Natalie Merchant wraps up the North to Shore Festival and New Jersey poet Rashad Wright finds his calling in the classroom

By Doug Doyle

Published June 25, 2023 at 10:47 AM EDT

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On the June 24 edition of the WBGO Journal....

WBGO’s Kenneth Burns reports on the latest issues facing charter schools in New Jersey…

WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the story of poet and teacher Rashad Wright of Paterson

and host Doug Doyle chats with singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant, one of the headliners of New Jersey’s North to Shore Festival wrapping up in Newark

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Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

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