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NCPR News Staff: David Sommerstein
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 David Sommerstein, NCPR's roving St. Lawrence Valley/Fort Drum/Tug Hill reporter, began his career in radio, strangely enough, as a high school Spanish teacher in Buffalo. While drilling verb conjugations and teaching a love for Latino culture during the day, he sat in as a late night jazz and Latin DJ at Buffalo's NPR affiliate, WBFO. The radio bug bit, and David found his way to southern Colorado/northern New Mexico (the Taos/Santa Fe area) where he was Program Director, Music Director, Volunteer Coordinator, and "Just About Anything Else You Can Think Of" Director at NPR affiliate KRZA. Since joining NCPR's news department, David has reported from the chilly deck of a St. Lawrence icebreaker, the power-chord filled stage of the High School Rock Band Festival, and the tense Albanian street market of post-war Kosovo with soldiers from Fort Drum. David also gets to fulfill his passion for music of all kinds when he spins world dance and groove music on editions of The Beat Authority. E-mail Recent David Sommerstein stories carried by NPR:
 December 28, 2008 | NPR· Life can be tough for any family when one parent deploys to Iraq or Afghanistan. But what happens when both Mom and Dad go to war at the same time? The Doney family found a creative solution. October 16, 2008 | NPR· Being married to someone in the military can be tough. There is the stress of repeated deployments, meaning managing the household alone. And it's hard to put down roots or build a career because the military usually requires people to move every few years. September 21, 2008 | NPR· The U.S. Army is nearing a grim statistic: The number of soldiers who committed suicide this year is on pace to be an all-time high. To draw attention to suicide prevention, Fort Drum Army base in upstate New York recently hosted a memorial march. September 21, 2008 | NPR· Suicides in the Army hit a record high last year. This year is on pace to break that grim benchmark. NCPR's David Sommerstein reports on a memorial march at Fort Drum Army base.(3:54)  August 6, 2008 | NPR· With heating oil prices projected to soar, homeowners in the Northeast are bracing for a budget-stretching winter. So are the people who deliver the oil. They are caught in the middle between global oil traders and anxious customers. August 5, 2008 | NPR· It's still hot outside, but Northeasterners are already bracing for the cold. Heating oil prices have almost doubled over last year. Kerosene and natural gas are up, too. Local officials are preparing for what they fear could be a drawn-out crisis this winter. June 29, 2008 | NPR· Sports blogs give fans more information about their favorite teams than ever before. Readers of a popular blog about the New York Yankees are now meeting in real life to watch a ball game. March 21, 2008 | NPR· With drunken-driving offenses spiraling dangerously out-of-control at Fort Drum as soldiers return from Iraq, the base commander orders the post newspaper to publish the names and pictures of the arrested soldiers in what he calls an effort to shame troops into changing their dangerous habits. March 16, 2008 | NPR· Sick and tired of bake sales to raise money for school projects? Try donkey basketball. Schools around the country are inviting the braying animals to put on a show in the school gymnasium. But not everyone thinks the donkeys are having as good a time as the fans. December 6, 2007 | NPR· A political backlash killed a plan in New York to give illegal immigrants drivers licenses. But that hasn't taken immigrants off the roads. Life without a drivers license has pros and cons for farm workers in rural upstate New York. |
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