Melissa Gerr is a producer and contributor at WYPR's 'On the Record.' She focuses on a range of topics including cultural movements, the music business, the film industry, current and international affairs, and sustainable agriculture. Melissa's work has been featured in WYPR and Jmore.
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Melissa's work is primarily focused on local events and expert commentary related to culture, society, family, and relationships in the Baltimore area. She often seeks out personal stories that highlight community initiatives or issues affecting local residents.
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By: Sheilah Kast, Melissa Gerr
On the Record will end October 3. I’m indebted to you, our listeners and to all those who spoke with our small team during these nine years--to all who explained what they’re pouring their energies into and why others in Baltimore and Maryland should listen and care. I wish I could re-interview and catch up with everyone
By: Sheilah Kast, Melissa Gerr
Amit Peled (standing, far L) conducts the Baltimore-based Mount Vernon Virtuosi. It is an innovative chamber orchestra of exceptional young musicians who are in transition from their studies to a professional career. Photo: MVV
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during a news conference, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Baltimore. Photo: Nick Wass/AP
By: Sheilah Kast, Melissa Gerr
Former US Department of Justice pardon attorney Liz Oyer was fired in March, 2025 and since has amassed a following on Instagram, Tik Tok and Substack where she deciphers some of the legal and court-related actions by the Trump Administration. Photos: @LawyerOyer on Instagram
By: Ashley Sterner, Melissa Gerr
Ibis Coffin (Thoth), Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund. Photo: Gavin Ashworth, Brooklyn Museum
From L: James Earl Locklear, Minnie Sampson Maynor, Jeanette Walker Jones and Heyman Jones are featured in'Beyond Baltimore Street: Living Lumbee Legacies.' The photo and oral history exhibit opens at Eastpoint Mall on Indigenous Peoples Day, October 13, 2025. There is a reception, open to the public, at 6:30pm. Photo: Jill Fannon Prevas
Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president emeritus of UMBC, works with college, university, K-12, government, and business leaders as a consultant, lecturer, and speaker on such topics as leadership, STEM education, workforce development, and civic engagement. He spoke with On the Record about empathy. Photo: provided by FH
By: Sheilah Kast, Ashley Sterner, Maureen Harvie, Melissa Gerr, Lisa Morgan
From L: Co-host Ashley Sterner, former producer Maureen Harvie, producer Melissa Gerr and co-host Sheilah Kast sign off'On the Record' one last time. Photo: Lisa Morgan
Gazing around the hall at a roomful of about 80 energetic high school students last Wednesday night at Liberty Grace Church, Dr. Harriett Wimms offered thoughts of praise.
Just a few weeks before she passed away in September of 2017 at age 94, Elaine K. Winik said to her son–in-law, Kenneth I.
