Rick began his career in journalism working in radio in Phoenix, right out of Harvard. He was executive producer at KTAR Newsradio, still one of the biggest radio stations in the West.
After additional work as a newsroom manager, he grabbed the chance to be on the air as a co-host of "PM Magazine" in Hartford, Connecticut. The PM experience was a formative one. It's where Rick learned how to tell stories for television, and in long-form. PM features ran up to seven minutes in length. As a result, he earned a reputation for spinning yarns that might not always pass muster in the world of "a minute-30."
If you can count viewers as friends, Rick likes to joke he's trying to become America's favorite anchor one TV market at a time. But each new city has offered an opportunity to be involved in the making or re-making of a new hometown. In Spokane, Rick volunteered with Big Brothers and developed a lasting bond with his best friend Joe.
The best thing about TV news, Rick says, is the opportunity to tell stories.
He spent a day at the home of famed photographer Ansel Adams. He was a working member of the crew of Australia's flagship, HM Bark Endeavour. And in 1989, on a documentary shoot about the plight of the Northern Spotted Owl, he detoured to San Francisco to cover the aftermath of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
And now in Boise, Rick looks forward to documenting the extraordinary dynamism of life in the Treasure Valley. Intimately familiar with the people and places of the Panhandle, he wants to bring that same native curiosity to southern Idaho viewers.
By Rick DouglasPublished: May 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM MDTLast Updated: May 22, 2013 at 10:33 AM MDT
Actor George Kennedy continues his exclusive interview with KBOI 2News anchor Rick Douglas about his career in movies, especially the making of 1963's "Charade."
By Rick DouglasPublished: May 1, 2013 at 10:15 PM MDTLast Updated: May 6, 2013 at 8:11 AM MDT
A Boise man finds age is no obstacle when it comes to being passionate about his jazz drumming. But he also credits the friendship he has with his accompanist.
By Rick DouglasPublished: Apr 24, 2013 at 10:15 PM MDTLast Updated: Apr 25, 2013 at 11:28 AM MDT
The Dame brothers have built their fledgling eyewear company on a wing and a prayer but got more than they bargained for when they jumped into TV's "Shark Tank."
By Rick DouglasPublished: Apr 18, 2013 at 10:15 PM MDTLast Updated: Apr 19, 2013 at 12:38 PM MDT
A Mountain Home schoolteacher gives up teaching fifth-graders to return to the family business, but finds leaving the classroom behind is harder than he thought.
By Rick DouglasPublished: Mar 21, 2013 at 10:15 PM MDTLast Updated: Mar 22, 2013 at 11:39 AM MDT
At Boise's Dawson Taylor Coffee Roasters, turning raw beans into something worth drinking is a collborative enterprise. It takes a man with a keen eye, the sourcer, and his trusty sidekick, the apprentice, to create liquid gold.
By Rick DouglasPublished: Mar 7, 2013 at 11:15 PM MDTLast Updated: Mar 8, 2013 at 2:40 PM MDT
A Boise business not only recycles bottles, but offers a second chance at job security for female offenders and those who simply have fallen on hard times.
By Rick DouglasPublished: Feb 13, 2013 at 11:15 PM MDTLast Updated: Feb 13, 2013 at 11:59 PM MDT
It is a time for extravagant displays which often take the form of fireworks that light up the sky on New Year's Eve, as well as quiet rituals, like cleaning the house to rid it of bad luck and make room for the good luck expected in the coming year.
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