WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region 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, filing 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.
More from the Contributor
Hearing set to block Philly from mandating paid sick leave
A hearing is set Monday in Harrisburg on a bill that would block Philadelphia from demanding employers offer paid sick time to their work ...
12 years ago
Just back from a trip to England and Israel, Mayor Michael Nutter is going back on the road. Mayor Nutter says it started wh ...
12 years ago
Listen
Marathon security in Philadelphia to be tightened
Security will be heightened Sunday for the Philadelphia Marathon in light of the bombing a ...
12 years ago
Listen
Philly City Council tightens security to stop protests
Philadelphia City Council is used to verbal fights more than literal ones, but still council’s president is beefing up security.&nb ...
12 years ago
ListenPhilly councilman attempts charter change to make a point
A Philadelphia councilman says he wants to change the City Charter to prevent the Nutter Administration from using a short-term contract ...
12 years ago
Listen$400,000 fines proposed in fatal Philly building collapse officials say was avoidable
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two contractors in connection with the Philadelphia building collapse that ki ...
12 years ago
ListenNutter joins mayors in urging Pa., Ga. and Wis. governors to expand Medicaid
Three big-city mayors, including Mayor Michael Nutter of Philadelphia, joined in on a conference call to push for their states to expand ...
12 years ago
Listen
Will name change help ex-offenders find jobs?
Philadelphia’s government wants to stop calling people who served time in prison “ex-offenders” and start calling them ...
12 years ago
Listen
Billboard rules advanced by City Council committee
Because Philadelphia’s 2012 major overhaul of zoning rules did not address billboards, Philadelphia City Council is updating regula ...
12 years ago
Trade mission to U.K., Israel will benefit Philadelphia, Nutter says
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is back from his trade mission to England and Israel. And he’s very happy with the results. ...
12 years ago
Pa. welfare secretary brings bad budget news to Philadelphia
Pennsylvania’s Public Welfare Secretary traveled to Philadelphia to warn social service providers about looming federal budget cuts ...
12 years ago
Listen
Hotel financing plan advances in Philly, but not without opposition
Opinions differ sharply over a plan for 700-room hotel in Center City Philadelphia. Some see it as crushing the competition, while ...
12 years ago
Listen