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'The Salt' Blog Host ProFile: 'I Got To Share Coffee With The Whole World'

Maggie Starbard
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NPR

My name is... Maria Godoy

NPR employee since... 2003

Public radio listener since... 1999. I started listening to KQED when I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, and it was a revelation. I thought: NPR — that's the kind of journalism I want to practice.

My job at NPR is ... amazing. I'm a senior editor and the host of the food blog, The Salt. I get to pursue so many interests — health, science, culture, politics, business, technology, environment, art — through the lens of food. As a journalist, I've covered many of those beats in some capacity before (I've got a pretty wide-ranging curiosity). So I feel incredibly lucky to have a job where I'm free to explore them all.

I use social media to... keep up with what people are actually talking about and join the conversation.

In my suitcase, you'll find... the leaning tower of New Yorker magazines that I haven't had a chance to read since my son was born. (Three years' worth!)

I've learned the most about blogging from... Scott Hensley, our multi-talented health blogger. He's a great mentor.

If I could share a coffee with anyone, it would be... I think I got to share coffee with the whole world recently, metaphorically speaking, including Jerry Seinfeld, during our recent Coffee Week series.

I always smile when... just about all the time. I come from a family of very gregarious Latinos.

I'm not as Pollyannaish as I sound. (Previous answer not withstanding!)

My biggest cooking challenge is... the same as it is for many of us: time. Luckily, I have a wonderful husband who's pretty handy in the kitchen.

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Maria Godoy is a senior science and health editor and correspondent with NPR News. Her reporting can be heard across NPR's news shows and podcasts. She is also one of the hosts of NPR's Life Kit.