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EPISODE · May 29, 2026 · 33 MIN

Priska Neely meets America's crying need for better local news

from Roman on the Radio · host Nick Roman

This week, we meet former public radio reporter Priska Neely - the training manager for Report for America. Each year, she helps prep dozens of young journalists to fill the nation's crying need for more in-depth local news. And with crying in mind, Priska looks back at the long and tearful days she spent building the Gulf States Newsroom from an NPR idea into a public radio news powerhouse in Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

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This week, we meet former public radio reporter Priska Neely - the training manager for Report for America. Each year, she helps prep dozens of young journalists to fill the nation's crying need for more in-depth local news. And with crying in mind,...

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