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.
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Unemployment numbers in the Midwest are bad. Not as bad as when the recession was at its worst, but there are still a lot of people looking for job...
- Added: Mar 30, 2012
- Length: 03:38
Our Changing Gears team has been looking into some of the hidden assets of the Midwest - the parts of our economy that don’t often get noticed when...
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 03:58
Our Changing Gears team is looking into some of the hidden assets of the industrial Midwest - the parts of our economy that don’t often get noticed...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 16, 2012
- Length: 03:22
- Purchases: 1
Americans owe close to a trillion dollars in student loan debt. Our Changing Gears project has been reporting on that debt, much of which comes fro...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2012
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 1
Our Changing Gears project is looking at student debt. We know many families struggle to afford traditional colleges. But a lot of student debt com...
- Added: Feb 29, 2012
- Length: 03:33
While Alabama was putting out the most restrictive laws against illegal immigrants in the country, Dayton officials were putting out the welcome ma...
- Added: Feb 27, 2012
- Length: 03:34
Here in the Midwest, people are looking for any way to help the economy be strong again. But there’s one asset in our economy that is sometimes ove...
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 03:51
Midwest states are changing the relationship between unions and workers. This year, Indiana became the first in the region to become a right to wor...
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 04:15
The nation was riveted on Madison Wisconsin last year when tens of thousands of people protested Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to dismantle most uni...
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 04:03
In the Midwest, it’s hard to get around without a car. These days, people are holding onto them longer … the average vehicle age is almost 11 years...
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 03:46
It’s been a tough few years for teachers. Classes are bigger. Pay is down. Benefits cost more. Pensions are under threat. And, in the last year, te...
Bought by WAMC
- Added: Feb 20, 2012
- Length: 03:34
- Purchases: 1
More than 2 million manufacturing jobs were lost during the recession. But employers are starting to hire again – the new jobs, however, require mo...
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 04:03
The Midwest has 13 percent of the country’s population, but it still produces more than a third of the nation’s cars, steel and the lion’s share of...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 03:46
- Purchases: 1
Here's one way an economy can begin to turn around: a business person sees an opportunity - maybe it's a building that's been sitting empty, a bloc...
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 03:22
The industrial Midwest might not be the industrial Midwest if it weren’t for the iron-rich regions of northern Minnesota and Michigan. These “iron ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2012
- Length: 03:47
All across the Midwest, cities and suburbs are tackling the problem of Empty Places. Changing Gears reporters took a look at some of the challenges...
- Added: Dec 15, 2011
- Length: 19:06
Changing Gears reporters spent a week on the road, traveling to places throughout the Midwest where local economies and town cultures revolve aroun...
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 20:12
Changing Gears reporters will tackle a subject that’s long been a part of the Midwest mind frame: magic bullets.
By magic bullets, we mean the big...
Bought by WFPL News
- Added: Dec 14, 2011
- Length: 15:59
- Purchases: 1
Some nonprofits in the region that rely on government funding are in trouble. As a result, many are now looking at how they can get other sources o...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 03:14
Non-profits are a vibrant part of the regional economy. They employ many people and the need for their services has grown. But charities that contr...
- Added: Jun 24, 2011
- Length: 03:56
People who work with Changing Gears
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Micki Maynard (Admin)
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Mercedes Mejia (Admin)
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Tamar Charney
Program Director |
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