Join us TODAY for WINK Listens at Blossom & Brie.<\/p>\n
We will be in Celebration Barn located at 8250 Nalle Grade Rd, North Fort Myers, from 8:00 A.M. until 12:30 P.M.<\/p>\n
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WINK LISTENS<\/p>\n
For some, it’s a problem they haven’t been able to solve.<\/p>\n
For others, it’s a question they don’t know who to ask.<\/p>\n
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And sometimes, it’s simply a story they want someone to hear.<\/p>\n
That’s why people across Southwest Florida continue to show up for WINK Listens.<\/p>\n
Lights. Cameras. Action.<\/p>\n
But the most important part isn’t the camera — it’s the conversation.<\/p>\n
WINK Listens gives community members an opportunity to sit down one-on-one with a member of the WINK News team, explain what’s happening in their lives, ask questions and bring issues directly to the newsroom.<\/p>\n
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The process is simple.<\/p>\n
Check in. Tell us why you came. Then sit down with a member of our team.<\/p>\n
“What I’ll have you do is sit right here,”\u00a0reporter Maddie Herron tells one community member as the conversation begins.<\/p>\n
People bring documents, photographs, videos and questions.<\/p>\n
“Is there a way you could figure out to send us that video?”\u00a0Chorus Nylander, Chief WINK Investigates reporter, asked.<\/p>\n
The issues are as varied as the people who bring them.<\/p>\n
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Some involve problems the WINK News team may be able to help investigate.<\/p>\n
One resident described questionable billing.\u00a0“The bills were up over $2,000,” she said.<\/p>\n
Other conversations take more time. Some questions fall outside the station’s expertise.<\/p>\n
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But every person gets a chance to be heard.<\/p>\n
During one conversation, WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar worked through a slightly different question.<\/p>\n
“Let’s actually start with number three. It says, ‘Make the world a little brighter.’ What you mean by that?”<\/p>\n
That’s part of what makes WINK Listens different.<\/p>\n
Not every conversation ends with an immediate answer. Not every problem has a simple solution.<\/p>\n
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But every story gets an ear.<\/p>\n
And sometimes, the people who come to WINK Listens want to make sure the station knows just how much that means to them.<\/p>\n
“We were the ones, ‘We love you WINK News,'” one woman said.<\/p>\n
There are serious conversations. There are questions that require follow-up. And there are moments that simply make people smile.<\/p>\n
“Reporting live, Caleb, WINK News.”<\/p>\n
“Reporting live, Christopher, WINK News.”<\/p>\n
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At its heart, WINK Listens is about making a connection between the people who live in Southwest Florida and the journalists who serve them.<\/p>\n
Bring your story.<\/p>\n
Bring your questions.<\/p>\n
Bring your concerns.<\/p>\n
We’ll bring the questions, too.<\/p>\n
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And most importantly, we’ll listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join us TODAY for WINK Listens at Blossom & Brie. We will be in Celebration Barn located at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210,4250,325,115,4326],"class_list":["post-427633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news","tag-charlotte","tag-lee","tag-news","tag-wink_listens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}