(I)NTERVIEW: John Dankosky
John Dankosky Biography
This (I)NTERVIEW is from July 10th, 2009
John Dankosky has been working in radio - mostly public radio - for 20 years. Since coming to Connecticut in 1994, he has helped to build WNPR's award-winning newsroom, cultivating one of the most talented news staffs in public radio. He has reported for National Public Radio on presidential elections, crime, education, drug abuse, immigration and more. He has edited award-winning documentaries on Connecticut history, 9/11, and the mental health of children, and has been involved in editorial planning for Public Radio News Directors, Inc., The Public Radio Exchange, and NPR's Local News Initiative. He has won awards for reporting, hosting Where We Live, and "overall station excellence" from the AP.
Since 2004, Mr. Dankosky has served as an adjunct journalism professor at Quinnipiac University. He has also worked as an editor at NPR in Washington, and at stations in Boston and Pittsburgh. He's a native of the "Steel City," and tells anyone he meets about the Steelers, the Pirates, and Primanti Brothers sandwiches. He is an amateur drummer, who regularly plays music with other WNPR musicians, and dreams of being Charlie Watts or Elvin Jones, or even...well, decent. He lives in Winsted with his wife Jennifer, and cats, Daisy and Dirk.
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Thank your for providing information and the video on yourself. I love to know and understand why someone does the things they do. I myself am working on discovering my own person, I am a student and a mother who studies societal issues, people and just about everything else. I am at the last leg of my community college journey and trying to decide what I would like to do. I could go on and on about the things I have done and do, but I wont. What I am trying to do now is to understand what to do next. I am interested in journalism, but not a degree in it persay, but at least the knowledge. What I would like to do is to write great telling stories for film, theater and then direct them. I went onto your site, because I look up to your standards and was seeking to understand what degree you sought and from where. I have often wanted to do the kind of work that you do and wondered how you acquired your standards. I would love to hear more about how you got to where you are from the educational perspective if you are willing to tell. Thanks so much for the work that you do.
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