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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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Letter from the editor: Protest or riot?
In the last few days, Rhode Island has erupted, along with cities across the country, in protests of grief, anger and violence in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man from Minneapolis who died after a police officer, now fired, knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. On Saturday, more […]
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Providence erupts in night of mayhem, 65 people arrested
Vandalism broke out across downtown Providence overnight as demonstrators, demanding justice for George Floyd, converged on the city.
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Share your story about the impact of the coronavirus in nursing homes
The coronavirus is sweeping through nursing homes and senior living centers across the country. In Rhode Island, over half of all deaths related to COVID-19 are among people living in nursing homes or senior living centers. Our team of reporters wants to hear from staff, patients and families at nursing homes and senior living centers […]
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Our Coronavirus Coverage: Local Stories In A Global Pandemic
To our Community: In this rapidly unfolding national emergency, we understand your need for local information is greater than ever. Today, we are launching a new section on our website to help pull together the reporting we’re doing at The Public’s Radio; the resources you may need for immediate services; and the stories–your stories–that help us […]
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The Public’s Radio Wins Prestigious Scripps Howard Award for “A 911 Emergency”
The Public’s Radio has been selected as a winner of a prestigious Scripps Howard Award in the Radio/Podcast category for “A 911 Emergency”, a series produced with ProPublica on problems in the state’s 911 system that may be costing lives.
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Living In Limbo: Share Your Stories Of Foster Care
There’s nothing new about the turmoil facing Rhode Island’s foster care system. The department faces pressure to improve oversight in the wake of the death of a 9-year-old foster child last summer. It’s being asked to do more with less. Caseloads are still higher than anyone would like them to be. The reasons kids are […]
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What Do You Think It Will Take To Fix Providence’s Schools?
Providence public schools are bracing for a state takeover in the wake of a bruising report by Johns Hopkins researchers. The report detailed abysmal literacy and math scores, crumbling buildings, and high rates of teacher and student absenteeism. It also raised concerns about student safety, racial disparities, tangled bureaucracy, and school culture. Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green […]
