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WUNCPolitics Podcast: A Conversation With Jim Morrill

WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016
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WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016
WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016
WUNC
WUNCPolitics Podcast: April 29, 2016

There was another mass shooting in the United States this week. That means another round of emotional reactions, social media sparring and carefully delivered messages by elected officials. If recent shootings serve as any example, it's also likely that no legislative action will follow.

Jim Morrill writes for the Charlotte Observer and has reported on the financial influence the NRA has over two of North Carolina's most powerful leaders. He joins WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii to talk about political contributions and some of the contested races in Mecklenburg County.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Charlotte Observer Reporter Jim Morrill in the latest episode of the WUNCPolitics Podcast.

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Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.
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