Posts filed under 'NPR'
May 13th, 2008
last night when i was driving home from work, i heard a story by melissa block from npr, who happened to be in china for a series she’s working on for next week.
thanks to a historic, devastating earthquake, she’s covering that instead.
at the site, you can hear the earthquake hitting “live” and people’s panic thereafter.
more moving is her tale of a shattered school, where many children lost their lives. block worked hard to keep her composure, as the scene was so somber. it’s a reminder of the struggle we have as journalists to report the news while showing compassion. and that journalists can be affected by stories. just like the niu student newspaper staffers during this year’s shootings. the dart center for journalism and trauma visited them recently. i know that some of our staffers were shook up from covering the story, too.
March 17th, 2008
in case you missed it sunday:
the register star’s will pfeifer (aka, the movie man) was interviewed by allison keyes for npr’s “all things considered” for a story about the power of catwoman. when he’s not at the rrs, will writes for dc comics, and “catwoman” is his big gig right now. (my personal favorite series was “hero.”)
so check it out.
February 27th, 2008
check out this interview with david folkenflik, a former newspaper reporter who made the leap to npr as a media correspondent.
it was a good reminder that the basics of journalism are the same, but the nuances of reporting for the web, radio and newspapers are so different.
like he mentions the quest for clean sound. as we’ve learned about video, we’ve struggled with the same thing, especially when it comes to the wind.
February 12th, 2008
Want to watch a light-hearted NPR interview? Watch Cookie Monster in action. As a Sesame Street fan and a journalist, this was a fun interview.
