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While U.S.-based journalists have adapted to remote reporting as social distancing has shut down American public life, international correspondents are making tough choices, like uprooting their lives to return home or braving the pandemic’s Italian epicenter in journalistic pursuit of the story.
Hoban was previously the station’s associate GM of programming.
“If I have to put my digital tape recorder down to help, I will,” said reporter Casey Kuhn.
A report found that Associate GM of News Mark Moran drove employees after drinking, kissed a former intern and made remarks perceived by staff as sexist and inappropriate.
The longtime GM of the Phoenix station decried the report as retaliation against him for opposing new pay practices.
The bureau’s reporting aims to help listeners “better understand economic globalization and its impact on the Southwest.”
The station’s licensee is responding to anonymous allegations against the two executives.
The grant will support reporting on inequality and marginalization along the U.S.–Mexico border.
Soundbite is expected to hit metropolitan Phoenix in mid-December.