Calvin Pynn
Freelance ReporterCalvin Pynn is a radio reporter, writer, and photographer based in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Originally hailing from the New River Valley, his career has been a continuous back and forth switch between radio broadcasting and print journalism. Before earning his bachelors degree in English from Radford University in 2012, Calvin held various positions at the university's radio station, WVRU 89.9, and was also the Arts and Entertainment Editor for RU's newspaper, The Tartan. From 2013 to 2015, he reported for The Southwest Times in Pulaski, VA. He has also contributed articles to The Roanoke Times, The Daily News-Record, and has also volunteered on air for Virginia Tech's radio station, WUVT 90.7, and recently for Staunton's community station, WQSV 106.3.
Calvin's reporting interests include business and technology, art and culture, human interest features, and the wider impact of social justice issues.
In his spare time, Calvin enjoys immersing himself in music - whether it's supporting local bands, going to major concerts, playing guitar, programming electronic music, or just listening to heavy metal. He also enjoys reading, riding his bike, and cooking.
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The pandemic has complicated this year’s fundraising for Our Community Place. Instead of a separate fall Gala and Christmas Concert fundraiser, OCP will…
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The Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic will close at the end of the year, after serving uninsured adults in the area for more than three decades. Staff…
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Counter-protesters, some of them members of local militias, weren’t the only people with firearms at recent Black Lives Matter protests in Broadway and…
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Police Chief Eric English is leaving Harrisonburg to lead the police department in Henrico County. English, who was Richmond’s police chief before coming…
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Just one week into the Fall semester, JMU announced that all classes will go online for the next month, and residents on campus are being sent home.…
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Senator Mark Warner sat down with Harrisonburg community leaders on Thursday to discuss health care concerns and explore solutions to the pandemic crisis.…
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Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Luray on Saturday calling for the mayor's resignation after he shared a racist post on Facebook. WMRA’s…
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Thousands of workers across the country walked off the job on Monday to demand racial and economic justice for workers. In Harrisonburg, more than 200…
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The pandemic. An unemployment crisis. Daily reckonings with police brutality and systemic racism in America.... These days, people of color are…
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Governor Ralph Northam announced yesterday that Virginia will be the first state in the nation to adopt emergency workplace safety standards in response…