Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A New Blogger.

With Evan gone, there has been a Making Noise power vacuum at SPR. In light
of this opportunity, I, Luke the production intern, have seized power.  But by "seized power," I mostly mean "volunteered to start writing for Making Noise."  But since I will be the new blogger at SPR, here’s a little info about me:

As mentioned, I am the community production intern here, which is a volunteer
position.  About a month ago, I started doing work for the station because I’ve
always enjoyed listening to NPR, and felt like I wanted to do my part after
congress voted to stop funding the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
Being unemployed, however, I had more free time than I had money, so
volunteering looked like a better option than donating.

I didn’t really know what to expect when I first came here, but I soon
found that everyone was quite friendly.  Mostly, it’s like a normal
office, wherein everyone has their own tasks that they’re working on in
their own offices, but nobody is so busy that they can’t take a little
time out to give some advice to a new production intern who can’t figure
out why the speakers on the editing station keep playing Beatles music
instead of what’s on the editor.

Speaking of production intern, I should probably talk a little bit about my
duties here.  When I signed up to volunteer, I put three smiley faces next
to the “Computer Help” box  because that’s the kind of thing I’m
good at.  Fortunately, they had a lot of that for me to do.  Primarily, I
put up podcasts onto the Spokane Public Radio website and do the same for
news stories.  I also write some promos, provide a little tech support, edit
audio, and I took photos of Carl Kasell’s performance when he came to
Spokane (more on that later).  I guess you could describe me as an “intern
of all trades.”

And now, I’ve volunteered to start writing for the SPR blog as well, and
that’s where I am.  I’ll be taking Evan’s place writing about the
daily life here at SPR, as well as interesting happenings.  Or, if
there’s anything you want to know about KPBX, KSFC, or KPBZ, or just general stuff
you want to hear about, let me know in a comment.

      Until next time,
      Luke