Jerad Walker
Editor for Narrative Audio and PodcastsJerad Walker is WUNC’s Editor of Narrative Audio and Podcasts. He joined the station in 2022 after nearly a decade at Oregon Public Broadcasting where he developed and produced podcasts, reported on arts and culture, and directed the Portland-based public media outlet’s music service. Walker began his career at WAMU in Washington, D.C. where he worked on music production and programming. There, he was also a regular contributor to the news broadcast as a features reporter. As a freelance journalist, his stories have appeared on NPR, NPR Music, and a wide range of outlets from KUOW in Seattle to WXPN in Philadelphia. Walker received an MBA from American University and a bachelor’s degree in International Affairs from the University of Georgia.
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As the energy grid expands, so does demand for power poles — and the big trees we use to make them.
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For decades, the epicenter of America’s Black middle class was in a midsize city in central North Carolina. Now that it's gone, what legacy does it leave?
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Video games are fundamentally changing the real world of motorsports.
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We explore Southern communities transformed by forces beyond their control.
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Stanton, Tennessee is a microcosm of the powerful new economics at play in states throughout the American South.
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The Wright Brothers aren’t the only icons of early aviation with ties to the South.
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A young journalist tells us how she uncovered the history of her neighborhood and fought to preserve it for future generations.
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We check in on a group of long Covid patients and doctors from the Carolinas to see how we’re adapting to the second silent pandemic.
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When you turn on the faucet, you really don’t want to think twice about the quality of the water coming out. But that’s the reality for millions of people across the South.