My WAMU story about artist Matthew Best
Some months ago I was at the Whole Foods in Arlington and happened to notice the art on the walls in the cafe area, and the accompanying artist’s statement. The artist said his artwork was inspired by his hobby of foraging for edible wild plants. Immediately I thought, This could make a really cool radio story.
I tracked down Matthew Best and later interviewed him in his studio at the Arlington Arts Center. He took me to Roundtree Park in Falls Church and gave me a forager’s tour. Months later (my trip to Brazil intervened) I finally wrote, edited and mixed the story, and it aired on WAMU’s Metro Connection last week. It’s my first radio story since I left WFDD in 1999. (Wow.)
You can hear it here. (I asked WAMU whether I could post an MP3 so you don’t have to deal with their proprietary audio formats, but I’m not sure that they’ll oblige.) Also, I created a Flickr set of the photos I took of Matt’s art. (I would have liked to take pictures of our tour through the park, but I had my hands full with the mic and minidisc recorder.)
DouglasFresh said:
Jan 06, 10 at 6:29 pmYou are honestly the best reporter I’ve ever met. I always liked listening to your radio interviews and I think I sat in once on an interview you did.
Mike said:
Jan 06, 10 at 7:27 pmWow — thanks!