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WAMC Uninterrupted Highlight: News Department

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Joe Donahue speaks with WAMC’s CEO Sarah Gilbert, WAMC’s News Director Ian Pickus, WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley, and WAMC’s Berkshire Bureau Chief Josh Landes about the work of WAMC's News Department.

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