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Back To The Spotlight
Special Series
The Ohio Drug Treatment Initiative
Special Discussion on 90.3 WCPN
Tuesday, October 15 @ 12:00 PM
 Hosted
by ideastream’s April Baer, this two-hour discussion will be held at the
CSU Marshall College of Law. The topic is Ohio’s proposed constitutional
amendment on how to adjudicate non-violent drug offenders. The public
is welcome to attend the event, which is being held in the CSU Marshall
College of Law Moot Courtroom and is being broadcast live by WCPN. Click
here for more information.
Do Local Broadcasters Serve You?
 The
Federal Communciations Commission is under a court order to reconsider
its rules for ownership of TV and radio stations. Critics have charged
for years that commercial TV and radio stations don't do enough to serve
the public interest. Now, several recent events are bringing the issue
into sharp focus for Greater Cleveland. The disappearance of Indians games
from broadcast TV, and the campaign to shut down several low-power pirate
radio stations have left audiences with questions about owners' use of
public airwaves. How do consumers feel about the fact that broadcast media
is controlled by a shrinking circle of owners, who face decreasing government
restrictions for their programming? On July 3rd, ideastream examined who's
serving the public interest on the airwaves. Click
here for more information!
90.3 WCPN®'s Mike West covers the basics of what you need to know
to start your own small
business.
Since September 11th Northeast Ohioans - and indeed people across the
country - have become painfully aware of the difficult and demanding jobs
done by firefighters. 90.3 WCPN®'s April Baer and David C. Barnett explore
the lives of firefighters and their role in our culture, bringing you
an intimate look into the world of these public servants. We'll talk about
the changing role of firefighters in the post 9-11 world, family bonds
and traditions, spouses and the problems they embrace, training, incorporation
of women into the trade, on-the-job stress, and individual profiles. Join
us for a fascinating view from the inside.
90.3 WCPN®'s in-depth coverage of the closing of LTV Steel in Cleveland
can be found here.
Election 2001
 Click
here for 90.3 WCPN® coverage of the 2001 General Election, held
Tuesday, November 6th, 2001. Results from this general election are also
available for the following counties: Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake,
Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit, and Trumbull.
They Call Me Momma: Relatives Raising Children
 Family
is often regarded as the backbone of raising children. A lot has been
said in recent years about the strains on family - two parents working,
single parents raising children, the effects of poverty and a violent
culture. But what happens when parents - for some reason - can no longer
raise their children? Who steps in? Increasingly, it is kin, most often
grandparents, who provide care. 90.3
WCPN® presents this in-depth look at Kinship Care.
The Listening Project
 WVIZ/PBS
and 90.3 WCPN®, the Cleveland area's public TV and radio stations,
have joined forces to create a new organization dedicated to public service
and education through multiple media, including radio, television and
the internet. We will reach one million people every week. In order to
launch this new venture, we are listening to our audience this summer.
We want to understand how we can make a difference in their lives. We
will hold nine town meetings all over the Cleveland area to engage our
audience in a conversation about what is important to them. At these meetings,
we will ask them to talk about their dreams and their vision of our community.
We hope it will be an open and honest conversation that focuses on community-building
and civic engagement. We will listen
closely and use this dialogue to help us provide the kind of information
and programming that will help our community's citizens to be the best
informed in the country.
The Quiet Crisis: Higher Education and Economic
Development
 One
of the most pressing problems Northeast Ohio faces is arrested economic
development. In June 2001, The Plain Dealer and public broadcasters WVIZ/PBS
and 90.3 WCPN® launched a high-visibility, multi-media campaign designed
to inform viewers, readers and listeners about how economic development
impacts their jobs, families, neighborhoods and general livelihood. The
campaign, called "A Quiet Crisis," is designed to explore and reveal what
Northeast Ohioans can do to influence productive regional economic development
and encourages broad community involvement providing many opportunities
for direct, immediate participation. Click
here for the Quiet Crisis page.
Shedding Rust
 The
announcement of 900 steel job lay-offs by June, 2001 sent more shivers
through Cleveland. Depending on who you ask, the local steel industry
is on the ropes due to poor management, healthcare costs and/or foreign
competition. Industry officials, union leaders and politicians have done
their share of finger-pointing. Steel workers past and present are worried
about their financial future. On Thursday, April 19th, 2001, 90.3
WCPN® spent an entire day exploring the industry that helped create
modern Cleveland.
Cleveland's Creative Essence
Cleveland's Creative
Essence 90.3 WCPN® is a proud sponsor of the Cleveland Artists
Foundation's monumental discussion series Cleveland's Creative Essence:
1900-2000--The Distinctive and Distinguished: A series of six Dialogues
on our past history and on current issues facing regional artists and
art institutions today. The
station has carried all of these programs live, allowing citizens
of the region to hear the presentations from distinguished panelists and
to add their phoned-in questions to those taken from audience.
The Changing Face of Welfare
 90.3
WCPN® joined forces in 1999 with the Federation for Community Planning,
a non-profit health and social service organization that focuses on improving
the Greater Cleveland community, to create a year-long series devoted
to covering the changing face of welfare in America. Click
here to read more.
Mental Health Month–May 2000
The Burden of Borderline Personality
Disorder - Part 2: Borderline Personality Disorder is a strange
and powerful mental illness that can all but consume its victims. Patients
who suffer from this disease not only fear abandonment but often go so
far as to mutilate themselves. In the second part of our series on BPD,
90.3's Lorna Jordan takes a look at various treatment methods.
The Burden of Borderline Personality
Disorder - Part 1: Mental Health experts estimate that as much
as two percent of the US population suffers from the mental illness known
as Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD. It accounts for about one-fifth
of the people being treated on psychiatric wards. Women are three times
more likely to suffer from this illness as men. Doctors have studied the
condition under various names since the 1940's, but they don't know exactly
why it develops, nor do they have a cure. Recently, 90.3's Lorna Jordan
attended a conference about Borderline Personality Disorder put on by
the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Cuyahoga County. Aired May
10, 2000
Treating Depression
in Children and Adolescents: Twenty years ago, few people realized
that children - as well as adults - could suffer from the form of mental
illness known as depression. Today childhood depression is widely recognized
and its causes better understood. As many as three percent of children
and eight percent of adolescents experience the illness, but experts say
only a small fraction receive the treatment they need. High costs and
the stigma of mental illness are but two of the barriers to proper treatment.
Some also argue that one factor may be the inability of parents, pediatricians
and educators to recognize the warning signs of depression. 90.3 WCPN®,
90.3's Karen Schaefer has this report. Aired May 9, 2000
Is the prospect of sustainability just a pie-in-the-sky
issue, or a new design for living that makes sense now and in the future?
We invite you to explore the following collection of stories and links
that examine some of these ideas and their outcomes.
When I'm 64: Aging In Ohio: An ongoing series
- Aging in Ohio: Definitions
and Issues: Now, Baby Boomers face a new revolution as their
formerly long hair starts turning gray. 90.3's David C. Barnett spoke
with a number of Clevelanders to gauge the impact of aging in Ohio.
(December, 1999)
- The Comeback of Jimmy Bivins:
In the 1940's and 50's, Cleveland's Jimmy Bivins was considered one
of the best fighters of his time. Even though he didn't win any world
titles, Bivins' is viewed as a champion among boxers, as Bivins trains
for a new challenge -- rehabilitation -- after suffering physical and
mental abuse at the hands of his daughter and son-in-law. 90.3's/INFOHIO's
Yolanda Perdomo reports on the comeback of Hall of Fame boxer Jimmy
Bivins. (January, 2000)
- Elder Abuse: As
the senior population continues to grow, so do incidents of physical
and mental abuse on the elderly. The number of investigated cases has
increased 10 percent over the last 10 years...meaning that one out of
every eight senior citizens is being abused. As INFOHIO's/ 90.3's Yolanda
Perdomo reports, that number may be just the tip of the iceberg, because
many older adults refuse to make their voices heard. (Aired January
25, 2000)
- What Boomers Will Demand:
Projections are that by the year 2035, seventy million Baby Boomers
will be age 65 or older. What will older Boomers demand of government,
of the marketplace - and of their children? As we continue our series,
"When I'm Sixty-Four: Aging in America," 90.3's Karen Schaefer brings
us this report. (Aired February 24, 2000)
- 90.3 WCPN®'s Town Hall
Meeting on Family Care-Giving
Come and Join us at 90.3 WCPN®'s Town Hall Meeting on Family Care-Giving
and meet Assistant Secretary for Aging, Dr. Jeanette Takamura, Thursday,
March 9, 2000. Click here for
all the details!
- Ohio Retirees Find New
Challenges Under the Florida Sun: Florida is the fabled retirement
paradise. And a large contingent of Ohioans has migrated to the western
coast of the sunshine state in search of the good life, far away from
northern winters. 90.3's David C. Barnett reports that some have found
surprises waiting under the sun. Aired March 13, 2000
- Seminole Seniors Cling
to Traditions: A common criticism of U.S. society is that we have
lost respect for our elders. Asian and Native American cultures are
often pointed to as examples where older people are revered for their
life experiences. As a part of 90.3's series examining Aging in America,
David C. Barnett recently visited a Seminole reservation in southern
Florida, where cultural traditions are losing a struggle with modern
realities. Aired March 21, 2000
The Sam Sheppard Trial 2000
90.3 WCPN® will be providing continuing coverage
of the Sam Sheppard Trial.
- Continuing coverage of
the Sam Sheppard Trial The third trial of the Marilyn Sheppard murder
gets under way today in Cuyahoga county common pleas court. The 45 year
old case began with the conviction and subsequent acquittal of Dr. Sam
Sheppard. Now his son, Sam Reese Sheppard, wants to clear his father's
name with new DNA evidence. This time, it's not the prosecution, but
Sam Reese who has the burden of proof in convincing a jury in this civil
case that his father was innocent of the brutal murder. What's new in
this trial is DNA technology. But this new evidence could be questioned
because of its age and possible contamination. 90.3's/INFOHIO's Yolanda
Perdomo reports on the events leading up to today's Sheppard trial.
(Aired January 31, 2000)
- The Sheppard Pretrial
The Sam Sheppard murder trial has started another courtroom chapter.
90.3's Yolanda Perdomo tells us what went on, on day one. (Aired February
1, 2000)
- The Sheppard Pretrial
More pretrial motions are underway for the Sheppard trial. The Cuyahoga
county prosecutor's office and lawyers for the Sheppard family are going
over what evidence can or can't be brought into this new trial. Sam
Reese Sheppard is trying to clear his father's name in his mother's
murder back in 1954. (Aired February 2, 2000)
- The Sheppard Jury
Pretrial motions in the Sam Sheppard civil case is expected to wrap
up this week. Work on selecting a jury may get underway as early as
next week. Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted and later acquitted on appeal
of killing his wife Marilyn in the summer of 1954. Their son Sam Reese
Sheppard wants his father declared innocent of the crime. The Cuyahoga
county prosecutor's office and lawyers for Sam Reese have been arguing
this week over the admissibility of evidence. As 90.3's/INFOHIO's Yolanda
Perdomo reports, a ruling on the pretrial motions is expected tomorrow.
(Aired February 3, 2000)
- The Sheppard Trial Media
The public's right to know versus a person's privacy is in the spotlight
again at the Sheppard trial. Judge Ronald Suster's ruling to deny access
of the media during jury selection is causing concern among journalists
covering this third Sheppard trial. In 1954, Dr. Sam Sheppard was convicted
of killing his wife Marilyn in their Bayview home. 10 years later, an
appeals court freed Sheppard after determining he received an unfair
trial....and the alleged culprit was the media for excessive pre-trial
publicity. 90.3's Yolanda Perdomo reports on what yesterday's ruling
means and how it affect's the public's right to know. (Aired February
9, 2000)
- Opening Statements
This morning, opening statements are scheduled for the third trial involving
the late Dr. Sam Sheppard....the inspiration for "The Fugitive" TV series
who was convicted but later acquitted of killing his wife in 1954. Yolanda
Perdomo reports. (Aired February 14, 2000)
- CourtTV Reporter Clara
Tuma Talks with 90.3's Yolanda Perdomo about Media Restrictions
and the Sheppard Trial: Clara Tuma is a reporter for Court TV who's
been specializing in legal journalism for 14 years. She's covered some
of the highest profile trials in the nation, including the trials of
former au pair Louise Woodward, Long Island Railroad gunman Colin Ferguson,
South Carolina's Susan Smith, and Texas cadet killers David Graham and
Diane Zamora. She also covered the War Crimes Tribunal from the Hague.
Prior to joining Court TV, Ms. Tuma was a reporter at Texas Lawyer,
a newspaper covering the Texas legal system, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
and the now defunct Houston Post. She earned a bachelor's degree in
journalism from the University of Texas. 90.3's Yolanda Perdomo spoke
to Clara Tuma about the Sam Sheppard trial and the media coverage that
has surrounded this historic case.
- Dramatic Week in the Sheppard
Trial t's been a dramatic week in the wrongful imprisonment trial
of Dr. Sam Sheppard. On Tuesday Sam Reece Sheppard, son of the late
physician, took the witness stand. As testimony unfolds, the legal strategies
of both sides are becoming apparent. 90.3's Ley Garnett reports. (Aired
February 25, 2000)
- The Sheppard Trial Testimony:
Lawyers representing the estate of Dr. Sam Sheppard plan to rest their
case today. Once that is done, it will be the state's turn to present
their side. 90.3's Yolanda Perdomo brings us up to date. (Aired March
8, 2000)
- The Sheppard Trial Update:
The state of Ohio continues their side of the case in the wrongful imprisonment
trial of Dr. Sam Sheppard. His estate brought on the suit, and rested
its case earlier this month. INFOHIO's/OHIO PUBLIC RADIO's Yolanda Perdomo
reports on the state's defense thus far. And how a mistrial was almost
called....for the second time in this civil case. (Aired March 17, 2000)
- Transcript Testimony:
This morning, opening statements are scheduled for the third trial involving
the late Dr. Sam Sheppard....the inspiration for "The Fugitive" TV series
who was convicted but later acquitted of killing his wife in 1954. Yolanda
Perdomo reports. (Aired March 24, 2000)
- The Prosecution Introduces
Coroner's Inquest: The events surrounding the 1954 murder of Marilyn
Sheppard are a big part of what the jury is listening to this week,
as part of the wrongful imprisonment suit brought against the state
of Ohio. The estate of the late Dr. Sam Sheppard says he spent 10 years
in prison, unnecessarily for his wife's murder. Sheppard was acquitted
of the crime in a 1966 retrial. 90.3's Yolanda Perdomo reports the Cuyahoga
county prosecutor's office is presenting its side of the story, and
might wrap up its case as early as next week. Aired March 31, 2000
- The Quest of Sam Reese Sheppard:
Holding the System Accountable : A one-on-one interview At 52, Sam
Reese Sheppard is trying to hold a system accountable for what he says
is the wrongful imprisonment of his father, Dr. Sam Sheppard. Over the
last 10 years, he's been on a quest, gathering evidence and information
surrounding his mother's death. 90.3's Yolanda Perdomo sat down with
Sam Reese Sheppard for a one-on-one
interview, where he talked about reliving the experience of his
mother's death and discussions of a settlement which were brought up
during this trial. Aired March 31, 2000
- Journalist Roundtable:
90.3's Yolanda Perdomo has been covering the trial, and will discuss
the 2000 proceedings with fellow reporters who also followed the case.
Joining Yolanda will be John Hagen, a reporter from the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, Belinda Prinz, a reporter from WJW-TV FOX 8, and Jim Neff, an
ex-Plain Dealer reporter and former Ohio State University journalism
professor who has been researching the Sheppard story for the last 10
years for his upcoming book "Chasing the Fugitive". They'll be discussion
the facets of this civil trial, as well as what the jury will use to
make their decision. Aired April 10, 2000
- The Verdict After
a little more than three hours of deliberations, the jurors in the Sam
Sheppard Civil Trial have returned a decision. And for the second time
in the history of this case, the jury has ruled that Dr. Sam Sheppard
may have been guilty of his wife's murder. Based on the preponderance
of the evidence, at least six of the eight person jury determined that
Dr. Sheppard was rightfully incarcerated for Marilyn's murder in 1954.
90.3's Yolanda Perdomo has
the story.
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