Patrick Center
Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about a new private executives’ club, Wolverine World Wide boots take center stage in a streaming TV show, and shareholders will vote on the Steelcase-HNI merger next month. -
We bring together two strangers for a conversation – about their lives - not politics. A generational divide separate Linda and Ash. What they discover is mutual respect. The two believe if everyone had more respect for one another, the world would be a better place. -
Support for nationalist, anti-immigrant parties has surged across Europe in recent years — including in Germany, where far-right leaders have risen to the brink of power for the first time since World War II. WGVU’s Patrick Center spoke with director and correspondent Evan Williams. -
Crain’s staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses West Michigan Whitecaps ballpark renovation, Blue Cross and Corewell Health rewarding better care, and a concept for pooling small business workforces creating lower-cost health plans.
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We bring together two strangers for a conversation – about their lives - not politics. Daniel and Gloria both grew up in the Los Angeles area. They question their religious upbringing’s beliefs and convictions discovering caring for others is core to who they’ve become.
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The dramatic and controversial assent of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. FRONTLINE examines how the scion of a storied dynasty endured tragedy and scandal, broke with the Democratic Party and his family, stoked conspiracy theories, and is reshaping government and public health. WGVU’s talks with Producer and writer Michael Wiser.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses Acrisure's elimination of 400 jobs, Fifth Third Bank merging with Comerica, and an option to use Health Savings Accounts to pay for Direct Primary Care memberships.
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We bring together two strangers for a conversation – about their lives - not politics. Dan and Rick recognize their experiences as government and church leaders have taught them that treating everyone with dignity and listening to their points of view supports common ground discovery.
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More than a decade ago, filmmakers explored poverty in America as it’s rarely seen: through the eyes of children. They follow Kaylie, Johnny and Brittany across three chapters of their lives as they grow from kids to teenagers to adults, pursuing their dreams while trying to overcome the grinding poverty that shaped their childhoods.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about a new private equity firm, the Federal Trade Commission reviewing non-compete agreements, and Grand Rapids’ soccer club now has a name, logo and colors.
