Will Walkey
Floating Producer
Will Walkey is a floating producer, working across WBUR’s national shows.
Before moving to the Boston area, he was a reporter for NPR member stations in the Mountain West, covering the environment, housing, health care and anything else newsworthy.
Reporting has taken him to many strange and wonderful places, including remote mountain lakes, big rig truck stops and elk feedlots.
Will's work has won multiple regional Edward R. Murrow awards, and his stories have landed on numerous national radio programs. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Colby College. Outside work, Will enjoys exploring the outdoors with his dog and listening to a good album.
Recently published
The megalodon was the apex predator of its day
Some were four times the size of today's great whites.
Route 66 is not the longest or most-travelled American highway. So why is it the most famous?
Long before interstates stitched the country together, there was “The Mother Road.” Route 66 crossed through eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif.
How 'A Grain of Sand' amplified Asian American identity
The 1973 activist folk album "A Grain of Sand" is widely recognized as one of the first and most influential albums of Asian American music.
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins were modern ambassadors of the Piedmont blues
John Cephas and Phil Wiggins were modern ambassadors of a fingerpicking regional acoustic blues style developed mainly in Virginia and the Carolinas: the Piedmont blues.
The enduring influence of Celia Cruz, the ‘queen of salsa’
The Smithsonian Institution has a new exhibit documenting the history of salsa music in the U.S.
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At Water’s Edge: How Truman Lowe’s art fits into the story of America
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian showcases the work of the late minimalist artist Truman Lowe.
How Americans used to get their weather from the post office
Farmers' Bulletins were national weather reports compiled each evening in Washington, D.C., and sent to thousands of communities.
Rise, near extinction and recovery of the American bison on display in new Smithsonian exhibit
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit tracing the animal's importance in American history.
What will it take to save America's birds?
Since 1970, the North American bird population has declined by more than 25%. There are many factors driving this. And several things bird lovers can do to reverse the trend.
The flight suit that helped open the skies for Black pilots
In 1939 African American aviator Chauncey Spencer and fellow Black pilot Dale White flew in a fragile biplane from Chicago to Washington, D.C.