Steve Junker
Managing Editor of NewsSteve Junker is Managing Editor of News at CAI.
He joined the radio station in 2007 and has filled a number of positions. He has been the local host for the afternoon news program All Things Considered. His reporting has been recognized with awards from the Associated Press and the Murrow Awards. He has overseen the station’s digital transformation, including growing its website and social media. As news director, he manages a growing newsroom that has won numerous awards for its coverage of issues ranging from education, to public health, to environment. He also hosts a live hour-long weekly program, The Local News Roundup, in which he speaks with editors and reporters from across the region about the week’s biggest stories. And he produces the weekly seasonal report on Cape Cod fishing action, The Fishing News.
A writer, a fisherman, an occasional boat builder, a recovering musician, a longtime chicken rancher, a beekeeper... Steve keeps busy in Woods Hole, where he lives with his wife and two children.
-
This week: Sandwich’s power plants at the Cape Cod Canal are being sold. Abortion rights supporters rally across the region. And the new Cape bridges will cost a whole lot more than estimated… like maybe $3 billion more! -
This week: Pilgrim Nuclear Plant continues to heat up a controversy over disposing of a million gallons of wastewater. The Falmouth Select Board fires its Town Manager. And rallies this weekend will protest the Supreme Court’s leaked opinion to overturn Roe vs Wade.
-
This week: Local reaction to the biggest abortion rights story in 50 years. And: bottle bans are moving backward in some towns. Meanwhile, Nantucket passed its gender equity topless beach proposal. And: the puppy dog who turned out to be a coyote.
-
This week: Dartmouth schools will continue with their “Indian” mascot. The Cape gets $42 million to restore coastal wetlands and fisheries habitat. And local nursing homes face challenges around staffing and quality of care.
-
This week: The state moves to set new limits on PFAS, while helping towns deal with the chemicals in their drinking water. An entire block of Provincetown is sold, raising questions about what happens next. And Brewster asks for help in naming its new beach.
-
This week: Governor Baker comes to Yarmouth, on the anniversary of the line-of-duty killing of officer Sean Gannon, to sign the Nero bill. A weighty COVID memorial travels to the Cape. And Martha's Vineyard votes to approve a Housing Bank.
-
This week: Provincetown votes to try to solve its housing problems. The state says no to ropeless fishing, this time around. And visas for seasonal workers get approved; now local businesses hope they're not too late to help.
-
This week: The latest controversy at the Pilgrim nuclear power station has to do with who’s working in the plant – and who’s not. Meanwhile, the temperature rises in the fight over how Barnstable County should spend $41 million dollars. And, in a sign of the times, many COVID testing sites are closing.
-
This week: Barnstable County can’t agree on how to spend $41 million. A long-awaited report on the Cape’s machine gun range will be awaited quite a bit longer. And “open space vs. affordable housing”: should they really be opponents?
-
This week: Protesters march against dumping radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay. The region takes account of the toll of two years of the pandemic. And can New Bedford’s hurricane barrier open any wider?
