Chris Bolt
Senior Reporter/Professional in ResidenceChris Bolt, Ed.D. has proudly been covering the Central New York community and mentoring students for more than 30 years. His career in public media started as a student volunteer, then as a reporter/producer. Dedicated to keeping local news coverage alive, Chris also has a passion for education, having trained, mentored and provided a platform for growth to more than a thousand students. Career highlights include having work appear on NPR, CBS, ABC and other news networks, winning numerous local and state journalism awards. Recent reporting has focused on health and medicine, environment, elderly, substance abuse and culture reporting.
Chris has a doctor of education in executive leadership from St. John Fisher College and a master’s in broadcast journalism from the Newhouse School.
In addition to coverage of our community, equally satisfying has been the success of so many WAER alumni, students who have won and succeeded in jobs in news, sports and elsewhere in media, many of whom won awards at local, state and national levels as students. He has also taught classes at Newhouse and at OCC. Chris also enjoys connecting WAER with the community through moderating debates, facilitating and hosting public meetings, giving media training workshops and other events.
Chris and his wife Anne live in downtown Syracuse. They have two grown sons, Carter and Donovan, who both remain in the area. Their family enjoys all things Upstate New York, including myriad outdoor activities in the Adirondacks, Finger Lakes, music and other cultural events, and just about anything on a trail or on the water.
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The report Trash in America describes the amount of US trash, where it goes & better ways to deal with it. Environment America's Celeste Meiffren-Swango & MASSPIRG's Janet Domenitz join us. -
The election victories by Zohran Mamdani in New York City and Hanah Ehrenreich in Syracuse might change how people feel about socialism. Syracuse Democratic Socialists chapter reacts to the shift. -
The New York State Traffic Safety Committee's holiday 'Drive Sobber or Get Pulled Over' enforcement effort led to 134,000 tickets, including 24,000 speeding and 4,600 for impaired driving. -
Syracuse Mayor Sharon Owens, the city's first Black leader, will be speaker at Syracuse University's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. event. Organizers say she shows King's dream is thriving. -
Leaders of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued a statement officially disbanding. The CPB funded stations, programming services and other programs; it was defunded by congress. -
CNY ONRAMP is designing training in collaboration with industries and firms growing in the region, i.e. Micron, construction, etc. Social services, childcare, follow-ups could help ensure success. -
After the US military strike in Venezuela, a mix of praise for military, concern for the future, and condemnation of President Trump on how the operation was carried out, from NY officials -
Cornell School of Agriculture and Life Sciences Professor Joseph McFadden explains how cows for beef or dairy production create climate harming methane. Feed changes and manure management might help.
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State funding announced by Governor Kathy Hochul or $271 million will support two Syracuse housing projects. Jensen Ave Apartments and East Adams development will add 518 units, many for low income. -
Newhouse advertising professor Rebecca Ortiz discusses research into the experiences of teen who crate content, the impacts they experience, community they create, and negative consequences.
