Julie Rose

Julie Rose has been reporting for WFAE since January 2008, covering everything from political scandal and bank bailouts to homelessness and the arts. She's a two-time winner of a national Edward R. Murrow Award for radio writing. Prior to WFAE, Julie reported for KCPW in Salt Lake City where she got her start in radio. Before that, she was a nonprofit fundraiser and a public relations manager in the San Francisco Bay Area. It took a few career changes, but Julie finally found her calling in public radio reporting because she gets paid to do what she does best – be nosy. She's a graduate of the communications program at Brigham Young University and contributes frequently to National Public Radio programs.

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4:09 pm

Tue February 19, 2013

Cold War Bunker Network Repurposed For 21st Century Threats

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Credit Courtesy of Jerry Dowd

WBT radio's bomb shelter in Charlotte, N.C., part of a government-funded emergency communications network, as it looked in 1963.

Credit Julie Rose / WFAE

WBT chief engineer Jerry Dowd sits at the shelter's console. All of the bunker's communications equipment is still functional.

Credit Lauren McFadden / FEMA

FEMA has constructed new buildings known as Primary Entry Point Stations, like this one in Fresno, Calif., to support the nation's Emergency Alert System.

By Julie Rose

Originally published on Tue February 19, 2013 6:42 pm

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There's an underground bunker at a radio station in Charlotte, N.C., where time has stopped. Built decades ago to provide safety and vital communications in the event of a nuclear attack, it's now a perfectly preserved relic of Cold War fear that's gained new relevance.

The secret bunker is part of the office lore that old-timers at WBT Radio whisper to the newbies. That's how radio host Mike Collins learned of it back in the 1980s.

2:36 pm

Tue December 18, 2012

One Airport's Trash Is 2 Million Worms' Treasure

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Charlotte Douglas International Airport has deployed an army of 1.9 million worms to eat through its organic waste. The airport has reduced the trash it sends to the landfill by 70 percent.

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Organic waste ends up in a series of 50-foot beds where the worms do their work. Castings (aka worm poop) fall through a screen at the bottom of the bed and will be used as fertilizer on airport grounds.

By Julie Rose

Originally published on Thu December 20, 2012 3:16 pm

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Food waste is not just a problem for restaurants — airports also have to deal with piles of this kind of garbage.

4:24 pm

Mon October 22, 2012

Mug Shot Time? Wipe That Smile Off Your Face

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Credit Jennifer Lang of WFAE

Say cheese? A sampling of smiling mug shots posted to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's website during the past three weeks.

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Occupy Charlotte protester Scottie Wingfield's mug shot.

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Jason Dow says this is the smile he tried to make for his mug shot last week. It landed him in lockdown for 12 hours.

By Julie Rose

Originally published on Mon October 22, 2012 6:46 pm

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In one North Carolina county, mugging too much for a mug shot can get you locked in a cell indefinitely.

First off, though, why would you smile for a mug shot? Thumb through those publications like The Slammer magazine filled with nothing but mug shots and you can find entire sections of people grinning it up.

4:52 am

Tue October 16, 2012

Bank Of America Improves Foreclosure Image

By Julie Rose

Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 10:45 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Bank of America will release quarterly earnings tomorrow and once again, foreclosures will be part of the equation. The Charlotte-based bank's role in the 2008 housing crash has landed it on a fair number of lists of most hated institutions in America.

But, as Julie Rose of member station WFAE in Charlotte discovered, some of those most involved in cleaning up the aftermath of the foreclosure crisis are beginning to soften toward the bank.

3:58 am

Tue August 28, 2012

Gov. Haley Gets Prime-Time Convention Speaking Slot

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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley campaigns in Ann Arbor, Mich., on July 31 for Mitt Romney.

By Julie Rose

Originally published on Tue August 28, 2012 9:32 am

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Among the speakers with a prime-time slot at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week is South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The speech could propel her into national politics.

The talk about Haley always mentions her gender, her age — 40 — and her race — Indian-American. She wears the labels proudly, and for $19.95 you can read all about them in her memoir Can't Is Not an Option. But there's another label Haley likes: fighter.

On Comedy Central not long ago, she mixed it up with fellow South Carolinian Stephen Colbert:

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