19 Newsmakers

  Ohio (WOIO) - Every Tuesday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people who are shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio. This week, we sat down with Anne Graffice, Executive Vice President of Public Affairs & Global Marketing at Hall of Fame Resort and Entertainment Company, to get an inside look at what's in store for Hall of Fame Village. New episodes of “19 Newsm...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Every Tuesday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people who are shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio. This week, we take a look at how Statehouse decisions on school funding could hit your district. New episodes of “19 Newsmakers” are available weekly wherever you find podcasts. Streaming every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on 19 News platforms.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Every Monday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people who are shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio. This week, 19 Newsmakers sits down with NEO SMART CEO Nick Barendt

Every Tuesday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio. This week, we sit down with David Gilbert to discuss tourism in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Every Monday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio. This week’s edition of “19 Newsmakers” features the Dolly Imagination Library and CLE Literacy.

Every Monday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio. This week’s edition of “19 Newsmakers” features the Northeast Ohio Medical University, or NEOMED, and its global programs, which are in the news amid an ongoing crisis in Nepal following flooding that killed more than a thousand people

On this week's 19 Newsmakers podcast, 19's Brian Duffy sits down with North Coast Ventures.

On this episode of 19 Newsmakers, 19's Brian Duffy speaks with a Lakewood official who is continuing efforts to resolve power issues that have affected the city for years, after the aging electrical grid struggled to handle high temperatures last summer. The city has been demanding answers from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, known as PUCO. PUCO sent letters to FirstEnergy asking the comp...

On this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy dives into the high-stakes debate over closing Burke Lakefront Airport and what it could mean for Cleveland students pursuing aviation careers. Argonaut CEO Andrew Ferguson explains how his organization’s long-running partnership with the Cleveland Municipal School District uses Burke as a hands-on training ground for Davis Aerospac...

In this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy speaks with Baiju Shah, president and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, about the economic future of Northeast Ohio. Shah outlines how GCP—one of the region’s most influential business and civic organizations with more than 12,000 members—is working to attract talent and drive sustainable growth in a $266 billion...

In this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy is joined by Isaac Robb, chief urban program officer at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, to talk about how the organization is preserving land and revitalizing communities across northern Ohio. Robb explains the conservancy’s core mission to “conserve, connect, and sustain,” and how that plays out in both large rura...

On this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy talks with Scott Skinner, executive director of the North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation, about how the Cleveland Browns’ move to Brook Park has dramatically reshaped Cleveland’s long-discussed lakefront project. With the stadium gone, the amount of land available for redevelopment has nearly doubled, opening up a 50...

Akron Mayor Shammas Malik joins 19 News anchor Brian Duffy on this episode of “19 Newsmakers” to talk about his agenda for making Akron’s streets safer and overhauling police use-of-force policies. Malik explains how proposed reforms are intended to build trust between officers and residents, and he connects the city’s broader economic challenges to the fight against gun vi...

Eric Chaffee, a Case Western Reserve University law professor, tells Brian Duffy that professional and NCAA sports leagues face significant risk management decisions when choosing to partner with gambling companies — and that transparency and state regulation are key factors in managing that exposure.

Kevin Clayton, Executive Vice President, Chief Impact and Equity Officer of Rock Entertainment, tells Brian Duffy what their team hopes will  happens with downtown Cleveland’s newest park.

Life expectancy in some Cleveland neighborhoods sits in the 60s, while residents in nearby inner-ring suburbs live into their 80s. Dr. David Margolius, Cleveland’s director of public health, tells Brian Duffy that nicotine products including vapes, Zyn pouches, and nicotine crystals are among the factors driving that gap.

Brian Duffy sits down with the Executive Director and President of the Cleveland Water Alliance Bryan Stubbs, who helped the CWA build what has become the worlds largest freshwater digitally connected test bed.

Brian Duffy sits down with Terry Coyne, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Cleveland office of Newmark, a prominent national commercial real estate firm. He is sharing some strong opinions on what's needed next in Cleveland, and what’s not.

Brian Duffy sits down with Brook Park Mayor Ed Orcutt, who just after taking office found himself in the middle of a massive negotiation to bring the Cleveland Browns to Brook Park.

Brian Duffy sits down with Downtown Cleveland Inc. CEO Michael Deemer as we look for answers about the growth of downtown as a neighborhood and a destination. Deemer tells us that challenges remain but they have a plan in place to make sure that population and retail growth continue.

19 News anchor Brian Duffy sits down with Cleveland mayor Justin Bibb to discuss his top priorities for the city.