Media Interviews
Radio and Newspaper Interviews. Examples: generally receive 3-4 requests per month from the media nationwide for interviews; and pre- and post-election interviews for print and TV after most elections. Extended interview for October 1997 Gannett newspaper five‑part series on local government and a similar Lancaster paper article; "Regionalism" issue of the Pennsylvania Business Journal, May 1996; "Technical Assistance Needs of Small Governments in North Carolina, one‑half hour interview broadcast in October and November 1983, WUNC‑Radio, Chapel Hill, NC. National Public Radio, 1992; Canadian Broadcasting System, 1992; interviewed for feature articles in Harrisburg's Patriot News in 1991 and 1993 and for features in City and State in 1993; interviews with newspapers in New Jersey and Kentucky in 1994. Research reported in NY Times in 1992. Extensive coverage in Centre County newspapers in 1998. Extensive statewide coverage in newspapers in 1996 and 1998 on legislative testimony. Frequent interviews with professional associations and firms nationwide (e.g., featured interview in the Pennsylvania Township News, August 1999, featured articles on “Personnel Management.” April 2000 radio interview (statewide) on intergovernmental issues. Spring/summer 2000 interviews for newspapers in Lancaster and Allentown, PA. Several issues of the Township magazine in 2001 and 2002 include interviews. Numerous newspaper and radio interviews on local government finance, 2002-2003.
Fall 2005: Interviews by media (2 Associated Press, 2 Stateline.org, ½ hour interview on Radio Public Health Journal). Quoted in more than 300 U.S. newspapers in 2006 on Katrina, fiscal issues and county government