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G. Wayne Miller
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Director, Ocean State Stories
Rhode Island
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Biography
G. Wayne Miller is a former Providence Journal staff writer who now directs OceanStateStories.org, a new non-profit, non-partisan news outlet based at Salve Regina University's Pell Center. He is also co-host and co-producer of the national PBS/SiriusXM Radio program Story in the Public Square, a Telly Award-winning weekly show broadcast in major markets across America. Miller is also a filmmaker, podcaster and author of 20 fiction and non-fiction books, with his 21st, "Unfit to Print: A Modern Media Satire," set to publish on Oct. 10, 2023. Throughout Miller’s journalism career, public-service and social-justice writing, especially about children’s and adult mental health, has remained his passion. Miller was a member of The Journal team that was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for the newspaper’s coverage of The Station nightclub fire that killed 100, and he has been honored for his work more than 50 times including in 2016 with the Lila M. Sapinsley Community Service Award, from Butler Hospital, an annual award that “honors a member of the community for his or her personal achievements and contributions to the field of mental health and behavioral health care in Rhode Island. Miller is honored for his longtime advocacy for individuals affected by mental health, developmental disabilities and other areas of brain health.” A cum laude graduate of Harvard College, Miller is the father of three adult children and is married to Yolanda Gabrielle. Visit him at www.gwaynemiller.com
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Q & A with medieval scholar Joëlle Rollo-Koster, lead editor of the soon-to-be-published three-volume The Cambridge History of the Papacy
By G. Wayne Miller Verified| Ocean State Stories@ Editor’s note: This interview was conducted before the death of Pope Francis on April 21. Thanks, Joëlle, for agreeing to do this. You are the lead editor of the soon-to-be-published three-volume The Cambridge History of the Papacy. The total length is some 2,400 pages. This is a monumental achievement, years in the making. Can you please give us an overview? The volumes have been published. Because it is Cambridge UP, they start by distributing in the UK and then they ship to the US.
By G. Wayne Miller Verified| Ocean State Stories@ Thanks for agreeing to do this, Kelly. Let’s start with the office you lead. Can you please give us an overview? And then we’ll get into some of the details. Brown University Library received funding from a generous donor to establish the Center for Library Exploration and Research, CLEAR, which houses my office: library community engagement. Though I am an office of one, I work very closely with many colleagues, and I’ll share how our work overlaps throughout our discussion.
By G. Wayne Miller Verified| Ocean State Stories@ Thanks, Theresa, for doing this interview. You have many responsibilities and community commitments and we will get into all of them. Let’s start with the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, or RIBHS. You are the founder and director. Can you please give us an overview of the organization? The Rhode Island Black Heritage Society (RIBHS) has proudly served the state of Rhode Island for over 50 years.
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Ocean State Stories