Who does Adirondack News at NCPR?

A comment by two anonymous Adirondackers on a recent In Box post, expressing concern that NCPR’s Adirondack focus was looking a little thin to them (especially given the generous investment in our Adirondack news endowment), led me to comb through our news database to see how we were covering the Adirondacks, and who was doing the coverage. The comment noted the absence of one of our Adirondack stringers (Jacob Resneck, who has been out of the area for an extended period) and the fact that Brian Mann, our Adirondack Bureau Chief, is reporting on a lot of stuff that has little to do with the Adirondacks.

The assumption, I think, is that if the story is not by Brian Mann or Chris Knight or Jacob Resneck, it isn’t part of NCPR’s Adirondack beat.

In fact, we are a small news operation, but that means that at times, the Adirondack region is everyone’s beat. Here’s what the numbers show, looking at NCPR audio stories that are keyed to the Adirondacks:

Brian Mann is clearly leader of the pack, posting 852 stories. But Todd Moe, whose primary beat is arts and culture, has posted 346 Adirondack features. Next is our Adirondack stringer Chris Knight, with 249 features. Following him are David Sommerstein, with 146 stories, Jonathan Brown with 115, Martha Foley with 104, Karen DeWitt with 41, and Jacob Resneck with 38. In addition, there are 342 Adirondack audio features posted by other reporters and contributors.

Brian Mann is also the most prolific contributor to the In Box blog, with many Adirondack news theme posts to his credit. Our Community Calendar is heavy with Adirondack events, and Adirondack listeners keep us well supplied with Photo of the Day contributions.

All in all, my opinion is that NCPR’s commitment to Adirondack news is stronger than ever, in this, the tenth year of the Adirondack News Bureau.