Dave Rosenthal
Dave Rosenthal is Managing Editor of Great Lakes Today, a collaboration of public media stations that is led by WBFO, ideastream in Cleveland in WXXI in Rochester, and includes other stations in the region.
Dave comes to Buffalo from Baltimore, where he was the investigations/enterprise editor for The Sun. He led projects that won a number of honors, including the Clark Mollenhoff Award for Excellence in Investigative Reporting, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism's Paul Tobenkin Memorial Award and the Investigative Reporters & Editors’ breaking news award. The newsroom’s work on the death of Freddie Gray was recognized by The American Society of News Editors, the Online News Association and the National Headliners Awards, in addition to being named a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize.
He began his journalism career as a reporter for the Roanoke Times and World-News, where he covered local government, the Virginia General Assembly and business. In Roanoke and Baltimore, he has reported on a wide range of topics and people, including a zoo architect in Seattle, the recovery of a Civil War ironclad off the Atlantic coast and the emerging market economy in the Soviet Union.
A native of New Britain, Conn., Dave has degrees from Wesleyan University and Boston University School of Law.
In his spare time, he can be found biking the roads and trails around Buffalo – and cheering on various sports teams, including the UConn Huskies.
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Our colleagues at Great Lakes Now have released a half-hour documentary that examines some of the hottest water use issues in the region.
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A politically divided America finds little common ground on the environment, according to a national survey by the Pew Research Center.Although 81 percent…
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A politically divided America finds little common ground on the environment, according to a national survey by the Pew Research Center. Although 81...
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President Trump's continued push to slash funding for environmental programs would have a huge impact on the Great Lakes region. His 2019 spending plan...
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