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Growth in New York State's Brewing Industry Expected to Continue in 2018

From: Matt Mitchell

A fun journey that explores the explosion of New York State's craft beer industry, from flourishing neighborhood nanobrewers and award-winning brew...

What happens when the Great Lakes shipping season ends?

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: Building tug Cleveland at Great Lakes Towing, Credit: Elizabeth Miller

During the 10-week break between shipping seasons, ships undergo repairs and crews are laid off from their work.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO

Hawking Campaign Swag: How I spent my summer vacation

From: Leslie Griffy

Selling campaign hats, t-shirts and buttons is big business. The guys behind the sales are having summer adventures - and their politics may surpri...

Bought by WABE

TaskRabbit takes hold in Bay Area divided by income gap

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

The way we make a living is changing. For about a third of Americans, regular hours and benefits are giving way to a patchwork of contracting, temp...

Bought by PRX Remix

Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?

From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson

There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE

Consumer Confidence

From: Leslie Griffy

For a Radio Bootcamp project in 2013, I went to discover what consumers in a New York City park thought about a potential government shutdown.

Teach For America Under Fire

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

While many schools across the country are facing budget cuts and teacher layoffs, students at highly reputable universities are signing up in drove...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WXDU

Who Finances The Tea Party?

From: David Feldman
Series: Five Guests, Thirty Minutes

Investigative Journalist Lee Fang was the first reporter to expose the Tea Party's corporate sponsors.

Drought Keeps Oklahoma Pilot Grounded

From: StateImpact Oklahoma

Caption: Harold Blackledge, a 79-year-old agricultural pilot, stands in front of his 1975 Piper Pawnee Brave in one of his hangars at the Watonga Regional Airport. The drought — the worst he’s seen — has dried up aerial spraying work in Oklahoma, he says., Credit: Joe Wertz

The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...

Montana Oil Spill

From: Emilie Ritter Saunders

Cleanup is continuing along the Yellowstone River in south-east Montana where an estimated 42,000 gallons of crude oil spewed from a burst ExxonMob...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

How 'Quality of Life' turned Homeless New Yorkers into Criminals

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Rents have always been high in New York; but since 1994, so called ‘Quality of Life’ policing, and business friendly development strategies have de...

Cashing In on Fear

From: NPR Economic Training Project

A North Carolina businessman makes a living selling a pill that might save your life in a nuclear meltdown. In his line of work, fear is good for b...

Bought by EconomyBeat Podcast and KUOW

I-40 Rock Slide Causes Holiday Slump for Tourist Towns

From: NPR Economic Training Project

Thanksgiving weekend is usually a big one for tourist towns in the North Carolina mountains. But the rock slide that has shut down I-40 is hurting...

Struggling Company Goes Out of Way to Help Laid Off Workers

From: NPR Economic Training Project

Charlotte-area small business Tyler 2 Construction is putting laid-off workers on "attached unemployment" and still paying their health insurance b...

Bought by Michigan Radio Economy Special and KUOW