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1/5 I've dreaded this day for many months and it's finally here. It's David Greene's last day at @NPR. I have had the great honor of editing @nprgreene for the last several years. To watch him interview people is nothing short of magic...
2/5 Within minutes, walls come down, hearts open up, and boom — it's like you enter another dimension of reality, where even the most stoic among us soften. But the real reason he's so loved by colleagues @npr and across the industry is because of who he is when the mics are off.
3/5 He's the mentor every young journalist dreams of finding. He's the dogged anchor every editor wants to unleash on the world. He's the careful and compassionate journalist every anxious source imagines confiding in...
4/5 Through it all, he has never forgotten that power really rests with people, not politicians ...
They are the stories and voices of factory workers, ranchers, doctors, students, coaches, immigrants, moms and dads that determine where this world will go.
They are the stories and voices of factory workers, ranchers, doctors, students, coaches, immigrants, moms and dads that determine where this world will go.
5. So, from your reporting in Russia, to your post at the White House and your years at @morningedition, thank you, @nprgreene for helping us understand who we are in this world in the best and worst days of our lives. You truly are a national treasure.
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