As the nation marks 50 years since the remnants of Hurricane Agnes ripped across Maryland, WBAL-TV’s Tommie Clark stopped by the Conowingo Dam to interview me about the destructive storm’s impact on Maryland. The Weather Service downgraded the hurricane to a tropical storm by the time it hit Maryland on June 21, 1972. But…
Category: Media Interviews
Mike Dixon, a public historian, is often asked to do media interviews on his areas of scholarship for radio and television stations, magazines, and newspapers.
Dixon Talks to WBOC About Tracing Your Family Genealogy
SALISBURY — Aug 20, 2021 — WBOC’S Delmarva Life talked to Historian Mike Dixon about tracing your family genealogy. Ever want to find out more about your roots? There’s one particular spot at home where historian Mike Dixon says you should start, and you’ll have a blast digging up the memories. We learn that secret…
Talking About Murder and Railroad Accidents with WBOC
Tuesday, WBOC’s Delmarva Life asked me to stop by the Salisbury studio to talk about terrible railroad accidents and crimes, a time when murder and mayhem rode the rails on the Peninsula. In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, trains were the dominant form of transportation and unsettling accidents and violent deaths…
Bringing Communities Together to Remember Tragedies: Southern Flight 242 in New Hope, Ga & Pan Am Flight 214 in Elkton, MD
This afternoon while driving home from the University of Delaware during a heavy downpour, I listened to Transom, a new public media show. The broadcast, “Southern Flight 242: Bringing My Father Home” by Will Coley, was the piece that had me attentively listening as the rain came down. In it, an audio documentarian digs deeply…