Here's your local news for Wednesday, July 24, 2024:

• We ask Madisonians what they think about Biden's history-making announcement on Sunday,
• Find out why a local artist is declaring "I'm with her,"
• Honor the memory of two local activists,
• Broadcast the most in-depth weather report on the airwaves,
• Travel back in time to 1962,
• And much more.

Here's your local news for Tuesday, July 23, 2024:

• We check in on Wisconsin's Democratic Party after this weekend's historic shake-up,
• Find out why young environmentalists gathered outside the Capitol yesterday,
• Get the details on last Friday's CrowdStrike outage,
• Take a closer look at Kamala Harris' campaign,
• Explain why drivers should keep an eye out for turtle crossings,
• And much more.

Last month, our Summer News Collaborative kicked off. The pilot project from WORT is intended to train people the basics of journalism, storytelling, and audio production. In a rare move for community radio, it also aims to give people a paycheck to learn these skills.

Our first cohort of Fellows are Shy Aikens, César Gonzalez Paz, Jeliel Peña de First, Faleshuh Walker, and Ze Yang. Today, we take the first listen to audio pieces they've been working on over the last month, in a news special hosted by WORT producer and journalist Jade Iseri-Ramos, who is managing the program.

We also hear the first episode from a regular voice: Marcus Slaton, Thursday co-host of the 6pm Local News, who's launching a podcast full of good news.