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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Syracuse University Education Professor Christy Ashby worries federal information about causes of autism will damage and marginalize those with the diagnosis. She suggests understanding and inclusion. -
The League of Women Voters of Syracuse has a voter registration drive in which staff and volunteers go into the Justice center, attend naturalization ceremonies and other public events. -
An agreement between Clear Investment Group and Syracuse would allow the reopening of Skyline Apartments. Clear is required to renovate, upgrade and fix code violations to cancel city lawsuit. -
Veterans, military, national guard members, and spouses can meet with employers who translate their experience into jobs. Job fair: Weds, Sept. 24 11:00am to 3:00pm at Syracuse University. -
An Environmental Protection Agency order requires Syracuse to improve response to lead poisoning. It requires improved testing, efforts to replace lead pipes & mitigate lead exposure among children. -
Slain Syracuse police officer Michael Jensen will have a stretch of Route 46 in Rome named after him. Jensen was killed in a shootout in Salina, along with Sheriff's Lt. Michael Hoosock. -
A Senator Kirsten Gillibrand bill would fight age discrimination by ensuring a victim has legal recourse. Meanwhile a state proposal would reduce age-related bias in job application process. -
Plastic is everywhere, used widely in manufacturing and packaging. The waste is found all over the environment, even in our bodies. There are ideas to reduce and reuse plastic to lessen the impacts. -
Several large businesses are looking for skilled laborers at a job fair Wednesday, September 10. -
The New York Governor’s Traffic Safety Council reported 131,000 tickets issued in increased enforcement leading to Labor Day. State & local agencies caught drivers on speeding, impaired, districted driving, other infractions.
