About

Maureen Green

For nearly three decades I broadcast the news in Syracuse, NY at WTVH-TV and briefly, at WSYR-TV.  I had a thrilling career interviewing newsmakers, and traveling, sometimes internationally, to bring the news home to Central New York.

I was fortunate to be honored with numerous professional awards for my reporting and with two lifetime achievement awards recognizing the body of my work through the years.  I got some silly attention too, like “Best Hair” from the Syracuse New Times.  Recalling how I used to hijack all conversation at the dinner table, my dad joked that he couldn’t believe I found a job that paid me to talk.  It was all so fun.

The most meaningful part of the job was in meeting ordinary people who were all extraordinary in some way.  I thank each one of them for granting me an interview, sometimes under traumatic circumstances, and the countless others who watched from home then complimented my work from the line at the bank or the grocery store or the mall.  Having grown up in New England, I will say Syracusans are the friendliest, most welcoming people in the country.   It must be all that snow.

My glorious ride came to an end with the start of the recession in December of 2007 and indeed it followed for everyone at WTVH-TV in March, 2009 when the entire news operation of my historic station came to an end.

Now like so many others I’ve moved online.  I have a home-based business writing for this blog and for others, with a specialty in Search Engine Optimization.  I produce and perform video blogs as well as edit scholarly text for graduate and Ph.D. students worldwide.   Best yet, I can be home to prepare an early dinner for my family for the first time in almost 30 years.

To navigate this site, you’ll find my most recent articles listed on the column at right.  To access earlier works, simply scroll to the bottom to find the words “previous entries” shaded in gray, click and keep going.  Be sure to participate in my daily poll and leave a comment after the articles to tell me what you think.  It’s my way of keeping in touch with the many wonderful people who invited me into their homes each day. I am grateful for your continued interest in my work.