Tom MacDonald
Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia area resident who has worked in the area since the mid 1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief covering government and politics for more than a decade for WWDB-FM.
Tom has been heard on numerous stations in the region during the decade he worked for Metro Traffic, doing news, traffic and weather.
Tom has also been heard nationally, doing reports for NPR ,ABC News Radio, NBC Radio, and CBS Radio.
He has won the Associated Press award for his coverage of the protests of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia and a Religious Communicators award for a post 9-11 documentary he did with the late Peter Jennings.
Recent stories by Tom MacDonald:
- Unions call for action on river dredging, November 20th, 2009
- Holiday lighting will likely not go dark, November 20th, 2009
- Credit card perks are costly for consumers, November 19th, 2009
- Urban league offers small business loans, November 18th, 2009
- Rare Lincoln letter for sale in Philadelphia, November 18th, 2009
- Video raises concern over pigs' treatment, November 17th, 2009
- Pa. DEP hit hardest in layoffs, November 17th, 2009
- Dad Vail rows to Jersey, November 17th, 2009
- Project to make freight flow more freely, November 16th, 2009
- New Jersey home to lose front yard to road expansion, November 16th, 2009
- Willow Grove Military base to lose half its troops, November 16th, 2009
- Valley Forge park to thin deer herd, November 16th, 2009
- Teachers at Jewish day school strike, November 16th, 2009
- African-American firefighters sue union, November 13th, 2009
- New amnesty for parents owing child support, November 13th, 2009
- Phila tries amnesty for deadbeat parents, November 12th, 2009
- Hearing explores fate of homeless veterans, November 12th, 2009
- David Thornburgh: Strike is short term win for union, November 9th, 2009
- Mass transit returning to normal, November 9th, 2009
- UPenn begins work to create green space, November 9th, 2009
- Residents find new ways to get around, November 7th, 2009
- Robin Roberts remembers playing Yankees, October 27th, 2009
- "Turnpike" World Series divides the Garden State, October 26th, 2009
- Drive through flu shots fast and convenient, October 26th, 2009
- Digital television has poor reception, October 26th, 2009
- New Jersey's Governor's race is tightening, October 23rd, 2009
- Lucy the 65-foot elephant needs patch, October 19th, 2009
- Details of budget yet to be resolved, October 16th, 2009
- Prison labor concerns some in township, October 16th, 2009
- Rendell pushes for more green jobs, October 15th, 2009