As Metro Nashville Public Schools prepares to start Monday, we sat down with Dr. Mason Bellamy, chief of academics and schools, and Michele Sheriff, president of the Metro Nashville Educators Association, on Friday’s episode of This Is Nashville.
Rose Gilbert, Multimedia Producer, This Is Nashville
Rose Gilbert is a multimedia producer for This Is Nashville. Rose grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and Montespertoli, Italy. She comes to WPLN from a reporting internship at The Tennessean. In 2020, she was senior producer for the USA TODAY podcast “Changing the Game.” During college, she worked for The Daily Princetonian, and interned with NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley in Paris. She studied international and public affairs at Princeton University, and received a master’s from Columbia Journalism School in 2021. Rose speaks English, Italian, and French. When she's not reporting, she enjoys visiting museums and checking out the local music scene.
Behind the scenes at Nashville’s United Record Pressing, the oldest vinyl producer in North America
Demand for vinyl has been on the rise over the last 20 years, and it has skyrocketed over the course of the pandemic. Many of those records are made in South Nashville.
This Is Nashville’s guide to the $2.9 billion Metro budget
Last week, Metro Council passed a new $2.9 billion budget. It’s the largest budget in Nashville’s history, and it impacts every person in the city. But navigating how the budget is passed, and what’s actually in it, can be tricky. So, This Is Nashville invited Councilmember Burkley Allen, the chair of the council budget and […]
Tennessee’s anti-abortion advocates are celebrating, and eyeing next steps in the abortion battle
Tennessee anti-abortion advocates are celebrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade and discussing the future of anti-abortion activism in the state.
Sisters reflect on their mother’s legacy as the tattoo shop they grew up in approaches its 30th anniversary
When Angel Moon opened the Queen of Hearts parlor back in 1993, tattooing was an insular subculture — one that wasn’t always friendly to women artists or shop owners.
‘Riding Shotgun’ on horseback at Blackfriar Farm in Cheatham County
Each week This Is Nashville host Khalil Ekulona leaves the studio to hop into the passenger seat with one of our neighbors for a segment called “Riding Shotgun.” This week is a little different. Instead of Khalil, producer Rose Gilbert saddles up for a horseback tour of BlackFriar Farm in Cheatham County. This feature was part […]
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