Answers to Candidate Questionnaire |
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What experience, connections, skills or traits would you bring to the local station board to advance the station's mission? |
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I was a college radio DJ at both UT Austin during graduate school and as an undergraduate, where I was also the Station Program Manager. I have experience with noncommercial radio. |
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What do you appreciate and value in the station's current operations? |
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When I was the Program Manager of my college radio station it was my goal to give airtime to programming and music that was not accessible on commercial radio, and to promote diversity in programming to expose listeners to music that they may not have previously experienced. I think this is an important niche for listener supported radio. |
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What would you like to see improved or changed in the station's current operations? |
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I feel like WPFW is a “best kept secret” of DC. While it’s well known among locals it seems (in my experience) to be overlooked by newer residents and potential listeners who gravitate towards NPR. I think this community would be better served by WPFW and I’d like to more quickly reach them. |
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Describe what you anticipate would be your top three priorities or areas of focus if you were elected to the local station board. |
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As an educator and a parent of a DCPS student I value programming on education. As a biologist (ecology and genetics) I am interested in conservation and biotechnology. I am also committed to social justice, and in particular have learned a lot about prison reform from Roach Brown’s program Crossroads. |
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Sustainability is an important part of any nonprofit operation. What are your thoughts on how the board can help to improve the station's financial footing? |
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I think there could be more fundraising events attracting younger listeners, like the Zoo has had success with their Young Professionals events. |
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Is there anything else you would like prospective voters to know? |
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My family has been in DC and the DC area for five generations and I grew up listening to WPFW, first for the Jazz and then for the Justice. I have a deep love for the station. |