Tonight I'll preview my upcoming whirlwind trip to Africa and back. We have producers and camera crews already traveling with Bono in Rwanda -- and judging by the vocal and instantaneous response to the post from there on this blog yesterday, interest is high. Thanks to the heroic efforts of our Director Brett Holey, we were able to receive videotape pictures from Africa overnight that were sent by laptop computer -- we'll show Bono's travels so far and lay out the stakes. We will also hear from Rick Warren -- we had a fascinating conversation -- albeit by satellite, as I've not yet had the pleasure of meeting him -- and he has high praise for Bono and especially for their joint mission.
TANZANIA CALLING
Bono made our afternoon editorial meeting a bit different than usual today by calling into it from Tanzania (though we strongly suspect that traveling producer Subrata De put him up to it). Via speakerphone, he laid out the issues as he sees them, and described the scene in the Africa he's come to know. He warned us that while he was on the phone with us, 150 French tourists walked into the hotel lobby. The French love their part time rock star resident. It made for an interesting start for today's meeting. I can't say that has happened before.