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Athens News Matters: 9/4/2020

This week on Athens News Matters:

 

  • Aditya Krishnaswamy (Member of Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement) and Justin Simmons (Member of the United Campus Workers of Georgia) give us insight on ways of organizing local protests.
  • Jeanne Davis speaks with an apartment tenant who was threatened after requests for maintenance.
  • The panel dives into how ACCPD is handling protesters.
  • Jerry Shannon (Asst. Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia) on Dollar Stores and the effects of Retailer Redlining.
  • Dr. Marla Tschepikow and Dr. Tom Wells tells us how patients can get remote medical care during COVID-19.
  • We celebrate 150 years of political posters at the Richard B. Russell Special Collections Library.
  • Athens musicians come together to create the “Musicians’ Quarantine Cookbook”.

 

 

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.
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!
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.