CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Every Monday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio.

This week’s edition of “19 Newsmakers” features the Dolly Imagination Library and CLE Literacy.

Every Monday, 19 News anchor Brian Duffy interviews the people shaping the present and future of Northeast Ohio.

This week’s edition of “19 Newsmakers” features the Northeast Ohio Medical University, or NEOMED, and its global programs, which are in the news amid an ongoing crisis in Nepal following flooding that killed more than a thousand people

On this week's 19 Newsmakers podcast, 19's Brian Duffy sits down with North Coast Ventures.

On this episode of 19 Newsmakers, 19's Brian Duffy speaks with a Lakewood official who is continuing efforts to resolve power issues that have affected the city for years, after the aging electrical grid struggled to handle high temperatures last summer.

The city has been demanding answers from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, known as PUCO. PUCO sent letters to FirstEnergy asking the company to address the problems and produce a plan.

On this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy dives into the high-stakes debate over closing Burke Lakefront Airport and what it could mean for Cleveland students pursuing aviation careers.

Argonaut CEO Andrew Ferguson explains how his organization’s long-running partnership with the Cleveland Municipal School District uses Burke as a hands-on training ground for Davis Aerospace and Maritime High School students. More than 250 students have already come through the program, which gives inner-city teens direct access to aviation and maritime career paths.

In this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy speaks with Baiju Shah, president and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, about the economic future of Northeast Ohio. Shah outlines how GCP—one of the region’s most influential business and civic organizations with more than 12,000 members—is working to attract talent and drive sustainable growth in a $266 billion, 3.5-million-person regional economy. He breaks down the goals and early impact of the “All In” plan launched in 2022, and highlights how a highly engaged board of directors is leveraging its influence and unified voice to move major regional priorities forward.

In this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy is joined by Isaac Robb, chief urban program officer at the Western Reserve Land Conservancy, to talk about how the organization is preserving land and revitalizing communities across northern Ohio. Robb explains the conservancy’s core mission to “conserve, connect, and sustain,” and how that plays out in both large rural land preservation and smaller urban projects in local cities. He also details how the group has raised more than $900 million in the past decade to combat urban blight, including a partnership with the Cuyahoga County Land Bank that’s helping restore local control of properties and improve housing conditions block by block.

On this episode of “19 Newsmakers,” Brian Duffy talks with Scott Skinner, executive director of the North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation, about how the Cleveland Browns’ move to Brook Park has dramatically reshaped Cleveland’s long-discussed lakefront project. With the stadium gone, the amount of land available for redevelopment has nearly doubled, opening up a 50- to 60-acre site that Skinner describes as essentially a brand-new neighborhood on the water. He outlines the push to deliver a new master plan within 30 days, the decade-plus timeline for transforming the shoreline, and the goal of finally creating a lakefront that is not only built out, but truly accessible to all Cleveland residents.

Akron Mayor Shammas Malik joins 19 News anchor Brian Duffy on this episode of “19 Newsmakers” to talk about his agenda for making Akron’s streets safer and overhauling police use-of-force policies. Malik explains how proposed reforms are intended to build trust between officers and residents, and he connects the city’s broader economic challenges to the fight against gun violence. The conversation also highlights why the University of Akron is so critical to the city’s long-term future, from jobs and innovation to neighborhood stability.

Eric Chaffee, a Case Western Reserve University law professor, tells Brian Duffy that professional and NCAA sports leagues face significant risk management decisions when choosing to partner with gambling companies — and that transparency and state regulation are key factors in managing that exposure.