They keep telling us radio is a visual medium because you have to evoke the images in the listeners' minds. The beauty of online is that you also get to see what we see for our 10 weeks here with NPR.
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Producer-Reporter team Jenny Lederer (left) and Jen Spyra interview an actor from the Capital Fringe Festival performance of
Luxury Lofts Coming Soon!
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Kira Neel passionately discusses her
Intern Edition story with, from left,
Intern Edition Managing Editor Arwa Gunja, Executive Producer Rita Garcia, and National Desk Producer Martina Castro.
Lars Gotrich
Michael Ehrie, left, plays the good-natured guinea pig for fellow interns Jamie Hammon and Nathan Taylor, who want to practice their interview skills.
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Laura Mirsch and Jacob Baum look towards the action (and studiously away from the camera, manned by fellow intern Jeremy Vanderknyff) at a Friday morning
Intern Edition meeting. (Watch the video:
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After successful interviews, Daniel Peters (right) checks his mini-disk for the sound he collected for his story on urban grocery stores.
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Interns take cover to wait out the torrential rains that descended upon the Washington area this summer.
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At Mehak Indian Restaurant, Nathan Taylor is a true storyteller. He forges on while trying to ignore all the cameras, including the one next to him commanded by Lars Gotrich.
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Interns were in attendance at a "Hear Now" event at Warehouse Theatre to hear NPR audio engineer Flawn Williams speak. Seated next to him is Independent Producer Neenah Ellis.
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Heather Smith takes notes at the "Hear Now" event.
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Derick Bowers, left, talks to his supervisor Camille Jefferson and fellow intern Shaun Roberts.
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Superman and Diet Coke give interns (from left) Stacey Loomis, Meredith Cook, and Jen Spyra energy during Brown Bag Lunches.
Lars Gotrich
Intern Michael Ehrie interviews Washington Post music critic Tim Page for his
Intern Edition story.
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Monika Evstatieva collects sound while out on an
Intern Edition story in Columbia Heights.
Maja Cholody
NPR West interns take a trip to Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe. "The views there were simply breathtaking," said Maja Cholody, who took this picture.
Meghan Maskery
Maja Cholody getting away from Los Angeles on their trip to Northern California.
Meghan Maskery
Maja Cholody on a kayak in Lake Tahoe. "Our kayaking skills sucked, but it was still a lot of fun," she added.
Maja Cholody
Meghan Maskery kayaking on Lake Tahoe. And later a fun day of sight seeing ensued.
Maja Cholody
The spectacular sunset on Emerald Bay, playground for the NPR West interns.
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NPR West interns join us (with varying degrees of technological success) for the intern brown bags speaker series.
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David Folkenflik, NPR reporter, shares advice and experience with interns about collecting good sound and solid reporting.
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From left, Rhitu Chatterjee, Anna Geismar-Bowman, Danielle Trusso, Jessica Skwir (standing), Stacy Loomis, and Jennifer Sloan prepare for their glamour shots outside the NPR building.
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Barbara Shepard (left) oversees the group photo efforts as Meghan Gallery (right), of Creative Services, photographs our intern group of 48. Jeff Swingle (in foreground), waits as the interns get into position.
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Pausing for reflection on a visit to the Smithsonian's American History museum.
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Talat Mangla and Nicole Beemsterboer leave the 635 Massachusetts Avenue premises (gasp!) for some yummy Thai food.
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Interns in the crowd at Silver Docs, a documentary film festival, in Silver Spring, MD.
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From left, Michael Ehrie and Daniel Peters make way for ducklings at the Eastern Market flea market.
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All Songs Considered intern Lars Gotrich serenades fellow interns on the Hill.
Photo courtesy of Rita Garcia
Intern Edition Executive Producer, Rita Garcia, and Managing Editor, Arwa Gunja, get their caffeine fix (and look how happy they are!)
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From left, Jenny Lederer, Nicole Beamsterboer and Derick Bowers arrive early for the free food(!) at the NPR Connections Mentor/Mentee Mixer.
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Roy Cose puts his MBA networking skills into practice at the NPR Connections Mentor/Mentee Mixer.
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Interns experience a Metro delay (of sorts) on their way to catch a Nationals game.
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Interns taking in a Nationals game.
Lars Gotrich
Jamie Hammon and Emilia Costa after a Konono No. 1 concert at the Black Cat.
Lars Gotrich
Nathan Taylor and the (classically-posed) Sarah Laskow. The smart NPR interns left the Konono No. 1 concert before suffering the consequences of too much dancing and too little A/C.
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Jeff Swingle and Sarah Laskow enjoy the reception after a farewell to Ombudsman Jeffrey Dvorkin and VP of Development Barbara Hall.
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The Capitol was the stage for the 4th of July show where Jason Alexander hosted and Vanessa Williams, among others, performed.
Daniel Peters
Nicole Beemsterboer and Daniel Peters sit on the Mall as they wait for the fireworks to begin.
Christina Tran
Interns stake out their spot on the mall on the 4th of July to see the spectacular sight of fireworks over the Washington Monument.
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Arwa Gunja (left) takes note of "good" sound as she conducts an interview at Radio Capital.
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Stacey Foxwell, left, takes over the floor from colleague Page Smith, back center, to continue a marathon history of public radio for her rapt (or confused?) intern audience.
Photo courtesy of Rita Garcia
Roy Cose and Rita Garcia converse at RFD. Project Manager Doug Mitchell took the digital media team out to celebrate the launch of the website.
Rita Garcia
Video Director Jeremy VanderKnyff and Music Director Lars Gotrich relax at RFD after a job well done...knowing there is more to accomplish before summer ends.
Christina Tran
Nicole Beemsterboer and Michael Ehrie entertain each other before their rendez-vous with other interns at a nearby Thai restaurant.
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Interns enjoy dinner out on the town (at the expense of a summer's worth of paychecks and subsisting on Ramen.)
Rita Garcia
Nathan Taylor, Jenny Lederer and Christina Tran pose with and for a camera at local tapas bar, La Tasca.
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After some very serious
Intern Edition talk, Jessica Skwir (right) advises Lars Gotrich to trim his hair at least every three months.
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Interns at play at Sushi-Go-Round.
Daniel Peters
Meredith Cook, left, and Nicole Beemsterboer relax at Banana Cafe and Piano Bar in the Eastern Market area.
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From left, Jennifer Spyra, Jenny Lederer, Monika Evstatieva and Kira Neel engage in some post-meeting discussion about their
Intern Edition stories.
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Jenny Lederer prepares tabletents for the Daniel Schorr Tribute Event to celebrate the Senior News Analyst's 90th birthday.
Jenny Lederer
(From left) Interns Eleanor Collins, Laura Mirsch, and Lars Gotrich listen to Emilia Costa's (foreground) story as they wait for the Dan Schorr event to commence.
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Jenny Lederer and Jeff Swingle discuss Dan Schorr's life within the historical context of America.
Jenny Lederer
Intern Jeff Swingle shares a moment with Senior News Analyst Ted Koppel as everyone queues for food at the Daniel Schorr Tribute Event.
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Lars Gotrich (far left) and producer Nathan Taylor (far right) listen critically as Jamie Hammon practices reading her script.
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Pet? Mascot? All we know is that a ten-week internship isn't long enough to cure our unfailing, startled jump at the sight of NPR's "Nipper."
Rita Garcia
(From foreground) Eleanor Collins, Kira Neel, and Roy Cose work with the program Dalet to lay-up their
Intern Edition pieces.
Rita Garcia
Producer-Reporter team Christina Tran and Daniel Peters prepare for a script edit.
Rita Garcia
Reporter Daniel Peters edits his script with Managing Editor Arwa Gunja.
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Project Manager Doug Mitchell explains the "clock" outlining the segments of a show at a meeting.
Rita Garcia
Intern Edition's flowchart tracked the progress of reporters, producers, and stories. In the beginning, "Studio School" took the lead!
