CJD in the morning

Here that interview .I have always loved radio. In fact, my first connection with journalism was thanks to my stepfather who, when I was 13-years-old, would always play . There is a certain immediacy with radio. Of course, I love the printed word -- I get more magazines then you can imagine -- but I still love radio. If done right, it is a really remarkable medium.So it was interesting to see how it all works.I also got to work with the legendary , who wrote the federal column for the Washington Post for years before joining a dot-com. Actually, We both did the dot-com thing. We both worked at an online publication then called PlanetGov. Causey was the big draw, of course; I was PlanetGov's technology reporter.Causey now is part of WFED's morning team along with . And Norris was away this weekend at her nephew's wedding, so they asked if I would fill in.It was fun to get to try something different. They have a good team of folks over there. Of course, they have to wake up at before the crack of dawn, but WFED's program director Lisa Wolfe noted that if you are successful in radio, that's what you do -- you get to wake up early in the morning.Now... back to my day job.