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Iris Adler was named WBUR’s program manager in January 2011. She provides strategic oversight for WBUR’s locally and nationally produced programs, and she collaborates with the WBUR Newsroom on the vision and content of special programming and series.
Iris began her public radio career at WBUR in the 1980s and ‘90s, first as a news reporter and then as managing editor and news director. She moved on to the all-news cable network NECN, where she worked for 18 years as executive editor. In that role she oversaw all political coverage as well as long-form series and documentaries.
Over the course of her career, she has won numerous national and regional awards for her work in both television and radio, including the Edward R. Murrow Award and several Emmy Awards.
A Brookline resident, Iris holds a master’s degree from Boston University and degrees from Concordia and McGill universities in Montreal.
How Our Digital Devices Are Affecting Our Personal Relationships
January 17, 2013
In our “always on” lives, there are many who worry we are too immersed in the digital world and not present enough in the real world.
Who Are Your Boston Arts Visionaries?
December 08, 2011
For a new series, WBUR will be profiling Boston’s most compelling and talented leaders in the arts world. Who would you nominate?
At 59, A Father’s Devastating Diagnosis
October 17, 2011
BOSTON — Dr. Ralph Kelly, a medical researcher, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when he was just 59. To open a special series, we meet Ralph and his wife Ruth, and learn how one family is coping with the early stages of the disease.
Consequences Of Corruption In Probation Department
May 24, 2010A Boston Globe investigation of the state’s Probation Department reveals rampant corruption and patronage throughout the parole system. There are a lot of unanswered questions: How did the commissioner gain so much power? Where was the oversight? And what harm do these findings pose for the public? We discuss the consequences.