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2012: The Year in Scandal, Spin and Cover-Up

KALW | By Matt Martin
Published December 20, 2012 at 4:46 PM PST

In a KALW special, Bay Area journalist and author Mark Hertsgaard talks to crisis communication expert Chris Lehane, author of Masters of Disaster: The Ten Commandments of Damage Controlabout the crimes and missteps that made big news in 2012 – and those that should have, from Mitt Romney's 47% comments to the largest criminal settlement ever against BP.  Tuesday, December

25th at 8pm and Monday, December 31st at Noon.
Matt Martin
Matt Martin was KALW’s general manager from 2006 through 2018. Under his leadership, KALW grew into one of the most productive and innovative stations in public radio. Programs launched at KALW during Matt’s tenure as GM include the award-winning local newsmagazine Crosscurrents, the design podcast 99% Invisible, and the Spanish-language narrative journalism program Radio Ambulante. He helped create the station’s Audio Academy, a year-long program aimed at developing new talents in public radio, and led the first broad-based strategic planning process in the station’s history.
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