Gwendolyn Glenn
Host, WFAE's All Things ConsideredGwendolyn is an award-winning journalist who has covered a broad range of stories on the local and national levels. Her experience includes producing on-air reports for National Public Radio and she worked full-time as a producer for NPR’s All Things Considered news program for five years. She worked for several years as an on-air contract reporter for CNN in Atlanta and worked in print as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun Media Group, The Washington Post and covered Congress and various federal agencies for the Daily Environment Report and Real Estate Finance Today. Glenn has won awards for her reports from the Maryland-DC-Delaware Press Association, SNA and the first-place radio award from the National Association of Black Journalists.
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Author Barbara Johnson talked with WFAE’s Gwendolyn Glenn about her book "A Head of Cabbage," the back story of that title and what it took for her to succeed.
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The Charlotte Sports Foundation, owner of the Duke's Mayo Bowl, is partnering with Opendorse to create an online marketplace for Bowl athletes to broker Name, Image and Likeness deals.
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Heart'n Soul Hospice, a Black-owned hospice care provider, continues to seek approval to operate in Mecklenburg County, where hospice care use among people of color is low. Their petition to operate was turned down by North Carolina health officials last week.
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Althea Gibson broke color barriers in professional tennis and golf and went on to become the No. 1 tennis player in the world. Her athletic career is explored in the new book, "The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson," written by journalist and author Sally H. Jacobs.
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Mecklenburg County has one of the highest rates of HIV cases in the state and nation. Cases have leveled off recently but as free HIV testing is offered and residents are encouraged to get tested if they suspect they are infected, the numbers are predicted to rise.
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The founder of Freedom Fighting Missionaries told Charlotte City Council members that because of strong opposition, he will not go ahead with plans to build 16 rental townhouses in Grove Park.
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Local and nationally-known African American children's book authors and illustrators will be the focus of a free festival on Saturday at the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture.
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York County Council members approved Silfab Solar's multimillion-dollar solar plant operation in Fort Mill. However, residents have concerns about the environment and increased traffic.
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Two Queens University officials talk about Friday's Hispanic Heritage Month Festival and its importance to them on a personal level.
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Hispanic Heritage Month begins Friday worldwide. In Charlotte, Queens University kicks off the celebration with a festival spotlighting 12 countries.