Marco_Werman

great question. it is not easy, especially the last 6 months. i took a meditation class this year. i do yoga every morning. i listen to lots of music and recall leonard bernstein -- "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." i try to remember that humans have been around for a long time, and i keep the faith that we as a species won't totally cash in our chips. but yes, it is challenging.

one of the great things about working for The World is our editorial independence. That is something I never take for granted, and knowing journos at other outlets (including corporate media), I know how rare it is these days. given that, i try not to think too much about the competition and how much it is a hard row to hoe at those places these days.

Hard to say, but 2 come to mind. My first big story: the assassination of Thomas Sankara, the president of Burkina Faso in 1987. Not fun, but a fascinating story. And second: getting into Libya for that brief moment of calm between Gadaffi being totally evil and getting killed - covering the total eclipse there in 2006.

a constantly moving machine of talented editors and producers feeding the beast. editors setting up reporter packages a day or a week in advance. producers coming up with killer ideas, and names of people who can deliver on those ideas in interviews. we meet at 830est with our london team on the phone, we hash it out for 30 mins under the guidance of our incredible show producers jeb sharp and clark boyd, and then we push on hellbent for leather to our 300pm deadline. somehow it all works.

let's talk about food some more.
favorite local hangout in my hood: central kitchen. favorite bar: river god's favorite chinese: dumpling cafe