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Paul Hunton is the President of North Carolina Public Radio 鈥� WUNC, a National Public Radio member station licensed by the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill.
Mr. Hunton has two decades of experience in the media industry. He is a four-time Emmy-winning documentary director and producer. His film credits include 鈥淭hrough the Repellent Fence, which he produced and was showcased in the Documentary Fortnight series at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and screened at South by Southwest (SXSW). He directed and co-produced 鈥淏etween Earth and Sky: Climate Change on the Last Frontier, 鈥� which was featured at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation鈥檚 Capital, the world鈥檚 oldest environmental film festival, and broadcast on PBS stations nationwide.
He co-created and produced the popular YouTube series 鈥淕lobal Weirding,鈥� hosted by world-renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D. He has over 200,000 followers on TikTok.
Hunton has served on the national Board of Directors for PBS, was the Chair of the Board of Directors for Texas PBS, and is a board member of Vision Maker Media, an organization dedicated to empowering and engaging Native people to share their stories.
He holds a Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Broadcast Production, Film, and Television from Eastern New Mexico University and a Master of Arts in Mass Communication/Media Studies from Texas Tech University.