Charles Fishburne is a correspondent for WCVE Public Radio. He brings over 40 years experience as a broadcast journalist and news executive in Richmond, Washington D.C. and New York. Charles was also a long-time television news anchor and news director in Richmond.
An expert on earthquakes at Virginia Tech says the small tremor that hit about 20 miles north of Richmond over the weekend will not be the last, nor will it be the biggest. Charles Fishburne reports.
A nationally-recognized expert in childhood mental illness says there are 15 million children in this country who suffer from mental problems, and most will not get any professional help for it. Charles Fishburne talked with Dr. Bela Sood who is professor and chair of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
VCU’s Sheldon Retchin is named vice-chairman of the National Health Care Workforce Commission to help guide the President and Congress as the nation faces unprecedented health care challenges.
President Obama brought his mid-term election campaign to Richmond yesterday, his last stop on a three state tour where he talked about the economy, tax cuts and political obstruction. Charles Fishburne reports.
Chesterfield County has had a rash of cooking fires recently, some with serious injuries…and as Charles Fishburne reports, they have some suggestions to be safe.
A recent UVA study says demographics, not the economy is the reason for the collapse of the housing market, and as Charles Fishburne reports, it means the market may never be the same.
In Washington, Virginia Senator Jim Webb says Virginia has been "stonewalled” by the Pentagon nearly two months after Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the closing of the Joint Forces Command in Hampton Roads. Charles Fishburne reports.
The State Superintendent of Public Instruction is expected to announce this morning an initiative to explore wireless technology and digital textbooks in Virginia schools. Charles Fishburne has more in this Science Matters Report.
The White House confirmed yesterday that President Obama will be in Richmond tomorrow for one of his conversations on the economy, with middle class families…Charles Fishburne reports.
