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
The Midwest is used to thinking of China as the source of many of our problems: it’s where many jobs and factories went. But in Toledo, China is no...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 05:15
Recent census reports show Midwestern cities are shrinking and people are moving out. But one group is actually growing - the Hispanic population. ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and Vocalo.org
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 06:33
- Purchases: 2
Austin, Texas markets itself as the live music capital of the world. Nashville calls itself the music city and it’s become more than just country.
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Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 03:44
- Purchases: 1
Nursing is a hot career. The federal government says it will create more new jobs than any other profession in the coming years … almost 600,000 jo...
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 03:36
The country is facing a nursing shortage. But schools in our region can’t keep up with the demand for nursing education. Changing Gears is a projec...
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 03:42
When you talk about a digital divide, you’re probably thinking of inner city kids who don’t have ready access to the Internet. But there’s another ...
- Added: Jun 17, 2011
- Length: 04:24
How did you get to work this morning? Did you take a freeway into a city? What if it weren’t there? It’s a distinct possibility. Half a century aft...
- Added: Jun 16, 2011
- Length: 04:04
Cities across the Midwest are full of immigrant stories. Previous generations filled the factories, building cars, furniture and steel. Now that th...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 16, 2011
- Length: 04:01
- Purchases: 1
By now, you’ve probably heard of the Chevrolet Volt. That plug-in hybrid has been promoted for years as a sign that General Motors can still innova...
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 03:56
The number of older Americans working full time has been rising steadily for years. Many work because they have to. Some work because they want to ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 1
People who work with Changing Gears
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Tamar Charney
Program Director |
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Mercedes Mejia (Admin)
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Micki Maynard (Admin)
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