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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Our movie critic George Prentice is here with What to Watch this weekend. -
"At first, companies were willing to eat the cost of tariffs; they just can't any longer." -
“I think if you ask most of the legislators, ‘Did you realize that you voted on this?’ My guess is that they would probably say no,” -
"I have a long life ahead of me ... unless, of course, I don't." -
“We get incredible raves about how easy it is to shoot here, how talented our crew is, and how supportive the community is.” -
‘This story is about not living in your full authenticity, and how that can get you killed." -
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.”
