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
African-American leaders call for cease-fire on Philadelphia streets
Group organizers push for stronger community ties to help bring an end to the rampant gunfire that claims victims almost daily.
7 years ago
Wilson Goode Way causes stir in Philadelphia City Council
Goode allowed police to drop explosives on MOVE's fortified rowhome in 1985 during a standoff with the radical back-to-nature group. That caused a fire that consumed 60 homes.
7 years ago
Avalon adds high-tech weather equipment for real-time storm information
Avalon has invested in tracking equipment that will allow it to make weather conditions easily available to residents of the borough at t ...
7 years ago
New law orders Philly restaurants to warn diners of high sodium
Philadelphia is only the second major city in the country to require sodium warnings.
7 years ago
Philly councilwoman urges regulations for city’s recovery houses
Cindy Bass wants the facilities for those struggling with opioid addiction to meet certain standards
7 years ago
Philly officials ring fireman’s bell to honor 9/11 victims, including first responders
The ceremony honored 23 New York City police officers and 37 New York Port Authority police officers who were among the 2,819 people who died that day.
7 years ago
Curtain to rise again at Philly’s historic Met in December
Facility will host a variety of shows, entertainment and weekly church services.
7 years ago
Sweltering schools bring up age-old infrastructure problem in Pennsylvania
The state put a moratorium on its reimbursement program for school construction in 2015.
7 years ago
In year of labor pains and gains, Philly union members march
One union grew with hundreds of newly organized workers at Philadelphia International Airport, while high court ruling diminished other ranks.
7 years ago
Massage Envy facing more allegations of sexual harassment, assault in N.J.
A suit's been filed on behalf of four who claim they were molested in New Jersey Massage Envy facilities.
7 years ago
Pa. begins audit of Temple University
State officials intend to review everything from tuition rates to the accuracy of academic statistics.
7 years ago
South Philly Turf Club in line to be one of first sports-betting operations in Pa.
The parent company of Parx Casino of Bensalem has put down a $10 million deposit to cover sports betting at its Bucks County location and the Turf Club.
7 years ago