Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 22:10     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Anonymous wrote:So many of the WAMU 88.5 reporters (the local ones, not the NPR ones) have what I consider to be very annoying quirks.

Both Matt McCleskey, the main morning anchor, and Elliott Francis, who sometimes subs for him, have trouble reading their scripts, like they're fed on a prompter but the lines aren't coming through fast enough.

Meymo Lyons sounds like she's drinking whiskey and smoking cigars.

Michael Pope ends every segment with "I'M Michael Pope." I always picture him popping a blood vessel in his eye when he says it.

Martin Di Caro has a very soap-opera-esque quality and over-enunciates his tag line: "I'm Mar-Tin Di-Car-O."

Markette Smith over-enunciates to a tortuous degree. She also sounds spitty.

And Armando Trull sounds like he's doing his best impression of a reporter.

I do like Kavitha Cardoza though! Her voice is very soothing and lyrical.

I would think in a metro area this large, they'd be able to find reporters with fewer distracting tics.


I can't stand listening to Kavitha. She whistles or squeaks her s's in a fingernails on a chalkboard way.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 21:13     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Anonymous wrote:This post reminds me of how often I fantasize about making an NPR-Name-Generator!


Too late:
http://www.publicradionamegenerator.com/
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/your-npr-name

(Full disclosure, I work there)
-Kate Myers, NPR social media

(Too boring of a name for on the air)
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 21:01     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Anonymous wrote:Kavitha Cardozo reports whatever the local school authorities say about what they are doing and nothing more. She doesn't seem to question for a moment that there might be another side unless she is handed another side by an existing group.


Thank you! No analysis, no other side, no meat.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 19:59     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Oh good. I thought I was the only one who couldn't stand Cardoza!

I tend to switch to WTOP when they do local stuff and then switch bag for national news.

When I'm not listening to audio books because the news is dreadful.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 19:54     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Also not a fan of Kavitha Cardoza! And agree about Armando Trull.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:33     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Apparently Markette Smith was in the running to take over Regis's spot on "Live! with Kelly."

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/markette-smith-makes-top-four-in-live-with-kelly-co-host-contest-77952.html

Ooof.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:31     Subject: Re:Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Most of the local news reports -- especially those by Armando Trull -- are just reading news releases out loud. The only halfway decent story is when they interview Robert McCartney about local news.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:25     Subject: Re:Opinions on WAMU reporters?
New to the area and also surprised by the lack of polish and professional grace the local reporters have...are they students?
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:24     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
OP here. Hmm, I'm wondering if I'm so lulled by Kavitha's lilting voice that I don't listen to what she's saying.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:08     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Kavitha Cardozo reports whatever the local school authorities say about what they are doing and nothing more. She doesn't seem to question for a moment that there might be another side unless she is handed another side by an existing group.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:08     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
This post reminds me of how often I fantasize about making an NPR-Name-Generator!
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:07     Subject: Re:Opinions on WAMU reporters?
(Sorry, Cardoza.)
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 17:06     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Anonymous wrote:And Armando Trull sounds like he's doing his best impression of a reporter.


I agree. I wonder if that's why he gets assignments like interviewing the snowplow guys before a storm.

I'm also not a fan of Kavitha Cardozo. I find her grammatical errors (which may be no more frequent than those of other reporters) particularly jarring because she reports on education.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 16:28     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
Kavitha is the one person I hate, humorously enough. Have you ever heard her speak unscripted during the pledge drives? She's a half-wit.
Anonymous
Post 03/18/2013 16:19     Subject: Opinions on WAMU reporters?
So many of the WAMU 88.5 reporters (the local ones, not the NPR ones) have what I consider to be very annoying quirks.

Both Matt McCleskey, the main morning anchor, and Elliott Francis, who sometimes subs for him, have trouble reading their scripts, like they're fed on a prompter but the lines aren't coming through fast enough.

Meymo Lyons sounds like she's drinking whiskey and smoking cigars.

Michael Pope ends every segment with "I'M Michael Pope." I always picture him popping a blood vessel in his eye when he says it.

Martin Di Caro has a very soap-opera-esque quality and over-enunciates his tag line: "I'm Mar-Tin Di-Car-O."

Markette Smith over-enunciates to a tortuous degree. She also sounds spitty.

And Armando Trull sounds like he's doing his best impression of a reporter.

I do like Kavitha Cardoza though! Her voice is very soothing and lyrical.

I would think in a metro area this large, they'd be able to find reporters with fewer distracting tics.