When I made the trip to the Navajo Nation for the LOE story, I made a swing south to get some tape for a story on Payday Lending in the state. I did a New Mexico News Connection story on it, and after the New York Times published a story about the situation in the state, I realized the story obviously had national potential. I just had to find a way to do one better than the NY Times. Not sure I succeeded, but I do think I put together a pretty decent story, that is scheduled to air Friday, I believe on Morning Edition, although it could be on Day to Day.
January 27, 2007
January 12, 2007
Navajos Oppose Coal Plant: Living on Earth
This was my first story for Living on Earth, a great show formerly distributed by NPR (they’re with PRI now), that I’d been trying to crack for almost a year. I originally pitched this story to NPR’s National Desk, and I was so convinced they’d want it that I took off driving to the story before I even heard a reply. 45 minutes into the trip I ran into a blizzard and turned around. Serendipitously, NPR rejected the pitch after all, but LOE picked it up a week later, and I was off again.
Everything fell into place on this one, and I came away with like 10 hours of sound that took a full day to weed through, just to produce a 6-minute story! I think it turned out well. Ingrid Lobet is a great editor to work with. Thanks!
