Latest news with #TimLambert
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Intro to audio: Another step toward making it easier for you to get the news
The on-air light goes on this week for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. (Tim Lambert/Pennsylvania Capital-Star) Greetings! I'm Emily Previti, the Pennsylvania Capital-Star's first audio reporter, writing to introduce myself. Sometimes, I overthink. But after learning about this position, it was apparent relatively quickly – even to me – that this opportunity was a no-brainer: I could harness my experience to help fill a void in Pennsylvania's media landscape with deeply reported, state policy-focused audio journalism. It's a powerful medium I've long been passionate about for its unparalleled convenience, intimate engagement with audiences and ability to help people understand complex issues while they're commuting, exercising or scrubbing their bathroom. Initially, you'll be able to catch our audio content on the Pennsylvania Capital-Star's website and other content channels. We're also working to establish partnerships with radio stations throughout Pennsylvania. Ultimately, our goal is to produce our own podcast as well. You can expect news as well as deep dives and investigations that you won't hear – or read – elsewhere. Tim Lambert, editor in chief, and I worked together for several years in public media. And when you're expanding into new territory and launching initiatives, having established trust and history as colleagues out of the gate is a huge advantage. I also have a track record of finding stories that have been overlooked despite being highly relevant and telling them in an impactful, distinctive way. Most recently, I co-created and hosted the longform podcast Obscured through Kouvenda Media. The pilot series focused on survivors of traumatic police encounters and the support – or lack thereof – available to them. Before that, I spent several years as a senior reporter for WITF-FM and the statewide Keystone Crossroads collaboration, where I covered everything from refugee resettlement to housing discrimination to Pennsylvania's redistricting battles to voting rights and election administration. I also created and produced The Context, a daily newsletter, and led investigations into Pennsylvania's public defense system and other issues affecting communities across the commonwealth that earned awards on the state, regional and national levels. I came to Pennsylvania, originally, to cover Harrisburg's debt crisis beat at PennLive after working as a watchdog reporter for The Press of Atlantic City investigating the casino industry and state and local government corruption. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE Throughout, my professional goals have been relatively straightforward, even as navigating the industry and the reporting process itself have proven complicated and challenging at times. I aim to tell nuanced, engaging stories that expose root causes of persistent problems and help people understand how policies actually affect them. And to add value to the media landscape with contextual, conversational stories that explore important angles otherwise glossed over or missed entirely with reporting that synthesizes history, data, personal narratives, accountability, policy analysis and potential solutions and alternate approaches. I also believe in meeting audiences where they are, as do the Pennsylvania Capital-Star and States Newsroom. Some of you prefer to read your news, others want to listen during your commute. Still others want quick updates on social media. Recognizing that, the Capital-Star is experimenting with bringing stories to life in different ways. I'm thrilled to be part of the expansion. The focus here on connecting people to the power that affects them resonates strongly with me as well. I feel fortunate to be part of an organization committed to delivering fact-based, nuanced, transparent coverage with its audience top-of-mind. Thanks for welcoming me to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star team. I am truly excited to be here and can't wait to share stories with you. You can reach me at epreviti@ with tips or if you want to share how policy decisions are affecting your community. I'd love to hear from you. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
A greeting from the new guy
New Capital-Star Editor Tim Lambert spent more than 23 years at WITF in Harrisburg, where he worked as a host, reporter, multimedia news director and most recently special projects editor. (Courtesy of Tim Lambert) It's been a few days since I started this new gig, so I'm overdue for a little chat with you. How about we start things off with a simple, 'hello?' As the third editor-in-chief in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star's history, the pleasure is all mine. If you would have told me four months ago that I would be leading a three-person team covering politics and policy in Pennsylvania, I would have said you were nuts. But, the more I thought about it, the more I was intrigued. Here was an opportunity to shift toward a different approach – away from horse-race coverage and partisan bickering and toward a focus on how policy decisions impact you and your community. Here was an opportunity to make our work accessible to people who may have tuned political coverage out. Here was an opportunity to tell the story of the commonwealth during unprecedented times. So, here I am. But now, you may be wondering who I am. A lifelong Pennsylvanian and son of a steel worker, I grew up in Aliquippa in Beaver County, graduated from Hopewell High School and The Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and have worked/survived in radio/journalism for 32 years. Besides Hopewell and Indiana, Pa., I've lived my entire life in this great commonwealth – including stops in Lewistown, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Millersville and my last one (knock on wood), New Cumberland. The majority of my career was spent at WITF, Central Pennsylvania's public media organization. During my time there, I held several jobs – morning news host, podcaster, reporter, news director and special projects editor. In my reporting role, I worked to bring the stories of Pennsylvanians to life, including one young woman's journey through the juvenile justice system and a mentorship program through handball. But, I may be best known for my work on and connection to Flight 93, the hijacked jetliner that crashed in Somerset County during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. In a twist of fate, my family owned part of the land that is now part of the national memorial honoring the passengers and crew who fought back against the terrorists. For two decades, I returned to the site again and again to chronicle how family members dealt with their grief over the years as well as their fight to honor their loved ones' memory. It culminated in an hour-long documentary with my old colleague Scott Detrow – produced by NPR – that aired on public radio stations across the country. While I'm sure I'll continue to do some reporting at the Capital-Star, my main focus will be leading our three-person bureau in covering how policy and politics have an effect on your life. So, I'll be drawing on my more than a dozen years leading WITF's small newsroom where we consistently punched above our weight. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX How will that translate to what we do as part of States Newsroom? I'll implement lessons learned from Trusting News strategies to try to improve and build credibility with our audience. We will work to avoid treating politics as a sport and focus on what issues matter to Pennsylvanians by looking at approaches championed by Democracy SOS and America Amplified. Our coverage will try to connect what has worked in other communities and states through a Solutions Journalism lens. We will tap into our fellow States Newsroom outlets across the nation to enrich our coverage, while providing the proper context that is so often overlooked in the world of 'click bait' or 'outrage' viral stories. I will work to find creative ways for our team to bring stories to life to help people have a better understanding of issues and their communities. I firmly believe journalists need to meet their audience where it is. We're doing it with our digital stories, but I know some of you may prefer to get your news through audio stories, podcasts or video explainers. We will experiment in those spheres. Nothing that I have written here will happen overnight. Journalism is an evolving process. What I can promise you is our coverage will always be fact-based, smart, nuanced, fair, transparent and geared toward you. I'm so looking forward to having you along for the ride as a reader and – if we do our job right – a donor who recognizes the need for a strong, independent, free press. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Tim Lambert is the new editor of the Pennsylvania Capital-Star
New Capital-Star Editor Tim Lambert spent more than 23 years at WITF in Harrisburg, where he worked as a host, reporter, multimedia news director and most recently special projects editor. (Courtesy of Tim Lambert) Central Pennsylvania news veteran Tim Lambert starts work today as the new editor of the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Lambert joins the nonprofit online newsroom, which covers Pennsylvania government, politics and policy, after more than 23 years at WITF in Harrisburg, where he worked as a host, reporter, multimedia news director and most recently as the special projects editor. Under his leadership, which included oversight of the state Capitol bureau, the newsroom earned 13 Radio Television Digital News Association National Edward R. Murrow awards, four Pennsylvania Associated Press Association Joe Snyder awards for outstanding news service and numerous other accolades. He also oversaw the implementation of a nationally-recognized election accountability policy in 2021 and Trusting News strategies that aim to build better relationships between news organizations and the communities they cover. 'Covering politics and policy is very different in 2025 than it was a dozen or so years ago. So, it's important to me, as a lifelong Pennsylvanian, to help people understand how decisions within state government impact their lives,' Lambert said. Lambert, 54, grew up in Hopewell Township in Beaver County and graduated with a communications degree from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He also worked as an anchor and reporter at WGET-AM/WGTY-FM in Gettysburg and as a sports reporter at the Gettysburg Times. 'My goal is to focus more on the stakes for people and their communities on key issues. That will include taking a solutions-oriented approach and avoiding horse race coverage,' Lambert said. 'I'm looking forward to finding ways to make our work accessible and indispensable to readers, while meeting them where they are.' The Capital-Star, which launched in 2019, is part of States Newsroom, the nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, and is supported by grants and donations. 'With his deep knowledge of Pennsylvania politics and a creative and fearless approach to news coverage, Tim is the perfect editor to lead our Capital-Star newsroom through these challenging times,' Chris Fitzsimon, publisher of States Newsroom, said. 'We're excited to welcome Tim into our network.' Lambert replaces Kim Lyons, who left the position in January.
