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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As early voting begins, we discuss election matters with Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. She answers questions about absentee ballots, voter registration, ranked choice voting, election security and more. She also addresses motor vehicle questions and other issues that she oversees. -
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A fascinating micro-animal that's also known as a "water bear," the tardigrade can survive the most extreme conditions -
Celebrating the many exceptional athletes that have come from Maine over the decades -
The challenges and joys of being middle-aged, and how to navigate the midlife years -
What birds to see during this migration season, and what to know about bird conservation -
How the tendency to think in black and white instead of embracing the gray areas is contributing to a divisive society -
The added challenges that women and girls with disabilities face, in Maine and worldwide -
How some residents of mobile and manufactured homes in Maine are trying to keep their housing affordable -
What to know about this common eye disease, and how to find support in Maine for vision loss
