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WHYY's Elisabeth Perez-Luna on "The Future of Public Radio" -- on ThoughtCast!

Series: The Future of Public Radio
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Length: 00:11:46

Elisabeth Perez-Luna of WHYY: the 4th of 14 interviews conducted at the annual PRPD conference -- on ThoughtCast! Read the full description.

Prpdlogo_small Currently, Elisabeth Perez-Luna is the news director and the executive producer of national radio programming at WHYY. But she's also well known for developing and producing the news magazines Crossroads and Artbeat. Elisabeth's also an award-winning independent radio producer, and and as you will hear, she's a big fan of "independence!"

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Currently, Elisabeth Perez-Luna is the news director and the executive producer of national radio programming at WHYY. But she's also well known for developing and producing the news magazines Crossroads and Artbeat. Elisabeth's also an award-winning independent radio producer, and and as you will hear, she's a big fan of "independence!"

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