Shai Ben-Yaacov

sben-yaacov@whyy.org

Shai has covered stories across the region for WHYY on topics ranging from city politics to education to local sports figures. As newsroom producer, he proposes and edits daily stories for other reporters, along with contributing items to the newsroom as a general assignment reporter.

Shai began his radio career as a newsroom volunteer in 2004. He was the Production Assistant on WHYY’s local Morning Edition newscast for three years, during which the morning team won numerous broadcast awards from groups including the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists.

In addition, Shai was the local Sunday morning host for two years, and is a fill-in host for local afternoon weekday newscasts.

Recent stories by Shai Ben-Yaacov:

• When a pet dies from malpractice, September 7th, 2010
• Musical chairs at the SEPTA board, September 2nd, 2010
• New plan to cut Philadelphia's dropout rate, September 2nd, 2010
• Expert: Feds will pressure settlement for South Philly High, August 30th, 2010
• School unions set to start year without contracts, August 30th, 2010
• Bars and coffee shops help raise money for AIDS patients, August 26th, 2010
• Philadelphia schools all staffed up, August 24th, 2010
• Greene says he looks forward to clearing up accusations, August 23rd, 2010
• PHA director emerges, apologizes, August 20th, 2010
• PHA's Greene facing complaints and a PR nightmare, August 20th, 2010
• SEPTA says line specific text alerts are a work in progress, August 18th, 2010
• No charges in laptop spying case, August 17th, 2010
• Philadelphia Common Pleas courts to shuffle, August 13th, 2010
• Banks push overdraft protection before deadline, August 13th, 2010
• Philadelphia School District terminates longtime contract with CEP, August 10th, 2010
• Should we bring back the A's?, August 9th, 2010
• Contract doesn't prohibit Ackerman from releasing bonus evaluation, August 6th, 2010
• Decision time nears for council members who accepted DROP payments, August 3rd, 2010
• Biking to work hits 10% in some city neighborhoods, August 2nd, 2010
• Making sure driver history checks are complete, July 28th, 2010
• No Phillies protesting Arizona immigration law, July 27th, 2010
• School District: we'll have enough teachers, July 26th, 2010
• Philadelphia marks 20th birthday for A.D.A., July 26th, 2010
• Reverse mortgages rebounding with housing market, July 24th, 2010
• Rutgers declines request to grow medical marijuana, July 23rd, 2010
• In NJ, late tax bills slow property tax collections, July 22nd, 2010
• Tea Party pickets Pelosi and Biden in Philadelphia, July 19th, 2010
• Training for distance runs puts homeless men and women ‘back on their feet.’, July 19th, 2010
• Philadelphia cuts funding for vacant land reclamation, July 12th, 2010
• Second body recovered from Delaware River, July 9th, 2010