Megan Hall
WHAT DO YOU DO, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU DONE IT? I’m the health care reporter at WRNI-Rhode Island Public Radio. I’ve been full-time since January, but I’ve been making radio in one way or another since 2000.
IF YOU’RE NOT A NATIVE, WHERE WERE YOU BEFORE YOU GOT HERE? I’ve been here on and off for eight years. I grew up in Portland, Oregon.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING 30 YEARS AGO? Glimmering in my parent’s eyes.
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO BE DOING 30 YEARS FROM NOW? Still riding my bike.
IF YOU HAD A VANITY PLATE, WHAT WOULD IT SAY? 1290.
WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? Getting my work on NPR.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND? Legacy of crazies and revolutionaries.
LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND? The winter.
COFFEE MILK OR DEL’S? Del’s.
ANY ANECDOTES INVOLVING THE NEWPAPER OR PROVIDENCE PHOENIX? The first time I met Ian Donnis, he repeated Elliot Jaspin’s description of Rhode Island as a “theme park for journalists.” That’s now one of my favorite ways to describe our state.
FAVORITE LOCAL DISH? Tuna melt on croissant at the Cable Car.
IF YOU DIDN’T LIVE HERE, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? Vancouver, BC.
FAVORITE FORMER PAWSOX PLAYER? Jacoby Ellsbury.
WHAT BAR/RESTAURANT/LANDMARK/PERSONALITY THAT HAS CEASED TO EXIST IN THE LAST 30 YEARS DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Ocean Coffee Roasters on Waterman Street. If my friends were working the counter, I got my muffins and mochas for free. They also had a great lentil soup.
PHILLIPE OR JORGE? Is it possible to tell the difference?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I’VE NEVER BEEN TO . . . Wright’s Farm.
FAVORITE PLACE TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL FOR A MOMENT OR TWO? Urban Edge Farm.
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE [OR HALF-FORGOTTEN] NIGHT OUT IN THE LAST 30 YEARS? About 15 of us sat on a large pile of construction debris off Eddy Street, drinking tea and listening to music synched in time with the flashing lights of the Narragansett electric towers.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PORTRAYAL OF RHODE ISLAND ON TELEVISION, IN A MOVIE, OR IN A BOOK?Family Guy.
WHAT’S ON YOUR WIENERS? All the way.
IF YOU COULD HAVE THREE RHODE ISLANDERS [LIVING OR NOT] OVER FOR DINNER, WHO WOULD THEY BE? Bert Crenca, Ade Bethune, and Salty Brine.
ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION AND ANSWER IT. How many light bulbs can you screw into Rhode Island? One, because there’s only Woonsocket!
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