Friday afternoon, I was in Canton getting ready to pledge pitch as we pushed toward the end of the spring membership drive. <\/p>\n
Jackie Sauter — who out news-junkies the news team — was the first to pick up on wire reports out of Binghamton that something horrible had happened.<\/p>\n
I had shown up in Canton wearing my Carhart work pants and a two day growth of beard. (That’s why I’m in radio.)<\/p>\n
I had no equipment, not even a cell phone.<\/p>\n
So when NPR called and asked NCPR to scramble fast to help out in Binghamton, Ellen Rocco chipped in her phone. Radio Bob Sauter loaned me his personal laptop.<\/p>\n
Joel Hurd found a field-recording kit and cables.<\/p>\n
I was on the road in a quarter hour. (Fortunately, I had a couple changes of clothes still in the pick-up.)<\/p>\n
I connect these dots — the pledge drive, the team at NCPR, and my work here in Binghamton — because the dots ARE connected.<\/p>\n
NCPR does great journalism because we have incredible people on our staff, with deep experience. <\/p>\n
And we have that team because thousands of our neighbors chip in whatever they can to support us — $5, $1,000, jars of honey, whatever.<\/p>\n
You get what you pay for, right? <\/p>\n
Part of what listeners get for their generosity, naturally enough, is our work: the best radio and journalism we can manage. <\/p>\n
But you also get our true gratitude and friendship. It’s an honor to be working with (and for) all of you.<\/p>\n
And now…I can’t wait to get home.<\/p>\n
–Brian, checking in from Binghamton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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