Melissa Gerr
Senior ProducerMelissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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Here's a Stoop Story from Nancy Murray about the power of speaking the truth … and the freedom that comes with it.
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We go On the Record with musician and composer Aaron Hill. He’s providing live music accompaniment to a silent film featured in the Maryland Film Fest. He draws from Jazz, hip hop and gospel to create the mood.
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We go On the Record with Thiru Vignarajah, about his second campaign for Baltimore City Mayor. He talks about plans to shift tax dollars into the school system, offer free bus routes in advance of light rail, and defends his track record as a boss.
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We go On the Record to hear why the Maryland Food Bank has shifted gears with their new Neighborhood Impact Grant. Six nonprofits with proven track records get $175,000 over two years to design programs that get at the root of poverty.
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We visit Zoe's Just Dezzerts where employees who have autism work at all levels of production and customer service. Plus, we learn what resources are available for people with autism and their families.
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Here are two Stoop stories about having the courage to love and having the fierceness to stay.
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In her latest novel, “Saint Seducing Gold,” author Brittany Williams depicts the courage and complexity of sword-wielding teenager Joan Sands.
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We go On the Record with the co-founder of SquashWise. The nonprofit uses the lightning-speed court sport to foster personal growth and high academic standards for middle and high school youth. Then we stop by the facility and hear from the students.
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We’ll go On the Record with the director and the historian behind a film that tells the story of the enslaved couple Mary and Daniel Bell, who fought in court for their family’s freedom, were thwarted, saw their children sold south, and were at last connected again.
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From schools and parks to fire hydrants and sidewalks, historian Andrew Kahrl finds numerous examples over the 20th century of how African American taxpayers have been denied the benefits of their dollars. His new book is titled, “The Black Tax.”