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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“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.” -
"As the night goes on, it gets darker and everything becomes a little bit more sacred. And there we are once again, as a community … an audience and a group of storytellers." -
"What will change in the future is just having Central District Health coming in and confirming and affirming what we’re doing from a safety perspective." -
"A 32% tariff ... would be a big hit on our 30-year-old espresso recipe. And this is on top of an historically high coffee market.” -
“The [anti-vaccination] presentations are more effective in bamboozling the audience rather than educating.” -
The president is now pushing tariffs on movies made outside the United States. -
“Insurance companies would think, ‘Well, it not a necessity. All you need is a basic leg.' And that’s not true. It’s actually discrimination.” -
“We’re through the roof. This is our first movie to be played with a full theatrical run.' -
“Our top students aren’t finding jobs. Many companies are imposing hiring freezes.” -
“It has left us in a spot of scrambling to figure out what to do in a relatively short period of time.”
