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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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.”
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We go On the Record to hear how the Dundalk community is faring after the Key Bridge collapse. Plus, Pompeian Olive Oil, employer of locals for more than a century, has kept workers on the job and their product flowing. Can they keep it up?
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We’ll go On the Record with Baltimore Banner education reporter Kristen Griffith to learn why Black teachers in Maryland are leaving the education system at higher rates than their white colleagues. Plus, we talk with three Black teachers -- whose stories differ widely.
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We go On the Record with Pokemoke Indian Nation citizen and cultural ambassador Drew Shuptar-Rayvis. He walks us through a new Maryland Archives collection that depicts Native life on Maryland’s Eastern shore -- past and present.
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Here's a Stoop Story from Sophia Garber about her trek on the Appalachian Trail … and all that it's meant for her in her life.
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We go On the Record with police Commissioner Richard Worley, six months into his job as Baltimore City’s top cop. We ask about guns, young people committing crimes, recruiting more officers, and connecting cops with the community.
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We’ll go On the Record with Tom Perez, senior adviser to President Biden and former Maryland candidate for governor. What did Perez hear from the families of workers killed in the bridge collapse?
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We hear how one non-profit works discreetly with families to prevent child abuse, and another helps families move on from trauma.
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The collapse of the Key Bridge has halted the flow of ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore. We speak with the head of the local longshoremen's union, and hear how long the rebuild might take.