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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"In the Pines," a film produced by the conservative John Locke Foundation on the Wilmington massacre of 1898 that killed hundreds of Black people, is being highly criticized for focusing on the love story of a white couple. The Foundation is also being accused of denigrating Democrats.
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Patricia Ann Neely, viola da gamba classical musician, performs Thursday at the Charlotte Museum of History. She talks about the racism she faced breaking into classical music and the lack of focus on Black classical musicians in the past and today.
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Bonita Buford, the new CEO of the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture plans to build on its success of the past 50 years by expanding the collection, bringing in larger exhibitions, focusing on social justice and making the center more multidisciplinary.
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A 2022 survey found that over half of Americans use digital payment apps. However, few protections are in place for when consumers are victims of scams or mistakes. North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein is among attorneys generals from 18 states calling for stronger federal regulations.
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Blood donations are down 40% over the past 20 years nationwide. In Charlotte, local Red Cross officials say they only have a few days supply of some blood types, such as O positive and O negative.
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Nationwide, only 1.3% of all teachers are Black men, and that percentage is falling. In addition, nearly half of Black male teachers said they were planning to leave the classroom, according to a 2021 Rand Corporation report. Charlotte-based Profound Gentlemen works to retain and recruit Black male teachers.
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State-funded colleges in North Carolina can no longer take positions as institutions on controversial political issues. The legislation, Senate Bill 195, took effect over the summer. It’s created some confusion and concern.
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College conferences are expanding and some schools are changing their memberships, which could affect small schools like Wake Forest. WFAE's "All Things Considered" host Gwendolyn Glenn talks to reporter Will Zimmerman about the effect of the realignments on ACC schools.
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WFAE's "All Things Considered" host Gwendolyn Glenn talks with Charlotte Observer sportswriter Langston Wertz, Jr. about why Charlotte's professional football and basketball teams are faring poorly this season and what they need to do to fix it.
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The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts and Culture turns 50 next year, with a long list of events scheduled to celebrate its golden anniversary.