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NCPR News Staff: Brian Mann
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 Brian Mann grew up in Alaska, where he fell in love with public radio. In 1999, Brian moved to the Adirondacks and helped launch NCPR's news bureau at Paul Smiths College. "I love the chemistry of water and mountains," Brian says. "But I'm also pretty crazy about village life in the north country. It's the kind of place where you know your neighbors." Brian lives in Saranac Lake with wife Susan and son Nicholas. He's a frequent contributor to NPR and also writes regularly for regional magazines, including Adirondack Life and the Adirondack Explorer. Recent Brian Mann stories carried by NPR:
December 29, 2008 | NPR· The American Management Association teaches executives how to run their businesses effectively and ethically in tough times, offering training seminars around the country. But AMA is also cutting its own staff, hoping to weather a deep recession. December 17, 2008 | NPR· New York Gov. David Paterson has unveiled a plan to cut his state's $15 billion budget deficit. The plan includes closing some state prisons and cutting more than 1,300 prison jobs. Many communities rely on the prisons for jobs and worry that the closures will bring high unemployment to already struggling areas. November 17, 2008 | NPR· The loss of tax revenue from Wall Street is triggering a wave of government cuts in New York state. In Malone, N.Y., those government jobs and services fuel the local economy. October 31, 2008 | NPR· In the northeastern United States, bats have been dying by the thousands, struck down by a strange ailment called "white-nose syndrome." Researchers have identified a previously unknown fungus that flourishes in the cold and that may be a cause of the syndrome. October 31, 2008 | NPR· A newly-discovered fungus may be the source of a deadly plague sweeping through bat communities across the country. Researchers have reported a 75 percent decline in populations among many northeastern species of bats. August 29, 2008 | NPR· Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, saw bloody action in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary Wars But now the privately owned museum and battleground is fighting for its own existence. The fort could be forced to shut down or sell off key artifacts. July 19, 2008 | NPR· Americans don't buy a lot of foreign novels, but go to any neighborhood bookstore and you'll find whole shelves devoted to international comics. In fact, more than half of the graphic novels sold in the U.S. are foreign-language imports. July 15, 2008 | NPR· Financially savvy travelers are parking the RV and hopping on motorcycles this summer. Where are they ending up? In northern New York — meaning extra tourism money as well anxiety for the area.  May 26, 2008 | NPR· Mothers who serve in the Army are required to leave for war as early as four months after their babies are born. Some lawmakers and military officials say the Pentagon should expand maternity benefits as a way of keeping the best recruits. May 6, 2008 | NPR· Four of New York's six species of hibernating bats are suffering from "white-nose syndrome," which is decimating bat populations throughout the Northeast. Biologists from New York's Ulster County go underground as they try to work out what is killing the bats. |
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