A letter from our Chief Content Officer, Sally Eisele.
Sally Eisele
Sally oversees all broadcast, digital and in-person platforms committed to community-driven, enterprise and investigative journalism. She manages a content team of 14 editors, hosts, reporters and producers which has won more than a dozen local, regional and national awards for its multiplatform journalism, including a national Scripps Howard award and a National Headliner award, Edward R. Murrow awards and honors from the Public Media Journalists Association. She also works with the CEO and other members of the senior leadership team on short and long-term programming strategy and is the liaison to the Community Advisory Board.
Her career includes 10 years as managing editor at WBEZ in Chicago, and 10 years at KQED in San Francisco, where she was the founding senior producer of The California Report, a daily statewide public media news service. In both of those roles, she played a lead role in building the organizations’ local journalism teams, which are now regarded as among the best in public media.
Sally began her career in Michigan, where she studied journalism at Michigan State University, reported on politics and the environment and served as managing editor of the Michigan Public Radio Network.
When she’s not working, Sally is learning about Rhode Island quahogs- how to find them and more importantly, how to eat them.
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Program Schedule Change – Winter 2023
A message to listeners from our CEO, Torey Malatia, and our Chief Content Officer, Sally Eisele.
Posted inEpisode, Political Roundtable
On Political Roundtable: Election 2022, an interview with Brett Smiley; journalists analyze RI primary results; One Square Mile takes us to Westerly
Welcome to Political Roundtable: Election 2022. For this election season, we’re presenting a half-hour weekly show exploring the key races, the issues in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, and we’ll hear from you, the voters, about what’s most important to you in this election year.
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Election 2022: What matters most to you?
The Public’s Radio invites you to be part of our 2022 election coverage.
Posted inArticle, Newport Bureau
Firefighters battle blaze at Wayfinder Hotel in Newport
Firefighters worked Monday evening to contain a large fire at one of Newport’s largest hotels, the Wayfinder. Officials say the hotel was evacuated and no injuries are reported.
Posted inArticle, Politics
Across southern New England, ceremonies mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11
As the nation marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with ceremonies in lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania, people across southern New England gathered in towns and villages, beaches and churches, to commemorate those who died. Here are highlights from a few of those ceremonies. Rhode Island leaders gather in Providence Rhode Island elected officials […]
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Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts cope with the remnants of Hurricane Ida, after historic rainfall
In Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, the remnants of Ida brought heavy rains, flooding, sewage overflow, power outages and road damage Wednesday night and Thursday. The region remains under a flood warning until 6:30 pm tonight. Aquidneck Island experienced some of the heaviest rainfall and flooding. In Portsmouth, a road partially collapsed from the force […]
Posted inArticle, Environment
Henri leaves thousands without power in Rhode Island: Latest updates
Nearly 36,000 National Grid customers still affected by power outages in Washington County, by far the most in the state. The outages are most widespread in Charlestown and Narragansett, where about 5,600 and 9,300 customers are affected in both towns, respectively.
Posted inArticle, Education
Agreement reached to terminate Providence School Superintendent Harrison Peters’ contract
Rhode Island education officials have reached an agreement with the superintendent of Providence schools to terminate his contract in the wake of criticism about a hiring decision. The agreement late Friday came after Rhode Island Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green asked for the resignation of Providence Superintendent Harrison Peters earlier in the week. Peters was tasked […]
