StateImpact PA and local organizations establish a partnership to reach diverse audiences on climate change

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  Scott LaMar has worked in both radio and television for more than four decades.
  
  Currently, LaMar is the Host and Executive Producer of The Spark program on WITF-FM, 89.5 & 93.3 in Harrisburg, Pa.
  
  Previously, LaMar was WITF TV’s Sr. Public Affairs producer and produced the station’s award-winning weekly public affairs TV program, Smart Talk.
  
  In addition to his on-air duties, LaMar has moderated political candidate debates, including those for candidates running for Pennsylvania governor and the U.S. Senate and was a regular contributor to BBC World News TV before and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
  
  LaMar often emcees or moderates local events and has gone as far as California to emcee a national event.
  
  The American Society of Civil Engineers honored LaMar with their national Excellence in Journalism award in 2020. He has been nominated for five Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.
  
  LaMar and The Spark have been recognized throughout the Central Pennsylvania community including ADVOZ Lancaster’s “Dignity in Dialogue Award”, the South-Central Assembly’s “Regional Citizen Award” and was named a “Humanitarian Hero” by The Humane Society of the United States/Pennsylvania.
  
  A native of Coatesville, Pa., LaMar has also worked as a broadcast news anchor, sports play-by-play announcer and manager.

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In this July 27, 2018, file photo, the Dave Johnson coal-fired power plant is silhouetted against the morning sun in Glenrock, Wyo.

Airdate: Monday, November 1, 2021

WITF and StateImpact Pennsylvania are partnering with four other media organizations, two institutions of higher learning and a theater company to inform a broad Central Pennsylvania audience and help find solutions to climate change.

This new collaboration  is called “Climate Solutions.”

It’s designed “to report on what’s working — or could work — to help us meet the challenges climate change presents and whether these solutions could be used in other communities.”

Learn more about the project on Monday’s Smart Talk. Appearing on the program are Scott Blanchard, Senior Editor, WITF News and StateImpact Pennsylvania, Amaury Abreu, founder Q’Hubo News, a Spanish language news organization in Lebanon, and Sharia Benn of Sankofa African-American Theater Company, Harrisburg.