In our reporting through the summer of 2009, our news team concluded that we were hearing "new voices." A voice that says, "I can't find a job;" another voice that says, "I don't know where my next meal will come from;" and yet another that says "I've just lost my home." As the numbers of the jobless, the hungry, and the homeless continued to grow, we found that the names increasingly included those that we know. As a result, we have found ourselves "one degree away" from poverty.

We are in a unique position to go beyond the statistics and trends of the recession. Instead, we propose to engage. Engage with our community. Engage with our providers. Engage with our leaders.

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DON WIMBERLY

Don has been with Boise State Radio for 11 years. For 8 years, he served as the Network Production Center Manger at the College of Southern Idaho In Twin Falls. In 2006, Don moved back to Boise and is now a general assignment reporter in the Boise State Radio newsroom. Don has been active in broadcast journalism for 38 years. His first broadcast experience was as a college intern at an "all news" radio station in Denver, Colorado from 1971-1973. Don was drafted into the United States Army in 1973 and served with the Armed Forces Radio Network at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. In 1976 Don moved from Denver, Colorado to Twin Falls and worked at KLIX Radio as a journalist in the Magic Valley for 4 years. While working Twin Falls, Don met and married his wife Rosemary. In 1980, Don his new family moved to Boise for a news position at KBOI Radio. His news beats included the Idaho Legislature, the governor's office and Boise City Hall. After leaving KBOI in 1995, Don spent two years as a part time history teacher in the Meridian School District.