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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I. Henry Phillips Sr. documented the vibrancy of Black communities in Baltimore for decades. His son, Webster Phillips, talks with us about his vast photo archive. -
On its argument that untraceable “ghost guns” amp up violence in the city, Baltimore just won a $62 million verdict against a company that makes them. What will be the impact? -
What happens when a teacher's union tries to edit history for its students? -
The Natural History Society of Maryland brings people on a walking tour to explore the geology of Baltimore’s buildings and monuments. We get a preview! -
Baltimore author Rosalia Scalia's latest collection is full of tales of love, loss, surprise... and despicable characters who will charm you! -
A new Netflix documentary shows how Ed Sullivan did more than launch careers on his variety show--he used it as a platform to fight racism. -
The Community Law Center represents complaints from ten neighborhoods affected by Amtrak construction. We zero in on West Baltimore. -
What do cuts in food stamps and Medicaid, the denial of emergency aid to flood victims, the end of public-broadcasting funds mean for western Maryland? We ask Congresswoman April McClain Delaney. -
WYPR reporter John Lee on the latest in Baltimore County. -
Maryland libraries get millions of federal dollars for some of their most creative projects, and they’re fighting to hang onto it.
