Before becoming senior news analyst, Sally Mauk spent three decades as Montana Public Radio's news director.
Sally retired in late May, opening the door - and a lengthy search process - for a new leader who will guide the MTPR newsroom into the future.
And that person is Eric Whitney. Whitney comes to Montana from Colorado where he spent over 20 years working in various Public Radio positions. One of them was news director at the NPR affiliate in Colorado Springs.
Whitney's also an experienced and well-versed freelance journalist.
He tells Edward O'Brien that health care issues are of particular interest to him.