Evan Brandt

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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]

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Personal life

Brandt graduated from Pleasantville High School in 1982. After graduating SUNY Binghamton in 1986, he worked at The Patent Trader weekly newspaper in Northern Westchester, NY, leaving in 1997 as Executive Editor of Trader Publications. 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 ]

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  3. Pompeo, Joe. "The Hedge Fund Vampire That Bleeds Newspapers Dry Now Has the Chicago Tribune by the Throat". Vanity Fair.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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)