Charles Wohlforth
Host of Hometown, Alaska and 1on1
Education:
BA in English, Magna Cum Laude, Princeton University, 1986
Professional background:
Author of ten books and freelance writer of numerous articles, including Discover, Outside, and The New Republic, 1993 to present. Member of the Anchorage Assembly, 1993-1999
Awards:
More than two dozen national, state and local awards for writing. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology, 2004.
Why I became a journalist:
I always knew I would be a writer. I come from a literary family with many writers, and my parents have been leaders in local and state affairs since the mid-1960s.
Why I got into public radio:
I volunteered at KSKA as a high school student at Steller Alternative School, in the first year the station was on the air. That evolved into a job as a board operator and reporter when I graduated from high school in 1981, my first paid employment. I haven’t been involved in broadcasting since, when I returned to do Hometown, Alaska in 2009.
Contact:
cwohlforth (at) alaskapublic (dot) org
