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Government & Politics

Bill McEwen Leaves Fresno Bee For GVWire.com

KVPR | By Joe Moore
Published August 29, 2017 at 12:32 PM PDT
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Longtime Fresno Bee journalist Bill McEwen is now the news director for GVWire.com

Longtime Fresno Bee reporter, columnist and editor Bill McEwen has a new job as news director for GVWire.com, a news website run by Fresno-based housing developer Granville Homes. After 37 years in the local news business, McEwen joined us on Valley Edition to talk about his role in this new venture, plus his thoughts on editorial independence, and how GVWire will cover news stories involving the Granville company. McEwen also shared his thoughts about the current controversy surrounding Fresno Unified School Board President Brooke Ashjian's anti-LGBT remarks, city hall politics and other issues. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoiBDaSzmZE

Note: Granville Homes, which publishes GVWire is also a corporate sponsor of Valley Public Radio.

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Joe Moore
Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of Valley Public Radio. During his tenure, he's helped lead the station through major programming changes and the COVID-19 pandemic, while maintaining the station's financial health. From 2010-2018 he served as the station's Director of Program Content. In that role, he also served as the host of Valley Edition, and helped launch and grow the station's award-winning local news department. He is a Fresno native and a graduate of California State University, Fresno.
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