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New England Public Media
Martin Miller is stepping down from his post as president of New England Public Media.
Miller started at UMass-licensed WFCR in 1995 as the station’s general manager. In the next 26 years, his operation grew into a Western Mass public media network.
Now, he’s stepping down.
“I’ve accomplished pretty much all the goals that I set out for New England Public Media and the organizations I managed before New England Public Media here WFCR, NEPR and I think it’s time to hand it off to someone,” Miller said.
Miller oversaw the 2019 deal that combined the operations of New England Public Radio and WGBY another Western Mass public media entity, owned by Boston giant GBH. They came together as New England Public Media.
A. Rima Dael, General Manager of WSHU
George J. Lombardi, long-time general manager of WSHU Public Radio, based in Fairfield Connecticut and owned by Sacred Heart University, has retired, ending his 44-year tenure with the station. He has been succeeded by A. Rima Dael, a development and management executive with over 25 years of experience with nonprofit organizations in the public media, arts and education sectors.
“The WSHU of today is the station that George built, and Sacred Heart University is deeply grateful for his contributions to the university and to the community at large,” said Michael Iannazzi, vice president for marketing & communication and chief of staff at Sacred Heart University. “We are thrilled to have identified an extremely worthy and capable replacement in Rima. She is a leader who has already demonstrated her commitment to WSHU’s mission and will usher the station towards a vibrant future.”
Before joining New England Public Radio, Alden was a producer for the CBS NEWS program
60 Minutes. In that role, he covered topics ranging from art, music and medicine to business, education, and politics. Working with correspondent Morley Safer, he reported from locations across the United States as well as from India, Costa Rica, Italy, and Iraq.
Alden attended Boston College and received a B.S. in Economics. He later took a year away from CBS to participate in the Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellowship at the University of Michigan.
Alden was part of the
60 Minutes team that won a duPont-Columbia University Award for “60 Minutes: Punishing Saddam,” a report on the impact of U.N. sanctions on the children of Iraq. He was also honored for excellence in coverage of race and ethnicity by the Columbia University School of Journalism for “Vice Versa,” a story on a white-only scholarship program at an historically black college in Alabama. Alden has been on staff at
Michael joined the New England Public Radio news team in early 2019.
Before he joined NEPR, Michael served as a News and Sports Anchor/Reporter and Producer for AM 1220 WQUN in Hamden, Connecticut and also serves as Weekend News Anchor at WTIC-AM 1080 in Hartford, Connecticut. He is a four-time recipient of the Connecticut AP Broadcasters Association award and a two-time recipient of the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists Award.
Mike also serves as the Vice President of Broadcast for the Southern New England Association of Black Journalists, an affiliate chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists, which was honored in 2015 as the Professional Chapter of the Year.