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Athens News Matters: July 10, 2020

WUGA | By Chris Shupe,
Alexia Ridley, Martin Matheny
Published July 21, 2020 at 4:20 PM EDT

This week on Athens News Matters, hear: 

  • Savannah Sicurella's report on Athens' new mandatory mask ordinance
  • How the ACCPD's Crisis Intervention Unit changes its response to mental health crises
  • The panel discuss the local mask ordinance, as well as pushback to the Clarke County School District's reopening plans
  • UGA faculty and staff react to the University System of Georgia's mask ordinance
  • How Canopy Studio's new outdoor aerial arts space resulted in the clearing of a local homeless community
  • Mercer University professor Amber Schmidtke clarify and add context to state coronavirus data
  • Parents react to the school district's recently announced reopening plans
  • WUGA's Robin Whetstone with her series "Athens Voices." In this installment, she asked Athenians to recall the nicest thing someone had done for them since the pandemic began. 
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Chris Shupe
Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.
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Alexia Ridley
Alexia Ridley joined WUGA as Television and Radio News Anchor and Reporter in 2013. When WUGA TV concluded operations, she became the primary Reporter for WUGA Radio. Alexia came to Athens from Macon where she served as the News Director and show host for WGXA TV. She's a career journalist and Savannah native hailing from the University of Michigan. However, Alexia considers herself an honorary UGA DAWG!
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Martin Matheny
Martin Matheny was formerly WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which was heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He is now the Morning Edition Host for Delaware First Media.
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