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
Long-abandoned factories have scarred the Midwest landscape for generations. Tens of thousands sit vacant across the region, the tally growing by ...
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 06:27
The American Dream is that each generation will do better than the last. But the families of auto workers no longer have that expectation. As Detro...
- Added: Jun 07, 2011
- Length: 06:15
Over the years, the Oprah Winfrey show and its famous host have influenced politics, literacy - and hundreds of small businesses – who have been se...
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 04:48
Imagine trying to prove that thousands of people exist, when you have no idea who they are.
That’s the dilemma facing officials who think their co...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 03:55
- Purchases: 1
What happens when your local library shuts its doors? That’s a question Midwestern towns from Evanston, Ill., to Troy, Mich., are asking as local l...
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 04:06
Food trucks have become all the rage in big cities like L.A., New York, and Boston. They’re transforming the way people think about street food and...
Bought by Vocalo.org and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 2
Sears & Roebuck has been a dominant retailer in the Midwest since it was founded in Chicago almost a 120 years ago. It’s hung on while other brands...
- Added: Jun 03, 2011
- Length: 04:02
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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