//podcastplus.net/feed/podcast~286c3c31d1f08e6e06ce5a8e75fa1cf93cf85c4bbc91912891429c84650a7e32 What’s it like to cover the news in New Hampshire, and who are the people doing it? ”The Granite Beat,” a new podcast being launched by the Granite State News Collaborative, seeks to answer these questions, and is available via all of the usual streaming services.Each week, journalists and co-hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart will interview one of the many people who dedicate themselves to providing news coverage of this small but interesting state. Courts and cops reporters, columnists, health journalists, politico watchers, each one with a different view of New Hampshire, their own Granite Beat.The Granite Beat will highlight stories that might otherwise go unseen outside of an outlet’s distribution, as well as to hear how those stories were investigated in the first place. In doing so, the co-hosts hope to underscore the trust Granite Staters have in their local journalists and the work they produce. Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:00:35 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3kenp4ymcmg8bw84/granite-beat-s2-e7-civdocs.mp3 On this episode of “The Granite Beat,” Julie Hart and Adam Drapcho talk with a group who came together to bolster local news coverage in New Hampshire. Justin Silverman of the New England First Amendment Coalition, Melanie Plenda of the Granite State News Collaborative and Laura Simoes of the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications are partners in the Civic Documenters program, helping train community members to participate in reporting on local government. CivDoc, as the program is called, was first piloted in the Monadnock Region, and is currently expanding in the Lakes Region. The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter. Wed, 15 May 2024 16:01:55 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3kenp4ymcmg8bw84/granite-beat-s2-e7-civdocs.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/epndic/granite-beat-s2-e6-skiing.mp3 Beatrice Burack, a junior at Dartmouth College, has been writing articles seen by readers across the state. After interning with the New Hampshire Bulletin, Burack wrote a five-part series about skiing in New Hampshire, from how it was once the capital of alpine skiing in North America to the present state of skiing in low-snow winters as well as a peek into what the future might bring. The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter. Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:05:09 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/epndic/granite-beat-s2-e6-skiing.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p9enxu/GB_s2_e6_melanie_carol.mp3 On this episode of Granite Beat, hosts Julie Hart and Adam Drapcho talk with Melanie Plenda, executive director of the Granite State News Collaborative, and Carol Robidoux, founder and editor of Manchester Ink Link and Nashua Ink Link, New Hampshire's newest outlet, created with the help of the collaborative. The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:30:09 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p9enxu/GB_s2_e6_melanie_carol.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i7j6i2/Granite_Beat_S2_E5_Mike_Dunbar_and_Anna_Brown8yono.mp3 On this episode  of Granite Beat, Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart talk with Anna Brown, executive director, and Mike Dunbar, content editor, for Citizens Count, a nonpartisan nonprofit organized to help Granite Staters make the most of their voting rights. They also host a podcast in the Granite State News Collaborative family, $100 Plus Mileage. The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:53:22 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/i7j6i2/Granite_Beat_S2_E5_Mike_Dunbar_and_Anna_Brown8yono.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c9yqqj/Granite_Beat_S2_E4awshd.mp3 On this episode of Granite Beat, Julie Hirshan Hart and Adam Drapcho talk with Phil Kincaid, for several decades an editor at different New Hampshire news outlets and former executive director of the New Hampshire Press Association, and Kelly Burch, an accomplished freelancer whose work has been featured in many national publications. This editor/reporter team is behind a Granite State News Collaborative reporting series called The 306 Project, which is tracking an effort to reform education in New Hampshire.  The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 17:41:47 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c9yqqj/Granite_Beat_S2_E4awshd.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tvj7kd/Granite_Beat_S2_Ep3_Lauren_Chooljianagnrk.mp3 On this episode of Granite Beat, Lauren Chooljian, a reporter and producer for New Hampshire Public Radio's document team is a New Hampshire native and graduate of St. Anselm College. Yet she had to stretch her wings a bit after St. A's and spent several years in Chicago with WBEZ. Back in New Hampshire and at NH PR, she caught wind of a bombshell of a story, which earlier this year was turned into a podcast called the 13th step. Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart talk with her about her journalism journey and her most recent story.   The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 18:11:41 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tvj7kd/Granite_Beat_S2_Ep3_Lauren_Chooljianagnrk.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxv9dr/GB_S2_E2_Mike_Coteavyd2.mp3 Readers of Granite State newspapers will likely recognize the name of Mike Cote  as an editor with the New Hampshire Union Leader, where he worked for 11 years. Earlier this year, though, he made a career shift. He left the daily newspaper life for that of monthly periodicals so he could take the role of New Hampshire editor for Yankee Publishing, where he leads the teams behind New Hampshire Magazine and the New Hampshire Business Review.    The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter.  Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:53:56 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxv9dr/GB_S2_E2_Mike_Coteavyd2.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxv9dr/GB_S2_E2_Mike_Coteavyd2.mp3 Readers of Granite State newspapers will likely recognize the name of Mike Cote  as an editor with the New Hampshire Union Leader, where he worked for 11 years. Earlier this year, though, he made a career shift. He left the daily newspaper life for that of monthly periodicals so he could take the role of New Hampshire editor for Yankee Publishing, where he leads the teams behind New Hampshire Magazine and the New Hampshire Business Review.    The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter.  Tue, 31 Oct 2023 20:53:56 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/yxv9dr/GB_S2_E2_Mike_Coteavyd2.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6f5td/GB_S2_E1_Steven_Porterb7s2w.mp3 Stephen Porter, one of the two reporters, given the historic assignment of launching a New Hampshire Bureau for the Boston Globe at the beginning of this year, comes on to share his story being in journalism and his insight on the changes within technology and social media.   The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter.  Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:46:35 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6f5td/GB_S2_E1_Steven_Porterb7s2w.mp3 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6f5td/GB_S2_E1_Steven_Porterb7s2w.mp3 Stephen Porter, one of the two reporters, given the historic assignment of launching a New Hampshire Bureau for the Boston Globe at the beginning of this year, comes on to share his story being in journalism and his insight on the changes within technology and social media.   The Granite Beat, is a project of The Laconia Daily Sun in partnership with The Granite State News Collaborative, of which Laconia is a partner, and The Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communications. Each week hosts Adam Drapcho and Julie Hart explore with local reporters how they got some of the most impactful stories in our state and why they matter.  Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:46:35 +0000 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/e6f5td/GB_S2_E1_Steven_Porterb7s2w.mp3