Interview with Patrick Bales, Local Journalist

About this episode

In this episode, Natasha interviews local journalist Patrick Bales about the importance of community storytelling and his personal interests.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Bradford Banter, we sit down with Patrick Bales, freelance journalist with Village Media. In this conversation, we explore the realities of covering local news, why community storytelling matters, and what it takes to give a town its voice. We also get into some of Patrick’s personal passions — from vinyl records to baseball and wrestling. If you care about local news, community voices, or just love a good conversation about music and sports, th...

People in this episode

Host: Natasha

Guest: Patrick Bales

Topics covered

• local news
• community storytelling
• journalism
• music
• sports

Keywords

• local news
• community voices
• journalism
• vinyl records
• baseball
• wrestling

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Village Media

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