What's left to say after four hours of Morning Edition?
Quite often, there's plenty left to say. And I'd like to start talking about it with you instead of continuing to pester strangers on the street. You may be surprised to learn that there are people who don't know who Nina Totenberg is or who've never heard of "Climate Connections." Frankly, I'm getting tired of seeing those people run away from me. So I think a blog for like-minded Morning Edition fans is a better way to go.
I'm Maureen Cavanaugh and as you may know, I've been listening to Morning Edition for quite some time now. I've been the local host of the show for more than 10-years. Even after a decade, I find there's at least one story or feature report each morning that remains with me after the show. Usually, it's because the story told by NPR or KPBS reporters was amazingly compelling. Other times the report opened up more questions than it answered. And then, sometimes, it's because I wonder why we covered the story the way we did or why we covered it at all.
I'd like to share some of my observations about all these intriguing stories we hear each morning, and hear what you think. And, if you don't mind, I'd also like to share some of the flavor of our local Morning Edition show. You might be interested to hear the favorite surf lingo we're picking up from Scott Bass' Wave Watch reports. (If conditions are both junky and sloppy, watch out!) Or learn how accurate Dwane Brown's car is in determining the temperature at Lindbergh Field each morning. I hope we can have a bit of fun. And I hope I might be able to point out some Morning Edition stories you missed or might like to hear to again.
Just to get us started, let me mention a great feature report that aired this morning on potential state budget cuts to San Diego county schools . Local school administrators are very upset and reporter Ana Tintocalis told us why.
They tell me the first blog is always the hardest. We'll see...
