Tyler Thompson
Former ReporterTyler Thompson was a reporter and on-air host for 89.7 NPR News. Thompson, originally from northeast Ohio, has spent the last three years working as a Morning Edition host and reporter at NPR member station KDLG Public Radio and reporter at the Bristol Bay Times Newspaper in Dillingham, Alaska.
Thompson graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Journalism and Multimedia.
During his time in Alaska, he was a regular contributor to Alaska Public Media statewide news, Alaska News Nightly, and KTOO state capital news network. He also published the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, an annual summer fish report that provides contextual statistics, stories and industry perspectives for the largest salmon fishery in the world.
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Ohio’s Democratic Senator is blasting General Motors for planning to close the Lordstown plant in March, and says Congress needs to change the tax code to… -
U.S Rep. Tim Ryan is calling for congressional hearings to review General Motors decision to shutter five North American plants. Ryan is urging the... -
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Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital is discharging colorectal patients sooner after surgery with a significant reduction in opiates. The average... -
A crowdsourcing effort is in the works to monitor toxic algae polluting Lake Erie.University of Akron science professor Hunter King and his students are… -
A crowd sourcing effort is in the works to monitor toxic algae that is polluting Lake Erie. University of Akron science professor Hunter King and his... -
After five seasons and playing just 11 games, the Josh Gordon saga is over in Cleveland. The Browns have traded Gordon to the New England Patriots. The...
