
Xavier Lopez is an associate producer for WHYY’s The Pulse. Before joining the team he worked as a newsroom intern and then a freelance producer for WHYY’s daily news shows, The Why and Radio Times. He’s a graduate of The City University of New York’s Baruch College and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Xavier is very passionate about radio and podcasts. He loves bad TV shows, sad music and a good joke.
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