THE AMERICA DESK 6
NADINE PETROV What My Grandmother's Hands Knew Heritage, resilience, and the things that survive everything
NADINE PETROV What My Grandmother's Hands Knew Heritage, resilience, and the things that survive everything
TOMAS WHITFIELD Two Flags, One Country Identity, belonging, and what it means to be from anywhere and everywhere.
PAT LIANG The Stories We Don't Tell Until It's Almost Too Late Family, silence, and the cost of waiting far too long.
JORDAN OKAFOR The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing Money, meaning, and what we actually spend our lives on
DIANE SULLIVAN What Small Towns Know That Big Cities Have Forgotten Community, belonging, and the wisdom of engagement
Marcus Rivera, Male Correspondent
BACKGROUND
Grew up in San Antonio, worked two jobs through community college before landing a local TV gig. 20 years in the field. Dad of three. Coaches youth soccer on weekends.
VOICE
Straight, no-nonsense delivery. Asks the question everyone at home is thinking but is afraid to say out loud.
REPRESENTS
Working class roots Latino community Middle America
FROM THE AMERICA DESK. One story per a correspondent . Timeless to be true today, next year, and future generations.
These timeless evergreen stories have no expiration date. They were written and produced by Roberto and edited by Claude for our finest correspondents Marcus, Diane, Jordan, Pat, Tomás, and Nadine.
The stories have absolutely no expiration date whatsoever.
Time goes on and waits for no one. For sixty years, Americans have enjoyed watching 60 Minutes, but that was then and time may be running out. Looking back at my early childhood, say sixty years.
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