Gerard Albert III

• Western North Carolina Rural Communities Reporter
• Blue Ridge Public Radio

Gerard Albert III covers ongoing recovery efforts of Hurricane Helene at the local, state and federal level. He is working with the FRONTLINE PBS Local Journalism Initiative on a year-long reporting project about storm recovery.

If you are using a state program to repair or rebuild your home or waiting on a buyout from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Program, he’d like to hear your experience. Please fill out this form or contact Albert directly.

He came to BPR two months before the storm as a Report for America corps member covering rural communities throughout western North Carolina.

Prior to BPR, Albert worked at WLRN – South Florida’s NPR station – for two years. He reported on affordable housing policy, local government accountability and the death penalty trial of the Parkland school shooter. He also covered the history of the Black community and criminal justice system in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

He earned a journalism degree from Florida International University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper.