Chris Bolt
General ManagerChris Bolt, Ed.D. has proudly been covering the Central New York community and mentoring students for more than 30 years. His career in public media started as a student volunteer, then as a reporter/producer. He has been the news director for WAER since 1995. Dedicated to keeping local news coverage alive, Chris also has a passion for education, having trained, mentored and provided a platform for growth to more than a thousand students. Career highlights include having work appear on NPR, CBS, ABC and other news networks, winning numerous local and state journalism awards. Recent reporting has focused on health and medicine, environment, elderly, substance abuse and culture reporting.
Chris has a doctor of education in executive leadership from St. John Fisher College and a master’s in broadcast journalism from the Newhouse School.
In addition to coverage of our community, equally satisfying has been the success of so many WAER alumni, students who have won and succeeded in jobs in news, sports and elsewhere in media, many of whom won awards at local, state and national levels as students. He has also taught classes at Newhouse and at OCC. Chris also enjoys connecting WAER with the community through moderating debates, facilitating and hosting public meetings, giving media training workshops and other events.
Chris and his wife Anne live in downtown Syracuse. They have two grown sons, Carter and Donovan, who both remain in the area. Their family enjoys all things Upstate New York, including myriad outdoor activities in the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, music and other cultural events, and just about anything on a trail or on the water.
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Cornell Global Development Professor Rachel Bezner Kerr presented at the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties climate conference, known as CoP27, held in Egypt.
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Syracuse business owners and downtown residents came together Tuesday to learn about how the city is changing and growing.
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The Adirondack Council detailed how the park has been impacted by climate change and what New York needs to do to prevent more damage.
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Advocates say it's progress toward addressing the climate crisis, but not enough.
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Dr. Larry Myers, who died in January, was instrumental in the launching of the of the station back in 1947 as one of the first college radio stations in the country, and one of the early FM stations.
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Convergent Energy+Power is partnering with National Grid on a project that uses batteries to store solar-generated electricity. Developers say it can help during times of peak demand, help protect against electric grid problems, and lower costs for consumers.
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A report from the Global Accountability Project details evidence of war crimes in Ukraine. A new report includes a sample indictment that could be used against Vladimir Putin and other military leaders. The report says aggression and targeting of civilians violates international law
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Syracuse’s Hancock International Airport asks travelers to wear masks, according to a statement from the TSA.
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What would you say about holding a funeral in your home? How much can creativity keep an aging person young? New ideas about issues for those growing older.
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Back in the 1980s, the center received an estimated 1,400 calls a year. Now it answers about 50,000.