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.
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This week: walk-in coronavirus vaccination clinics are now happening across the Cape and Islands. Also, a controversial proposed machine gun range for Joint Base Cape Cod gets a key federal approval. And wastewater (that thing no one wants)—at spring town meetings it’s a big issue with a big price tag. -
This week: walk-in coronavirus vaccination clinics are now happening across the Cape and Islands. Also, a controversial proposed machine gun range for Joint Base Cape Cod gets a key federal approval. And wastewater (that thing no one wants)—at spring town meetings it’s a big issue with a big price tag.
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This week: Signs of spring and signs of an easing pandemic, with new mask rules and business reopenings; Wellfleet parts ways with its Town Administrator and its Town Accountant; and, 'Does New Bedford have a police problem?'
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This week: Signs of spring and signs of an easing pandemic, with new mask rules and business reopenings; Wellfleet parts ways with its Town Administrator and its Town Accountant; and, 'Does New Bedford have a police problem?'
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This week: the islands make a pitch for increased numbers of vaccines; local reaction comes in the conviction of a Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd; and a State Senator wants to change the legislation that governs ferry service to the islands – and that sparks some heated conversations.
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This week: the islands make a pitch for increased numbers of vaccines; local reaction comes in the conviction of a Minneapolis police officer in the death of George Floyd; and a State Senator wants to change the legislation that governs ferry service to the islands – and that sparks some heated conversations.
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In our weekly local news roundup, we discuss top stories, how the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is impacting local vaccination efforts. Also, case numbers are dropping across the region. And Senators Markey and Warren, and Congressman Keating, all want closer examination of a proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.
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In our weekly local news roundup, we discuss top stories, how the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is impacting local vaccination efforts. Also, case numbers are dropping across the region. And Senators Markey and Warren, and Congressman Keating, all want closer examination of a proposed machine gun range at Joint Base Cape Cod.
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This week: The third wave of COVID-19 continues to hit Cape Cod hard, raising talk of the possibility of virus variants. Martha’s Vineyard has yet to record a single COVID death since this pandemic began – that’s unique in the state. And a new Nauset High school gets the thumbs up. Those stories and more.
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The mid-Cape covid outbreak has officials worrying, as high numbers continue; Governor Baker was back on the hot seat, defending his vaccine rollout plan to state legislators; the Army Corps of Engineers is moving ahead with its plan to remedy erosion in Sandwich caused by the Canal jetties; and if you’re stepping into the ring to fight for a world title, you may want to train in Provincetown.
