When workers at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant voted on whether to join the United Auto Workers union, the vote story was part of a larger story for the South and the country - and part of Stephan Bisaha’s beat.
Stephan is a reporter, based in Birmingham, who covers wealth and poverty for the Gulf States Newsroom - a regional collaboration between NPR and member stations in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Last week, we shared his take on the vote here in Chattanooga.
Now, the rest of our conversation - on his background as a reporter and the Gulf States Newsroom.
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