Brent Wolfe
News DirectorBrent Wolfe grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and majored in American Studies at Tufts University outside Boston. In college, Brent was inspired by the narrative journalism style of J. Anthony Lukas' "Common Ground," the story of school desegregation and court ordered busing in Boston. After college, he donned a ranger hat with the National Park Service to tell visitors the story of Boston's African American community in the 19th century. Brent eventually made his way to public radio- learning the basics at WBUR in Boston and doing political reporting at KQED in San Francisco. He moved on to report for WILL in Champaign-Urbana and then Minnesota Public Radio in Rochester where he covered stories from medical research at the Mayo Clinic to a gopher catching festival. Brent joined WUNC's reporting staff in March 2000, became news editor in February 2003, and News Director in 2011. Brent served on the Board of Directors of the Public Media Journalists Association as Treasurer from 2019 to 2021.
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A winter storm watch is in effect for this weekend with snow, sleet, ice and freezing rain is expected across central North Carolina starting Saturday through Sunday evening.
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Effective immediately, WUNC will begin capitalizing the word “Black” when referring to people’s ethnicity or culture.WUNC joins other media outlets such…
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Safety officials on the coast are trying to make beachgoers more aware of rip currents. Those are the narrow channels of waves that can pull swimmers…
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Officials with the state Division of Water Resources say a new report shows great improvement in groundwater levels over a 15-county area in eastern North…
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Rundown for WUNC-FM’s Overall Excellence EntryThis entry contains examples of the best work of WUNC-FM. Some of the stories are excerpted in order to meet…
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Children's advocates say poverty continues to be a problem when it comes to kids' health. The non-profit Action for Children North Carolina is out with…
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School can be hard -- and often it's not the academics that makes it so challenging. As a part of our weeklong American Graduate series of stories about…
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This week public radio stations across the country are taking part in American Graduate Week. It's a Public Media initiative that looks at the drop out…