{"id":2256,"date":"2014-02-06T20:00:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T02:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2014-02-07T11:18:21","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T17:18:21","slug":"bigger-man-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/02\/06\/bigger-man-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigger man on campus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Steve Edwards<\/p><\/div>\n

There is<\/em> life after radio for Steve Edwards \u2014 and it keeps getting better.<\/p>\n

The former Chicago Public Media star, who hosted \u201cThe Afternoon Shift\u201d and \u201cEight Forty-Eight\u201d on WBEZ FM 91.5, has been named executive director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.<\/a> Edwards most recently was deputy director for programming at the public policy and public service institute founded and led by David Axelrod.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrilled to welcome Steve Edwards, whose thoughtful show was a staple on Chicago public radio, as new exec director of @UChiPolitics,\u201d Axelrod tweeted <\/a>Thursday.<\/p>\n

Edwards, 42, who\u2019d also served as director of content development and program director at WBEZ, resigned in September 2012 after 14 years at the station to help launch the nonpartisan institute, which began in January 2013.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a member of our core leadership team, Steve has been instrumental in building the institute through a diverse array of robust programming and internship opportunities, enabling UChicago students to interact with policymakers and scholars across the political spectrum and explore careers in the public arena,\u201d Axelrod said in a statement.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cHis creativity and hard work will help us in the essential task of inspiring the next generation of leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

As executive director, effective March 31, Edwards will oversee the institute\u2019s programs and staff, secure grants and strengthen strategic partnerships in and outside of the university. He succeeds Darren Reisberg, who was named secretary of the university\u2019s board of trustees.<\/p>\n

Of his new role, Edwards said: \u201cI\u2019m excited by the opportunity to build on the tremendous momentum we\u2019ve established so far and I look forward to working with the team to offer programs that enrich our political discourse and inspire the next generation of political and public service leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is life after radio for Steve Edwards \u2014 and it keeps getting better. The former Chicago Public Media star, who hosted \u201cThe Afternoon Shift\u201d and \u201cEight Forty-Eight\u201d on WBEZ FM 91.5, has been named executive director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. Edwards most recently was deputy director for programming at the... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2261,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions\/2261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}