Hello again,
It is Wednesday, the morning after our season premiere. I just wanted to take a moment to thank so many of you for your kind notes over the last few weeks and especially thank you for your support of WIDE ANGLE. We have seven more programs to go this summer and one especially great challenge ahead.
I leave on July 4th for Jordan to report and shoot a piece on the tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees who now live there, as well as the million or so in Syria. Their plight is a huge and complicated humanitarian story, and as a reporter, I am eager to see it and report on it and bring it home to air in mid-August. But the trip is more than just a reporting journey. The American in me knows and understands that we have a special responsibility to know about and offer assistance to these people. Whatever you may think about the ongoing war next door in Iraq, these refugees are victims and deserve both compassion and help. So the citizen in me is eager to tell the story as well.
And then there is the father in me. I am taking my 19-year-old daughter Gabby along. She wants to be a reporter these days and the opportunity to show her what we do and how we do it is exciting. I am hopeful that she will tell you her story in this space by blogging about her experience on our website. Hey, a dad can hope.
Again, thanks so much for your notes and either I or the kid will keep you up-to-date on our journey to the Middle East.
Aaron Brown
New York
July 2, 2008
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It’s great to have Aaron Brown back on television; I’m looking forward to more programs.
Great news about Gabby! I bet dad is proud right about now. I enjoyed the first Wide Angle program and I’m looking forward to the rest.
Very much enjoyed your first program. A young girl in our local high school here in Cincinnati convinced Nick Clooney to come to her school and give a presentation about Darfur. The word is out but it is shocking to hear that there are those who are just now hearing about Darfur. How do we, as private citizens, help? Perhaps getting those handmade pots into our marketplace to help support those women trying to support their families? I believe a similar program was instituted in Afghanistan with handmade rugs. Supporting those women will help to provide food and education for their children and we should all know by now that education is the basis for bringing a country forward. I have my TiVo programmed for the next episodes of Wide Angle. So good to have you back doing what you do best. Safe travels to you and your daughter and crew. Know that your work is appreciated.
I have been waiting for your return for two very long years. I always appreciated your balanced reporting of the Middle East on ABC and liked the Whip on CNN. For you to return to my news source of choice is terrific!
Wonders of wonders….Aaron Brown is back…I look forward to many insightful programs which will help (us) all viewers of Wide Ange and PBS programs to better understand issues that this world faces. Continue to ask the tough questions and demand high standards from your Wide Ange production teams. “Good night and good luck…” (Ed Murrow). [Greg Osborn - Eugene, Oregon /-semi-retired video-documentary writer/editor]
Aaron,
So good to see you again. I’ve missed you each night. You were the calm in my day. Good luck on this new program. Look forward to watching you.
Oh, Mr. Brown, I have missed you. Welcome back. You were a voice of sanity through 09/11 and I will never forget your work during those troubled days that followed. I hope PBS will let you fly and free you from the constraints of commercial television. When you are on air, I’ll be watching, listening and best of all, learning.
I am simply delighted to see Aaron Brown doing excellent work again. I regretted his departure from CNN, which is no longer worth watching for serious journalism, and look forward to future broadcasts of Wide Angle with one of the best journalists in America! Go Aaron! but I hope you and Gabby will be very careful in the Middle East…..
Aaron,
How great you’re hosting Wideangle!!! I can only mirror what has been said by others, your fans have been waiting a long 2 years for this. Thank goodness PBS has recognized your fine, honest and forthright talent. I’ve boycotted CNN since you left.
It is so good to see Aaron Brown again. I sure missed him when he left CNN. Neither my husband nor I can stand the machine gun, rapid fire pace of the other reporters there and do not watch anymore. Bless you Aaron, look forward to seeing you on PBS.
Also glad to see Aaron back, but after watching tonight’s episode (Japan), I’m wondering what his contribution is. What’s the point of having him just introduce and conclude films narrated and apparently reported by others? It’s as if Frontline was turned into Masterpiece Theatre, with Aaron playing the Alistair Cooke role.
What a great surprise old friend! I caught the end of your show. Hope you’ve been well. I dig the hair!
I was so pleased to hear your voice again, Mr. Brown! Your report on Iraq and the survivors was heart-wrenching and also so informative. I look forward to your next program!
Delighted, no, elated to ‘happen upon’ a familiar voice and measured thoughtful style the other night near the end of the program about China’s education drive. We’ve missed you! We’ll try to catch Wide Angle regularly and hope that you’ll continue to ’show up’ on television doing what you do best.