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-With the wave of car Dealerships being ordered closed by GM and Chrysler, I visted one longtime Little Rock dealership on its final day as it worked to clear out its inventory. Click on the link to hear my report for KUAR, aired 06/09/09. |
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-During a discussion between
the Arkansas chairmen of the Republican and Democratic parties, the
GOP leader was introduced to a lawmaker who he's criticized for being
gay. Hear my report for Politics,
aired on KUAR 06/01/09. |
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| -A central Arkansas
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Chief is heading to Iraq for one year. He's not part of
the military, but decided to take a job with a military contractor,
despite the risk. With the link above you can listen to my report for
KUAR, aired 05/29/09. |
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-See my Previous
Reports page to read or download stories I reported in
my previous job in Florida with The Miami Herald. I started with the
newspaper in August 2003 as it began a radio department, which, provided
all local newscasts for NPR station WLRN. |
After 12 years in Miami,
most recently serving as Assistant News Director of The Miami Herald's
radio department, I'm happy to say that in May I returned to my hometown
of Little Rock, Arkansas. Today you can hear me on NPR member station
KUAR-FM 89.1. |
| In May of 2005 I had the
opportunity to interview country music legend Willie Nelson for a story
about his company BioWillie, which sells bio-diesel fuels. He was in
South Florida for a show that night with Bob Dylan in Fort Lauderdale
and was promoting the use of the fuel, which he says could help farmers
because it can be produced from various crops. You can click on the
image to the left to download an MP3 of the interview and view photos
from that day. |
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| I have a few train-related pages, including a Travel Story that I wrote for The Miami Herald in 2006 about riding Amtrak's Texas Eagle. I also continue to slowly expand my section looking at the long gone Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas, with recent photos and MP3 interviews with former employees. You can also listen to a half-hour program I put together in 2004 providing a radio tour of Miami's Gold Coast Railroad Museum and its impressive collection. |
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Details my 20 years in radio and news with photos
and MP3 audio from each station, network or newspaper that I worked
for. I started at a small town station in Arkansas, spent 12 years working
in Miami, and recently returned Little Rock. |
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While I love the convenience and quality
of my digital camera, nothing compares to the look of black and white
film. In this section I've put together a few galleries, focusing on
some of the more consistent topics I've shot over the years. |
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For about a year, in addition to my
regular show, I hosted a beat poetry and spoken word program on KABF
in Little Rock. I also took every opportunity to interview some of my
favorite writers and poets and have included those here. |
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few other assorted items I have include a a look at Mike
Huckabee that I put together in 2007 as he emerged as one of the
leading candidates for the Republican nomination for President.
This included interviews, articles, reports and photos from my days
of covering him in the mid-1990s when he was Lieutenant Governor and
Governor of Arkansas. I've also got photos of Miami's fascinating, long
shuttered Marine Stadium, which was
damaged by Hurricane Andrew, but is the focus of preservation efforts
by those who would like to see it reopened and restored to its former
glory.
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