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Frank Prosnitz brings to WhatsUpNewp several years in journalism, including 10 as editor of the Providence (RI) Business News and 14 years as a reporter and bureau manager at the Providence (RI) Journal. Prosnitz began his journalism career as a sportswriter at the Asbury Park (NJ) Press, moving to The News Tribune (Woodbridge, NJ), before joining the Providence Journal. Prosnitz hosts the Morning Show on WLBQ radio (Westerly), 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, and It’s Your Business, also on WBLQ, Monday and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Prosnitz has twice won Best in Business Awards from the national Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW), twice was named Media Advocate of the Year by the Small Business Administration, won an investigative reporter’s award from the New England Press Association, and newswriting award from the Rhode Island Press Association.

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Podcast: A conversation with Doug Key, founder of Rogue Island Comedy Festival

by Frank Prosnitz October 3, 2017March 3, 2021
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Rogue Island Comedy Festival features TJ Miller, sometimes known as the “Mucinex Man”

by Frank Prosnitz October 2, 2017March 3, 2021
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Gladstone Elementary fifth graders receive instruments from Festivals Foundation

by Frank Prosnitz September 28, 2017March 3, 2021
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Podcast: Discussion with Chris Maxwell, President of Rhode Island Trucking Association

by Frank Prosnitz September 20, 2017March 3, 2021
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Podcast: A conversation with Richard Price

by Frank Prosnitz September 19, 2017March 3, 2021
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Podcast: A conversation with Javier Juarez – DACA program

by Frank Prosnitz September 18, 2017March 3, 2021
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Podcast: Discussion with Brenda Nienhouse, Executive Director of the Newport Opera House Theater & Performing Arts Center

by Frank Prosnitz September 6, 2017March 3, 2021
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Green Party Senate District 13 candidate misses campaign finance filing deadline

by Frank Prosnitz August 16, 2017March 3, 2021
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RI Board of Elections likely to collect only small portion of $3.6 million owed in campaign fines

by Frank Prosnitz August 9, 2017March 3, 2021
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Campaign fundraising sluggish in race for Paiva Weed’s Senate Seat

by Frank Prosnitz August 4, 2017March 3, 2021
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Podcast: A Conversation with Swati Bhise, Choreographer of Newport Bridgefest’s ‘A Bridge Together’

by Frank Prosnitz August 3, 2017March 3, 2021
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Podcast: A Conversation with George Burton Before His Newport Jazz Festival Debut

by Frank Prosnitz August 2, 2017March 3, 2021
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Democratic Candidates Spending Increases in the Days Before the Senate District 13 Primary Election

by Frank Prosnitz July 14, 2017March 3, 2021
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Rhode Island’s signators to the Declaration of Independence

by Frank Prosnitz July 3, 2017March 3, 2021
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Democrats in Senate Race Actively Fundraising; Lining up Support From Prominent Dems around RI

by Frank Prosnitz July 2, 2017March 3, 2021
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A Conversation with Christian McBride, Artistic Director of Newport Jazz Festival (Part 5 of 5)

by Frank Prosnitz June 26, 2017March 3, 2021
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A Conversation with Christian McBride, Artistic Director of Newport Jazz Festival (Part 4)

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by Frank Prosnitz June 23, 2017March 3, 2021
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A Conversation with Christian McBride, Artistic Director of Newport Jazz Festival (Part 2)

by Frank Prosnitz June 19, 2017March 3, 2021
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A Conversation with Christian McBride, Artistic Director of the Newport Jazz Festival (Part 1)

by Frank Prosnitz June 18, 2017March 3, 2021
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by Frank Prosnitz June 4, 2017March 3, 2021
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by Frank Prosnitz May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
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by Frank Prosnitz May 24, 2017May 24, 2017
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