Cindy Han
Maine Calling ProducerCindy helps produce Maine Public's live call-in show Maine Calling, and sometimes hosts the show. Her first foray into journalism after graduating from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism was to intern with CNN in China in the wake of the Tiananmen Square massacre. She then worked in print journalism over the decades, as a factchecker, writer and editor, with publications ranging from the Los Angeles Times Magazine to the magazine of the National Zoo to a food trends magazine.
Her broadcast work has included doing radio news in college and in Taiwan, as well as reporting for a TV public affairs program at WQED in Pittsburgh. Cindy began working as a volunteer with Maine Public Radio’s call-in show Maine Calling when it first went on the air and stuck around until she came on board as a full-time producer in 2018. She is thrilled to be a part of a program that helps inform, engage and connect people across Maine—and beyond.
Before moving to Maine, Cindy lived in many different places, growing up in Ohio and Maryland, and later living in New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Maryland again.
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How music affects the brain, and how it can help our mental health (rebroadcast) -
How are Maine restaurants faring, what challenges do they face? And how restaurants play a role in social connection -
Authors discuss the intersection of writing and climate change, and how small climate actions can make a difference -
What it takes to make Maine's abundant outdoor recreation opportunities accessible to people of all abilities -
What to know about recent shark sighting off Maine's coast, and about the different species of sharks and what research and conservation is underway -
Community Land Trusts, or housing trusts, are working all over the state to create affordable housing. How do they work? -
What to do with family keepsakes and heirlooms, and best ways to preserve items of historic value -
We celebrate fair season by learning about the history of Maine's agricultural fairs and what they offer across the state -
What is happening with arrests, detentions and deportations in Maine—how is it impacting immigrant communities, and what legal questions are being raised? -
Why algal blooms form, how they harm Maine waters, and what can be done about them
