George Prentice
Morning Edition Host/ReporterExpertise: Journalism (broadcast and print), public speaking/storytelling, creative writing, film criticism, nonprofit management, advocacy for high-risk youth
Education: St. Bonaventure University
Highlights
- I love to work hard on things that matter
- I’ve had a lifelong love affair with telling other people’s stories
- Yes, I wake up in the middle of the night to go to work, but I’m blessed to have the best job in my profession
Experience
Since my childhood, I’ve been fascinated by nearly everything and everyone. So, I really didn’t have much of a choice other than becoming a journalist. As a result, I have seen and shared countless moments of joy and sorrow. And I have always believed that the best stories to tell are what I call “kitchen table” stories. Simply put, that means taking the most mundane piece of news and finding a way to explain why it matters, and how it might actually change people’s lives.
As a reporter, I have found myself in aftermaths of natural disasters, covering national politics at political whistle stops in every corner of the U.S., at a NATO armed forces exercise in the North Sea, the launch of two space shuttles (and the explosion of one), 6 Olympics, 4 Super Bowls and more than a few film festivals. I’ve witnessed an execution and have reported from behind prison walls in three states. While on a “sabbatical” from journalism, I once managed the largest group home for children in Idaho. And there isn’t a day that goes by that that experience doesn’t inform how I look at government, systems of care, legal entanglements, epidemics of cruelty and miracles of kindness.
Email: If you have a story tip, please feel free to email me.
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“It has been through the efforts and hearts and hands of so many phenomenal individuals that we have arrived at this moment.” -
A new investigation finds sexual abuse inside Idaho’s women’s prisons has been widespread — and largely ignored. Over the last decade, at least 37 corrections employees have been accused of abusing women in custody, with few facing criminal charges. -
A six-part investigative series uncovers a disturbing pattern of sexual abuse by prison guards against women inmates in Idaho. -
“I think if you asked ten neighbors, you'd get ten different expectations.” -
“These songs have a home in this band. They require company ... togetherness.” -
Jimmy Kimmel is back and so is fall television! -
“Democracy means letting someone shout at the top of their lungs for a position that you would spend your whole life arguing against, at the top of your own.” -
“The assassination of Charlie Kirk on a college campus … he was doing what is central to what we do in this country and that is debated. Things have become too inflamed. “ -
The Emmys are set for this weekend, a beautiful new film is about to open and there's a new Downton Abbey film on the way! -
"Everybody wants to know two things: what's our oldest tree and what my favorite tree is."
