Nearly 50 Summer 2008 interns descend on NPR’s offices in Washington DC, New York City and Culver City California starting June 2. Overseeing Intern Edition this summer will be Executive Producer April Fehling, a graduate student at the University of Maryland. Intern Edition’s Managing Editor this summer is Jessie Gasch, who just graduated from Truman State University.

Six students from around North Carolina developed stories for the next gen project at NPR station WUNC in Chapel Hill in May. One student blogged  and built web content. The others did their own radio pieces.

Next Gen Project Manager Doug Mitchell and Technical Advisor Tom Krymkowski recently talked with PBS.org blogger Mark Glaser. They discussed the need for speed versus methodical learning of tools and style.

So, what’s does a hand drawn radio program sound like? Listen to the spring 2008 Intern Edition.