Lester Graham, Senior Editor/Correspondent - The Great Lakes Radio Consortium Lester Graham works in the GLRC Midwest Bureau, covering environmental issues that affect the everyday lives of people in the Great Lakes region. He travels throughout the Midwest portion of the region to find out how environmental policy is played out in reality. He also attends scientific conferences to gather the latest information about the health of the lakes, the quality of the air, and the action by government and others trying to find a balance between economics and ecology. Lester has worked as a radio reporter since 1985. After years of covering many different issues, he says he's found his niche in reporting on the environment. "It affects the food we eat, the water we drink, the air we breathe. What's more important than that?"

What does a Producer & Reporter do? A Producer & Reporter researches issues, interviews and records people, gathers new information, records sound, writes the stories and produces the final radio piece heard on the air.