Char Daston
Reporter and Newscast Writer at WPLN-FM (Nashville, TN)
Reporter/newscast writer @wpln. Learned radio @WBEZ @stlpublicradio @WYSO. Video essays: What'sBehindtheSky on YouTube
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3 weeks ago |
wpln.org | Char Daston
Press the play button above to hear this story. In late February, 2024, the WPLN newsroom received an intriguing email. It was from Don Srisuriyo, a student engagement coordinator at Middle Tennessee State University. He was about to take part in a rite of passage.
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3 weeks ago |
wpln.org | Char Daston
An appeals court has ruled that the state can go forward with a plan to cut in half the membership of Nashville’s Metro Council. Two judges on the Tennessee Court of Appeals supported the decision; the third dissented. Tuesday’s ruling from overturns a lower court decision from 2024, which found that a state law shrinking the Metro Council violated the “home rule” amendment to the Tennessee constitution.
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1 month ago |
wpln.org | Char Daston
The four U.S. hotels with the most demand from the event-planning industry are all in downtown Nashville. That’s according to Cvent, a technology company that serves event planners. Data the company collected from its users showed that the Renaissance, JW Marriott, Hyatt, and Omni are all highly sought-after locations. Cvent also rated Nashville fourth in a list of top U.S. cities for hosting events. Nashville’s hotel industry seems to be responding to that demand.
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1 month ago |
wpln.org | Char Daston
This month, hundreds of arts organizations around the country learned that their promised grant funding from the National Endowment for the Arts was being canceled. So far, that includes at least five arts nonprofits in Nashville: the Belcourt Theatre, Kindling Arts, OZ Arts, Actors Bridge Ensemble and the Nashville Ballet. Some of these organizations have already called off upcoming projects.
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1 month ago |
wpln.org | Char Daston
The majority of Tennesseans — 61% — from across the political spectrum say the U.S. economy is in bad shape, according to a new poll from Vanderbilt University. The same percentage of people say they’re worried about being able to pay for an emergency, like medical care or car repairs. Vanderbilt researchers say that’s a higher level of economic worry than their 2020 poll, which was taken during the first months of the pandemic.
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