Fred Wasser
ProducerSince June 2015, Fred has been a producer at KNPR's State of Nevada.
Fred worked for many years at NPR in Washington, DC, where he produced interviews and features at Morning Edition, Weekend Edition/Sunday and Weekend All Things Considered. Before that he lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was on the production staff of A Prairie Home Companion.
Just before moving to Las Vegas, Fred lived in Chapel Hill, NC, where he was a freelance arts, culture, and entertainment reporter for broadcast, print and the web. He also hosted Breathing Room, a radio program of popular standards, jazz and conversation originating from WCOM, a community station in Carrboro, NC.
(Editor's note: Fred Wasser no longer works for Nevada Public Radio)
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Norman Jewison has died. He directed a number of celebrated classics, including In The Heat Of The Night, Moonstruck and the musical adaptations of Fiddler on the Roof and Jesus Christ Superstar.
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Jewison also directed the romantic comedy Moonstruck and 1967 race drama In the Heat of the Night, which critic Leonard Maltin says "caught lightning in a bottle." -
In 1986, Larry Harvey and his friend Jerry James put together a wooden statue of a man. They dragged it to Baker Beach in San Francisco on the summer… -
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A new study coming out of Columbia University explores the relationship between climate change and wildfires in the West.Park Williams is the lead author… -
One of Las Vegas’s own has joined the ranks of the prestigious Library of Congress.Michelle Light was head of special collections and archives at UNLV for… -
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The heat of summer is here. For gardeners, the Southern Nevada heat is of particular concern.Co-hosts of Nevada Public Radio’s “Desert Bloom” series… -
A problem has been festering on many college and university campuses around the nation - inclduing those in Nevada. Many students are faced with food and…
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As more of us are living longer, we’re also thinking about extending our working lives.An estimated 20 percent of seniors work or are looking for work,…
