Tom was honored by the Jazz Journalists Association with the Willis Conover-Marian McPartland Award for Career Excellence in Broadcasting in 2019. In addition to hosting <a href="https://www.nepm.org/show/jazz-a-la-mode" data-cms-id="0000017c-79b6-d4f8-a77d-f9ff27b40001" data-cms-href="https://www.nepm.org/show/jazz-a-la-mode" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000179-e6da-d020-adfd-e7de0b110000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1710180803337,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-7cef-dbe0-a7fd-fcff6e840000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1710180803337,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-7cef-dbe0-a7fd-fcff6e840000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"linkText":"Jazz à la Mode","attributes":[],"attachSourceUrl":false,"item":{"_ref":"0000017c-79b6-d4f8-a77d-f9ff27b40001","_type":"a582b839-295b-38ac-8471-6f9eda5f0ffb"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"_id":"0000018e-2eb7-d110-a3ae-afffd7cb0000","_type":"c3f0009d-3dd9-3762-acac-88c3a292c6b2"},"_id":"0000018e-2eb7-d110-a3ae-afffd7c40000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">Jazz à la Mode</a> since 1984, Tom writes the jazz blog and produces the <a href="https://www.nepm.org/podcast/jazz-beat" data-cms-id="0000017c-79b6-d4f8-a77d-f9ff25950003" data-cms-href="https://www.nepm.org/podcast/jazz-beat" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000179-e6da-d020-adfd-e7de0b110000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1710180832556,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-7cef-dbe0-a7fd-fcff6e840000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1710180832556,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-7cef-dbe0-a7fd-fcff6e840000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"linkText":"Jazz Beat","attributes":[],"attachSourceUrl":false,"item":{"_ref":"0000017c-79b6-d4f8-a77d-f9ff25950003","_type":"4bea2466-9ee6-3fd3-8a89-acef2455aa6b"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"_id":"0000018e-2eb8-d9ff-ad8f-6efa49b40000","_type":"c3f0009d-3dd9-3762-acac-88c3a292c6b2"},"_id":"0000018e-2eb8-d9ff-ad8f-6efa49a80000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">Jazz Beat</a> podcast at NEPM. He began working in jazz radio in 1977 at WCUW, a community-licensed radio station in Worcester, Massachusetts. Tom holds a bachelor's degree from UMass Amherst, where he majored in English and African American Studies.<br/><br/><br/>Email Tom at <a href="mailto:tom_reney@nepm.org" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000179-e6da-d020-adfd-e7de0b110000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1710180906893,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-7cef-dbe0-a7fd-fcff6e840000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1710180906893,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017d-7cef-dbe0-a7fd-fcff6e840000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":"tom_reney@nepm.org","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"mailto:tom_reney@nepm.org","_id":"0000018e-2eb9-d202-a18e-bfb9a6850000","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a"},"_id":"0000018e-2eb9-d202-a18e-bfb9a6840000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}">tom_reney@nepm.org</a>.