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Amy Jeffries
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Assistant News Director, KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)
Seattle
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Biography
Amy Jeffries is the News Director at WRKF, the public radio station in Baton Rouge, La. Amy started her career in public radio at WNPR in Hartford, CT more than a decade ago. NPR flew her in to Baton Rouge to help WRKF cover the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while she was still based in the North. Here she found her journalistic calling. After getting a Master of Journalism degree from the University of California, Berkeley and taking a detour through online media as a local editor for Patch, she finally returned to public radio and to Baton Rouge in January 2012.
educationculture environment arts politics
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By Amy Jeffries Verified, Elizabeth Baier Verified| Blue Ridge Public Radio Verified Orange County is reinstating an indoor mask mandate Wednesday at 5 p.m. It applies inside all public places and public transportation. With 76% of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Orange County has one of the highest vaccination rates in the state. But officials are nonetheless reporting a "surge" in infections mostly among unvaccinated people.
By Cole del Charco Verified, Amy Jeffries Verified| Blue Ridge Public Radio Verified The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered in North Carolina each week has been on a fairly steady decline since April. Just 45% of the total population has received at least one shot. That's far off President Joe Biden's target of 70% by July 4. The slump is part of a national trend and that is partially because of barriers for individuals who want to be vaccinated, according to North Carolina Deputy Health Secretary Kody Kinsley.
By Jay Price Verified, Amy Jeffries Verified| Blue Ridge Public Radio Verified On Monday afternoon, mourners filed into the Fountain of Life Church in Elizabeth City, N.C. to remember the life of Andrew Brown, Jr., the 42-year-old Black man killed last month by Pasquotank Sheriff’s deputies as they were serving drug-related search and arrest warrants. “We are going to celebrate Andrew Brown, Jr. today, but do not confuse the celebration with the determination to get justice,” said Reverend Al Sharpton, who delivered Brown’s eulogy.
Company Info
KNKX-FM (Tacoma, WA)
Seattle, Washington, United States
+1 877-677-5659