WGBH Employees Make Masks To Keep Community Safe

The go-to source of masks for Boston Public Radio co-hosts Jim Braude and Margery Egan are a colorful supply crafted by their colleagues.
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Most days, before she begins her workday from home, WGBH’s Donna Danielewski sits down at her sewing machine and whips off a few face masks. A couple of towns away, colleague Nick Pollard and his wife Melissa (a WGBH freelancer) often stay up into the wee hours cranking out face masks. Between the two of them, they have fashioned almost 200 masks in the past several days — destined for the WGBH newsroom, where a skeleton staff works every day to keep the station on air, and to area hospitals, grocery stores, and nursing homes.

“I am truly touched by their efforts,” says Kate Zachry, news director for WGBH News. “They are helping keep the team safe while they report the news, keep us on air and ensure our audience remains informed.”

For Claudia Palmer, WGBH’s chief operating officer, Danielewski and the Pollards exemplify team spirit.

“I am so inspired to see this kind of camaraderie and empathy among the WGBH community,” she says.

Danielewski is senior director of The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media at WGBH, which works to ensure that media is accessible for people with disabilities. Nick Pollard is a coordinating producer in finance for WGBH’s Media and Library Archives and WORLD Channel at WGBH. Melissa Pollard is a longtime WGBH producer currently working on a COVID-19 special for NOVA.

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