Inside Albany Bios:

David Hepp is founding producer/reporter of Inside Albany with over 30 years of experience in television news. He is a recipient of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award for excellence in television journalism as well as awards from Associated Press, the American and NYS Bar Associations and the NYS Broadcasters Association.

Two of his documentaries were part of U.S. CHRONICLES, a PBS series hosted by Jim Lehrer. Hepp holds degrees from Siena College and Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Lise Bang-Jensen joined Inside Albany in 1987 as reporter-producer and co-host. She and her colleague David Hepp "rescued" Inside Albany after public television stations, citing financial reasons, cancelled it in July 1995. At the time, Inside Albany had been on the air for more than 20 years, making it one of the longest running TV programs in the nation.

Buoyed by the support of viewers, they formed an independent production company and raised money to return the program. Inside Albany resumed broadcast five months later in January 1996 when the legislature returned to town.

Prior to joining Inside Albany, Lise was a newspaper reporter. Her articles appeared in the Albany Knickerbocker News, Boston Globe, Empire State Report, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Ithaca Journal. She also contributed weekly commentaries for New York Public Radio.

She has won numerous journalism awards, including from the NYS Broadcasters Association, United Press International and NYS Publishers Association.

Gary Glinski

Gary Glinski Is a graduate of Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications. He also attended SUNY Brockport. Gary has been with Inside Albany for 22 years. He now directs the program.

Gary's background is in animation. He has produced many animated shorts including several opening sequences of Inside Albany.

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