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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The non-profit Intersection of Change has seen promises and good intentions come and go. They always put in the work. -
Here's a Stoop story from Jason Newton about life as an optimist. -
In April of 2015, photographer Devin Allen demanded the country see Baltimore for what it is: Community. -
Baltimore Beat editor-in-chief talks about how Baltimore's uprising in 2015 made her see journalism through a different lens. -
“Baltimore Still Rising” features first hand accounts of the city’s response to the injustice and unrest that followed the death, 10 years ago, of Freddie Gray. -
Short stories from Baltimore author Rosalia Scalia, full of despicable characters you'll love! -
Climate activist Mike Tidwell paid close attention for a year to his own block in Takoma Park: Why were so many trees dying? What happened when they did? How was all that connected to the increased flooding he saw in his neighborhood? How was all affecting his neighbors? -
Across Maryland, kids in middle and high schools are expanding their ideas of their futures: career counseling for every student is mandated by the Blueprint, the education reform law. Students visit workplaces, hear from employers, explore their aptitudes. How is it working? We ask advocates, a counselor and a high-school senior. -
Baltimorean-turned-New Yorker Murray Kempton’s New York newspaper columns spanned the 20 century with clear insights about who America was leaving behind. -
A Stoop story from Adam Stone about finding common ground within his family.
