WPLN in 2015. Niki Lattarulo joined the WSMV 4 team as a Sports Reporter in May 2022 after 2-1/2 years as the Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter at KCEN in Waco, Texas. Watch for live newscasts and the latest weather, breaking and local news, in-depth. The station hired her as a reporter, eventually promoting her to news director. Feel free to email her for help with nonprofit events shes happy to give back to the community she loves. She enjoys old time fiddle music, interpreting peoples dreams, and watching college basketball. Before that, she worked at KCEN in Waco, Texas, where her series of reports on a sheriff accused of sexual harassment preceded an election where citizens voted him out of office. She joined the Membership Department in 2012, and has been instrumental in growing the Sustaining Member Program. and my best friend growing up would have me head banging to some Pantera. While my college days offered plenty of concert-going and a few overwrought album reviews, too, it was curating playlists and hosting local artists on the student radio station WUSC-FM that really made meaning for me. My grandma was listening to Charlie Pride and other old country music tunes while my grandpa would be in the other room playing his Blues records like the hallways were Beale Street. Kyle serves on the board of The Brooks Fund. A native of Goodlettsville, TN, Kyle graduated from MTSU with a degree in communications. The Trustoria Professional Directory gives everyone all the professional records needed to get the right professional for every need. By college, I was trying to emulate John Jabo Starks wily, funky-footed groove on James Browns Sex Machine.. She comes to WPLN from a reporting internship at The Tennessean. She loves to cook (well really to eat), which lead her to start an herb and veggie garden during the pandemic. President and CEO melias@wpln.org The Trustoria Service Professional Directory provides you with all the information needed to discover the best person for every need. Blake has worked at WPLN throughout his career, most recently serving as news director and primary editor for the newsroom. Rose Gilbert His achievements have not gone unnoticed by his peers. Joshs work reached national scope when he began producing for legendary Nashville country music stations in 2007. Her reporting on homelessness and a runoff-related fish kill for the Bowling Green Daily News earned her 2020 Kentucky Press Association awards in the general news and extended coverage categories, respectively. There I started a segment called From the Music Desk where I interviewed over 500 artists including Thom York, Lizzo, Steve Martin, and Phoebe Bridgers. The percussionist and singer was a founding member of award-winning chamber music ensemble Sound Riot and has recorded an album of new music for marimba, dedicated to recently born zoo animals. 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