21-WFMJ News Podcast

In this week's The Outcue, Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell talks with anchor/reporter Madison Tromler, who speaks about the National Transportation Safety Board hearing this week in East Palestine, discussing what caused the February 3, 2023 train derailment and why the vent-and-burn was a botched decision.

The discussion examines the key moments from the day's nearly 8-hour final report that are quickly processed and disseminated to our viewers and readers online and how a reporter's know-how helps identify key moments and findings.

The Outcue is the term for the last few words of a news story before it's over. We know that the end of what you see on television is often only the beginning of the story. This is The Outcue.

In today's 21 News podcast 'The Outcue,' Assistant News director Justin Mitchell talks with 11 pm Anchor/Reporter Erin Simonek and Senior Digital Content Manager Robert McFerren about what it is like to cover breaking news on the fly while gathering information to report to viewers.

The journalists discuss this week's announcement by the White House that it was using an executive order to freeze all federal grants and loans to review the spending and the process of gathering information for breaking news stories.

If you have a story idea or something you want us to investigate, you can call the newsroom at 330-744-8821, email news@wfmj.com or watchdog@wfmj.com.

As the school year 2019-20 comes to a close, school districts around the Valley, around Ohio and around the nation, are all looking at what to do for the safety of students and staff if the coronavirus pandemic continues. Each school building and district may have unique issues from busing to occupancy.

In today's edition of the 21 News podcast, J. Breen Mitchell, Managing Editor for News Content, speaks with Ana Chapman, the president of the Ohio Parent Teacher Association about the options being considered for schools to safely reopen in the fall or will the virus

Jennifer Brindisi speaks with teachers, school administrators, parents and medical experts about their concerns for returning back to school in the fall. How will it work? Can it be done safely? Will it be effective?

Erik Boland is a former sportswriter for the Warren Tribune Chronicle and did some work for 21 Sports in the late 1990s.
For the past 14 seasons, he's been the New York Yankees beat writer for Newsday.

WFMJ 21 Sports Director Dana Balash caught up with Boland and talked about the Guardians - Yankees series and more.

Enjoy!