Eleanor Boudreau
ReporterI love living in Memphis, but I'm not from the city. I grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I spent many hours at a highly tender age listening to NPR as my parents crisscrossed that city in their car, running errands. I don't amuse myself by musing about the purity of destiny, but I have seriously wondered how different my life would be if my parents preferred classic rock instead of Car Talk.
I studied English at Harvard then spent a year dry-cleaning and writing poems. I went back to school because of my love for public radio journalism and got a master's in broadcast journalism from Columbia University.
I never seriously considered T.V. or print. I love conversation above images, or even words. I spent a summer working as an intern on NPR's opinions and editorials. When it came time to find a job, I mailed a slim envelop from D.C. to WKNO. Inside was a CD. I passed a breezy lunch break sitting in some grass, chatting with Candice and Dan on my cell-phone and when my internship was over, I drove halfway across the country. The rest, as they say, is history -- or, at the very least, it's archived on WKNO-FM's website.
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There are many reminders of Valentine’s Day in Senior Chief Dwayne Beebe’s small barracks room on the Navy base in Millington, including a teddy bear and…
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The job description of Tennessee teachers has changed in the past few years. As the result of education reform work in the state, half of every teacher’s…
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When the play “The Warriors” opens, an actress named Mary Hollis Inboden is on a date in a Chicago restaurant. As is often the case in the 21st century,…
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In his first State of the City address since being elected to a full term in office, Memphis Mayor A C Wharton said his measures to fight blight, crime,…
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The countywide school board launched its first ethics probe of a board member in recent history yesterday. The probe is the result of a complaint filed by…
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More than 50 years after a small recording company moved into a rundown movie theater on East McLemore Avenue and took the name Stax Records, a…
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Charles Scruggs was better known as “Mr. Chuck.” Scruggs’ educational children’s show Hello, Mr. Chuck! aired on WKNO from 1997 until 2009. Dressed in his…
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In Nashville today, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush sat down for what was billed as “a candid conversation” on…
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CEO of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Robert Fockler sees what he describes as a “bubble” of charitable giving this year.Last year, the…
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After Dave Carter retired from the Air Force, he started driving an 18-wheeler. When Carter is on the road (which is most of the time now) he sleeps…