Prairie Public Broadcasting has been covering a lot of territory in shooting a documentary about mercury and ocean fish. Tokyo's huge fish auction was one destination. The other day, CEO John Harris, the Director of Television and two videographers stopped by PBS Hawaii in Honolulu to say hello.
They'd left the freezing North Dakota winter for sunny Hawaii to get interviews with noted researchers and visuals of tons of prime fish coming into this American port on longline boats.
Our team took the Prairie Public crew into our TV studio for a look-see. We warm-weather weenies find the studio uncomfortably cold at 58 degrees. (It has an air conditioning problem we're hiring a contractor to correct.) But we didn't know if the chill would even register on the folks from Fargo.
We'd been in the studio about 10 minutes when John asked, "Can we talk outside where it's warmer?"
There you go. After all, who layers in Hawaii?
And now you know why the guests on the show that I host, "Long Story Short," are offered heating pads--and accept them. Wool scarves just don't go with aloha attire.
Prairie Public's documentary on mercury and fish is expected to premier on public television late this year or first thing next year.
I noticed how cold it was when I was doing a photo shoot with longtime PBS cameraman/photographer Joe Konno and your former colleague at KGMB, cameraman/photographer Ted Shibuya. But your staff was so very helpful with their warm presence that it made at least myself forget about the cold. Mahalo.
Posted by: AJ McWhorter | February 11, 2010 at 12:14 PM
Hi AJ, Ted and Joe are storied fellows in Hawaii television! Thank you for your nice comment about our staff. I feel the same way about these professionals' personal warmth. Hope your photo shoot turned out great! Leslie
Posted by: lwilcox | February 11, 2010 at 08:32 PM