Here's a final web-only piece from my three-month Digital News rotation about an Iranian-American (and Princeton alum) who was released from prison earlier this month after challenging the convictions against him related to complicated U.S. sanctions laws against Iran. During my rotation, I was able to write accompanying sidebars to many of the pieces that I converted from radio script to webtext (called web buildouts), made some timelines, a slideshow, blogged and did my own reporting, writing and research. And of course, I learned a lot about about how and why NPR.org is "the best radio affiliated website". 

I'm guessing I'll still be actively involved with the web team as I move throughout the building. Moving to WATC now -- looking forward to helping produce the show every weekend! 

I learned a lot this week about writing/producing for radio, I'm so glad we get two weeks of training as Kroc fellows before we get sent to our rotations. (I start in Digital News and will be there for three months before moving to Weekend All Things Considered). 

Criticism of the above practice piece by editors-to-be at NPR: 

1) Montage wasn’t effective/didn’t add to it
2) Saying Hilda’s ethnicity was unnecessary since it’s not relevant to the piece
3) Didn’t set up the scene well on the avenue
4) Story wasn’t specific enough — should have focused just on one thing

… the critique went on (feedback was very helpful), but this was a last-minute story after I accidentally deleted all of my audio on another story I had just finished reporting (learned my lesson!) and it was the weekend of the hurricane and the trains were shut down, so I was pretty limited …

If you want to listen to something I had time to produce/think through from WPRB, check out an older piece about recidivism in NJ:http://www.wprb.com/news/2010/05/23/1003

Week one at NPR = lots of training, an earthquake, hurricane evacuation planning, audio editing/production and meeting lots of famous radio personalities in the building.