Evan Brandt

Evan Brandt is a reporter covering Pottstown, Pennsylvania for The Mercury. Brandt has received media coverage for being the newspaper's last reporter located in Pottstown.[1][2][3]

Personal life

Brandt went to Pleasantville High School. After graduating college, he worked at suburban weeklies. Brandt started working at The Mercury in 1997.[4][5]

Brandt is the biological son of writer Anthony S. Brandt and Barbara Brandt, and the stepson of Lorraine Dusky.[4] His stepmother was previously a newspaper reporter.[4]

Brandt is married to Karen Maxfield and has one son.[4]

Selected works

According to The New York Times, Brandt has received 36 journalism awards.[4]

In the early 2000s, Brandt exposed a chemical company's warehouse which closed and became part of Montgomery County Community College.[4][6]

Brandt's coverage of the proposed Pottstown YMCA closure helped keep it open.[4][7]

His coverage of the shortage of computers for disadvantaged students prompted a $60,000 donation.[4][citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Blumenthal, Jeff. "Why the decline of suburban newspapers should matter to you". www.bizjournals.com.
  2. ^ Hildebrand, Kurt. "One lone reporter to another". www.recordcourier.com.
  3. ^ Pompeo, Joe. "The Hedge Fund Vampire That Bleeds Newspapers Dry Now Has the Chicago Tribune by the Throat". Vanity Fair.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Barry, Dan; Sakaguchi, Haruka (2020-07-10). "The Last Reporter in Town Had One Big Question for His Rich Boss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  5. ^ Benshof, Laura. "In Philly suburbs, readers see more 'ghost newspapers' as hedge funds cut costs". WHYY.
  6. ^ US EPA, OA (June 11, 2020). "Pottstown Mercury: EPA helping convert Mercury building into 'boutique hotel". US EPA.
  7. ^ Twitter, Evan Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia com @PottstownNews on (17 December 2018). "YEAR IN REVIEW: Pottstown successfully fought to keep its YMCA open". The Pottstown Mercury. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)