Evan Brandt

Evan Brandt is a reporter covering Pottstown, Pennsylvania for The Mercury. Brandt has received media coverage for being the newspaper's last reporter located in Pottstown.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Personal life

Brandt went to Pleasantville High School. After graduating college, he worked at suburban weeklies. Brandt started working at The Mercury in 1997.^[4]^[5]

Brandt is the biological son of writer Anthony S. Brandt and Barbara Brandt, and the stepson of Lorraine Dusky.^[4] His stepmother was previously a newspaper reporter.^[4]

Brandt is married to Karen Maxfield and has one son.^[4]

Selected works

According to The New York Times, Brandt has received 36 journalism awards.^[4]

In the early 2000s, Brandt exposed a chemical company's warehouse which closed and became part of Montgomery County Community College.^[4]^[6]

Brandt's coverage of the proposed Pottstown YMCA closure helped keep it open.^[4]^[7]

His coverage of the shortage of computers for disadvantaged students prompted a $60,000 donation.^[4]^{[citation needed]}

References

^ Blumenthal, Jeff. "Why the decline of suburban newspapers should matter to you". www.bizjournals.com.
^ Hildebrand, Kurt. "One lone reporter to another". www.recordcourier.com.
^ Pompeo, Joe. "The Hedge Fund Vampire That Bleeds Newspapers Dry Now Has the Chicago Tribune by the Throat". Vanity Fair.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Barry, Dan; Sakaguchi, Haruka (2020-07-10). "The Last Reporter in Town Had One Big Question for His Rich Boss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
^ Benshof, Laura. "In Philly suburbs, readers see more 'ghost newspapers' as hedge funds cut costs". WHYY.
^ US EPA, OA (June 11, 2020). "Pottstown Mercury: EPA helping convert Mercury building into 'boutique hotel". US EPA.
^ Twitter, Evan Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia com @PottstownNews on (17 December 2018). "YEAR IN REVIEW: Pottstown successfully fought to keep its YMCA open". The Pottstown Mercury. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[Bixxjournals-1] Blumenthal, Jeff. "Why the decline of suburban newspapers should matter to you". www.bizjournals.com.

[Courier-2] Hildebrand, Kurt. "One lone reporter to another". www.recordcourier.com.

[3] Pompeo, Joe. "The Hedge Fund Vampire That Bleeds Newspapers Dry Now Has the Chicago Tribune by the Throat". Vanity Fair.

[:0-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Barry, Dan; Sakaguchi, Haruka (2020-07-10). "The Last Reporter in Town Had One Big Question for His Rich Boss". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-20.

[WHYY-5] Benshof, Laura. "In Philly suburbs, readers see more 'ghost newspapers' as hedge funds cut costs". WHYY.

[6] US EPA, OA (June 11, 2020). "Pottstown Mercury: EPA helping convert Mercury building into 'boutique hotel". US EPA.

[7] Twitter, Evan Brandt ebrandt@21st-centurymedia com @PottstownNews on (17 December 2018). "YEAR IN REVIEW: Pottstown successfully fought to keep its YMCA open". The Pottstown Mercury. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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