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Author Daisy Goodwin brings opera singer Maria Callas to life in "Diva" and an American videographer volunteers to help Ukraine bombing victims

By Doug Doyle
Published January 20, 2024 at 9:13 AM EST
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Daisy Goodwin is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria
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Daisy Goodwin is a New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria

On the January 20 edition of the WBGO Journal...

We’ll have the latest on Newark’s plan for another Hope village…an initiative that converts shipping containers into temporary homes for the city’s chronically homeless…..

WBGO’s Jon Kalish has the story of Ty Arnold, an American videographer who is helping Ukranian civilians battered by Russian bombings….

Host Doug Doyle chats with Tony Pallagrosi, the director and co-founder of the Light of Day Foundation and rocker Willie Nile, one of the headliner of its benefit concert in Red Bank this weekend….

And New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin joins us to talk about her new novel Diva, that centers around the life of opera legend Maria Callas.

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Doug Doyle
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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