If you’re a dedicated public radio listener than the dulcet tones of long time journalist Corey Flintoff are familiar to you. Flintoff retired in October after 27 years with NPR. He got his start in public broadcasting at KYUK in Bethel and then for APRN in Anchorage before he was hired by NPR to be a foreign correspondent. Flintoff says his first assignment was in New Dehli where he had easy access to officials within India’s government, but his last assignment in Moscow, not so much. Flintoff says he routinely asked for comment from the Kremlin for every story and was turned down for every story. He also knew it was likely his phone and computer were monitored. He said he and a Russian colleague were followed by two middle age plainclothes police officers recently when they were after a story outside of Moscow.
Long time NPR journalist and former Alaska Public Radio Network reporter Corey Flintoff retired in October after more than three decades in broadcast journalism.
Lori Townsend is the news director and senior host for Alaska Public Media. You can send her news tips and program ideas for Talk of Alaska and Alaska Insight at ltownsend@alaskapublic.org or call 907-550-8452.
