Changing Gears
- Location: , Illinois
- http://www.changinggears.info
What We Are: Changing Gears is a public media project that looks at the reinvention of the industrial Midwest. It is a collaboration by WBEZ Chicago, Michigan Radio, and ideastream Cleveland. In news reports, features, documentaries and long-form journalism, Changing Gears is looking at the future of the Great Lakes region. It also hosts public events.
Where We Are: Changing Gears' Web site is www.changinggears.org. On Twitter, follow @ChGears. Changing Gears is also on Facebook.
Who We Are: Senior Editor Micki Maynard; Cleveland reporter Dan Bobkoff; Chicago reporter Niala Boodhoo; Ann Arbor reporter Kate Davidson; Senior Web Producer George Nemeth.
Where We Are: Changing Gears' Web site is www.changinggears.org. On Twitter, follow @ChGears. Changing Gears is also on Facebook.
Who We Are: Senior Editor Micki Maynard; Cleveland reporter Dan Bobkoff; Chicago reporter Niala Boodhoo; Ann Arbor reporter Kate Davidson; Senior Web Producer George Nemeth.
Series
37 Pieces
Changing Gears explores the economic transformation of the industrial Midwest, through the stories of people driving and experiencing this change.
- From: Changing Gears
- Updated: Mar 30, 2012
Pieces
It’s been a tough few years for teachers. Classes are bigger. Pay is down. Benefits cost more. Pensions are under threat. And, in the last year, te...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 03:34
- Purchases: 1
More than 2 million manufacturing jobs were lost during the recession. But employers are starting to hire again – the new jobs, however, require mo...
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 04:03
The Midwest has 13 percent of the country’s population, but it still produces more than a third of the nation’s cars, steel and the lion’s share of...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 1
Here's one way an economy can begin to turn around: a business person sees an opportunity - maybe it's a building that's been sitting empty, a bloc...
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 03:22
The industrial Midwest might not be the industrial Midwest if it weren’t for the iron-rich regions of northern Minnesota and Michigan. These “iron ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 03:47
All across the Midwest, cities and suburbs are tackling the problem of Empty Places. Changing Gears reporters took a look at some of the challenges...
- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 19:06
Changing Gears reporters spent a week on the road, traveling to places throughout the Midwest where local economies and town cultures revolve aroun...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 20:12
Changing Gears reporters will tackle a subject that’s long been a part of the Midwest mind frame: magic bullets.
By magic bullets, we mean the big...
Bought by Louisville Public Media
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 15:59
- Purchases: 1
Some nonprofits in the region that rely on government funding are in trouble. As a result, many are now looking at how they can get other sources o...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 03:14
Non-profits are a vibrant part of the regional economy. They employ many people and the need for their services has grown. But charities that contr...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 03:56