Breaking News

Well, folks, my first big story aired today-- the headline is: "News intern investigates dishwashing crisis." Can you tell that it's tongue-in-cheek?

To get me warmed up on the equipment and software they use here, they assigned me a sort of "faux" news assignment-- basically, when I arrived last week, Rob (my boss, news director) told me to interview his kids to "get some tape." So I did. Here's what I ended up with: http://www.kcaw.org.

I was simply charmed by the response-- the piece aired twice today, and we got a whole bunch of responses. People stopping by the station during the day (all day long there are different music hosts, so there are constantly people passing through) commented on it, and 3 of Caitlin's friends (that's Rob's daughter), asked to see her hands (you'll get that when you listen). Apparently it also unleashed a fresh controversy in the Woolsey household over whether or not Sam has decent music taste.

Enjoy. It was fun to produce. Next up is the piece I'll be recording tomorrow, as I tag along on the "Sitka Sound Adventure Race," in which a bunch of handmade boats compete in a 25-mile race. Yeah, I'll be the one riding in the back of a skiff, shielding my camera from the ocean spray.