Keri Brown

Reporter

Keri Brown is a reporter and host at WFDD.  She comes to the Triad from West Virginia Public Broadcasting, where she served as the Chief Bureau Reporter for the Northern Panhandle. Prior to her time at West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Keri was the head assignment editor at WTRF-TV in Wheeling and a field producer and assignment manager at WPGH Fox 53 in Pittsburgh. She is a graduate of Ohio University.

Keri has also served as an adjunct professor at Wheeling Jesuit University and Bethany College in West Virginia. She enjoys covering business and education stories. Keri has worked with the Center for Educational Technologies in Wheeling, W. Va. and other NASA centers across the country to develop several stories about the use of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts in the classroom. 

Keri won a 2011 PRNDI award for her spot news coverage during the funeral for five Guilford County children who died in a murder-suicide shooting rampage.

The West Virginia Associated Press Broadcasters Association awarded first place in the Feature category for her 2010 story about steel communities suffering from layoffs. Keri also received an Associated Press Award for Best Enterprise Reporting in 2005 for her story about drug trafficking in Wheeling.

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Education
6:22 pm
Mon May 20, 2013

Wake Forest University Graduates Ready for What Lies Ahead

More than 1,700 students have turned the tassel and are now graduates of Wake Forest University. On Monday, the graduation ceremony was held on the campus’ central quad.

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Summer Activities
2:33 pm
Fri May 17, 2013

Free Summer Program for Greensboro Teens

Credit Greensboro Sportsplex
More than 3,400 teens attended the Midnight Basketball program in Greensboro last year.

Summer is just around the corner and that means finding activities to keep your kids busy during the school break. Greensboro Parks & Recreation is teaming up with the city’s police department, City Arts, public libraries and other organizations to create a program that will give teens in Guilford County plenty of things to do.

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News
5:48 pm
Thu May 16, 2013

Free Program Offers Guilford County Residents a Chance to Shed E-Waste

Credit Keri Brown
Televisions and computer equipment can't be dumped in N.C. landfills. These electronic devices will be collected at the Clean & Green event in Guilford County.

Guilford County residents will have a chance to get rid of unwanted electronic devices, appliances and other items during a free waste collection event in High Point this weekend.

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Environment
5:33 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Pilot Program Invites Triad Residents to Join Residential Composting Effort

Credit Bethany Chafin
Pete Gallins, of Gallins Family Farm, explains to WFDD's Keri Brown the screening process he uses when making organic compost from food waste.

A Winston-Salem business is starting a residential composting program this summer.

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Health
5:10 pm
Tue May 14, 2013

Trust Paves the Way for Free Dental Clinics in Forsyth County

Credit By US Army Africa via flickr
The North Carolina Dental Health Fund will hold two free dental clinics for financially disadvantaged Forsyth County residents in 2014 & 2015.

The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust has awarded grants to fund free dental care for homeless and financially needy residents in Forsyth County.

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