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Self-proclaimed 'science geek' takes the weather industry by storm
For eight years, Paul Goodloe has been one of the iconic faces of The Weather Channel, the increasingly popular and important cable network. A native of New Rochelle, N.Y., Goodloe was influenced early by the New York blizzard of 1978. He was also influenced later by Janice Huff of KRON in San Francisco, who became his mentor, while he was a graduate student at the University of California at Berkeley.
With a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas, and after stops at television stations in San Luis Obispo, Calif, Houston and St. Louis, Paul joined The Weather Channel in April 1999.
He is now one of six on-camera meteorologists for The Weather Channel, and as far as the NABJ Journal can determine, the only one to ever make People Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" list. Fresh from the golf course, and on his way to work, he spoke with the NABJ Journal about weather and how the science geek became beautiful.
Q; What do you like about The Weather Channel?
A: I like that it is all about the weather. At the typical TV station you have to fight with the so-called breaking news, the politics. At The Weather Channel, all we talk about has to do, (in) some way, with the weather. Our breaking news is the weather.
Q: So what is a good news day for you?
A: It is tough talking about that. An active day means a bad day for someone. Someone losing their home, or worse than that, losing a loved one. So it is very tough talking about a very active weather day for me. We get up for the big storms.
Q; Was Katrina the biggest story you have had?
A: That was one of the big stories, because we had an incredible hurricane season that year. After Katrina, we had Rita. We had Wilma. Even the year before we had all of the storms hit Florida.
Q: Is most of your work done in the field?
A: Most of my work is at the anchor desk.
Q: You have worked in California, Texas and St. Louis. Were you always in weather?
A: Yes.
Q: What...