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Sean Corcoran

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Sean Corcoran is an award-winning print and radio journalist and veteran newsroom leader. He is a graduate of The George Washington University and the Columbia University School of Journalism. Corcoran started his career as a staff writer at various New England newspapers. He moved to public radio in 2005 at CAI in Woods Hole, where he reported and produced “Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islands,” a 20-part investigative series that won the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award — the highest award in broadcast journalism. Corcoran has served as the news director at CAI in Woods Hole, the Senior Managing Editor for News at WGBH News in Boston, and the executive news director at KUNC News in Greeley, CO. 

  • It’s been 20 years since CAI produced a series of news stories that shined a light on a problem Cape and Islanders know only too well — that many year-round residents struggle here. The series, “Two Cape Cods: Hidden Poverty on Cape and Islands,” attracted national attention to Cape Cod’s issues, winning the highest award in broadcast journalism, the Columbia-DuPont Award.
  • Hidden Poverty on the Cape and Islandsnews series produced in 2005Those who serve Cape Cod's poor are the first to point out that behind the veil of the…