
David Greene
Former Staff
David Greene was a senior news editor for WBUR.
David Greene wandered into WBUR as an intern in 1983. He shuttled between news and production for a decade, then developed Only A Game and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me, and wasted 20 perfectly good years producing Car Talk.
He returned to the WBUR Newsroom this year as the station's senior news editor, with his editing skills and news judgment intact.
Recently published

How college radio's tiny signals make big cultural waves
College radio is a vibe, a nexus for taste making, and a place that forges bonds among students and community members, argues Fitchburg State University history professor Katherine Rye Jewell...

Separating green hydrogen's hope from hype
Hydrogen packs a powerful energy punch. But finding a clean — and cheap — way to unleash this power has remained elusive. Now several companies are working to unlock the...

'Never just about one person': Chang-Díaz says she's ending campaign to support down-ballot candidates
Chang-Díaz was campaigning as a progressive alternative to state Attorney General Maura Healey. While her name will still appear on the ballot, Chang-Díaz said she'll focus instead on progressive candidates...

Rusting batteries could help power the electric grid of the future
A Somerville startup says its rust-based battery generates 25 times the power storage of its lithium-ion counterparts for a tenth of the cost.

Biogen grapples with 'reckoning' over controversial Alzheimer's drug, reporters find
WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins talks with STAT biotech reporter Damian Garde about the publication's recent special report on problems at Cambridge-based Biogen.
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Chelsea and Chinatown are building microgrids to solve big energy, climate challenges
The planned systems in Chelsea and Chinatown can detach from the main power grid, giving the communities their own islands of energy while relieving pressure on the wider regional system.