John Dankosky This is Me

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1. 1. campaignaudio.prx.org

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   Published on: 5/1/2008   Last Visited: 6/27/2008

   Getting Global With WNPR's John Dankosky
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   Every couple of weeks John Dankosky pre-produces his daily talk show and goes in late to work.Last Friday on a gorgeous spring day he did just that.While zipping through the meandering hills of northwest Connecticut on his way to work, WNPR's news director and talk show host phoned PRX to talk about the show that aired that morning.He had on the Syrian ambassador, Imad Moustapha.
   
   "He was in Connecticut connecting with local listeners and I didn't feel any compulsion to do anything other than talk about international issues," Dankosky said.
   
   His show, "Where We Live," is a local call in talk show that stretches the word local.
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   Dankosky started with a fragmented crew who pull shifts elsewhere in the station.
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   But a huge asset, Dankosky says, is his newsroom, a half dozen of "the best reporters in public radio" who feed show ideas and appear on the show to provide informed insight on current affairs.
   
   In fact, most of the show's topics center around stories generated from the newsroom.But then there are the shows on fair trade or the shows he does after each major presidential contest where he snatches pundits from local universities and recently grabbed sound from the PRX election archive.
   
   "It's trying to have a conversation each day that has some impact locally but also broadening out the larger issues.It's a combination of local officials talking about very Connecticut-centric things and national authors and other folks trying to put things in larger context."
   
   Dankosky says part of WNPR's motive for creating this blend of local, national, and international is to prepare for the day when-according to Dankosky-networks market directly to Connecticut listeners through the web and satellite.
   
   "We have to make things that are all our own.Something that has this local and global connection that people here are really going to like because if we don't have that then we're irrelevant.We have to do that."
   
   But this fear that networks would eventually bypass member stations hasn't forced Dankosky to join the din of other talk shows clamoring over the typical national fodder.He has so far avoided talking about Jeremiah Wright, for example.Instead, this election year has focused on local news makers talking about national issues.For instance, they have invited all of Connecticut's federal candidates to their studio to take questions from callers on a range of national and international topics.
   
   Here, Dankosky is happy, weaving a new dimension to local news that always looks global.
   
   Readers and fans can listen to the full interview with John Dankosky in the flash player below.You can hear his show here.

2. 2. WNPR/About - Staff

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   Published on: 12/12/2007   Last Visited: 12/12/2007

   John DankoskyNews Director
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   John Dankosky, portrait by Eileen Albrizio
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   John Dankosky, News Director
   
   John Dankosky is WNPR's news director.He has been with the station since August 1994.
   
   As a reporter, Dankosky has been heard on NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered as well as Monitor Radio, Artbeat, Marketplace, LatinoUSA, The Environment Show, The Best of Our Knowledge and the CBC.He also has contributed to NPR's election and news desk coverage.
   
   His work has earned awards from The Associated Press Broadcasters Association (AP), The Society of Professional Journalists and The Connecticut Agricultural Council.In 2000 he received the first Walt Dibble Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism from the AP.
   
   In 1998 he co-produced "Sounds Like Home," a compilation CD featuring the music of Connecticut's many ethnic traditions.
   
   Dankosky was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked in radio with NPR station WDUQ.He's also worked in commercial radio in Boston.
   
   He lives in Winsted with his wife, Jennifer, and their cat, Daisy.

3. 3. CPBI/News and Information - Introduction

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   Published on: 10/1/2002   Last Visited: 2/17/2004

   WNPR News Director John Dankosky will host the program.
   
   Jeffrey Dvorkin's job at NPR includes investigating and responding to questions about the network's editorial standards.Before his appointment as Ombudsman in 2000, Dvorkin served as NPR's Vice President for News and Information.He has also served as Chief Journalist and Managing Editor for News and Information at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.