Dan Moulthrop

executive director, The Civic Commons

Dan Moulthrop is the founding host of The Sound of Ideas, which airs weekday mornings at nine. He joined ideastream in 2005 as WCPNs local anchor of Morning Edition. Prior to joining ideastream, Dan lived in the San Francisco Bay area where worked on print, television and video projects, including co-authoring Teachers Have it Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of Americas Teachers (with Ninive Calegari and Dave Eggers; The New Press, 2005). He holds a masters in journalism from the University of California, Berkeley. Before turning to journalism, he taught English at San Lorenzo High School in California and a variety of subjects at the San Francisco County Jail. Dans journalistic work has been recognized by Public Radio News Directors, Inc., The Society of Professional Journalists, and the Press Club of Cleveland, among other organizations. Dan lives in Shaker Heights with his wife Dorothy and their three children.