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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You can get some very different answers when you ask someone, “What does it mean to be Basque?” -
"Sunday in the Park with George" runs July 11 through Aug. 2 at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival and the two lead actors join Morning Edition to talk about the production. -
Public media is under threat after the U.S. Senate passed an amended version of the rescission bill that would eliminate $1.1 billion in previously approved funds for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting. It now goes back to the House. Boise State Public Radio received about 20% of its budget from CPB in FY 2024. -
Idaho organizers call it 'something small' and 'meaningful,' but the hero is very big and very green“We can stay up late ... and in the morning, I'm making waffles.” -
“We reached an agreement with Turo, and those vehicles are allowed to park in any of our public parking facilities when those transfers occur." -
This Idaho playwright is reflecting on wolves, Hemingway, and the real drama of being hit by a truck“I’m wondering in that moment, ‘Am I awakening the ghost or is the ghost awakening me?’” -
As families step away from the 2024-25 school year, school districts across Idaho are ramping up their plans for the next – and more than a few are wrestling with the idea of possibly joining the growing list of districts who have adopted four-day schedules. -
Nearly every county in Idaho held a consolidated election on Tuesday. More than two dozen Idaho school districts asked voters to approve funding, either through levies or bonds. In total, they added up to nearly a quarter of a billion dollars, with a handful passing across the state. -
"I've had hundreds more people who were kind and generous and embraced me with love than I ever had people being vicious to me." -
“Anti-Semitism tends to be the canary in the coal mine. When it starts to become more visible, that’s when we’ll also start to notice an increase in other types of hate and bias incidents across the board.”
