I love NPR. I love the stories that reporters produce and the shows on the radio. I really enjoy the website that offers a variety of blogs and some web-only content while supporting radio pieces. I am excited that I get to be the photo person for the radio.
I have been a temporary worker at NPR for about two weeks now and it’s been great. My whole internship was great because there was a good balance of photo editing, shooting, and responsibility. I could still make a few intern mistakes but I had the responsibility to curate galleries and write blog posts.
The biggest transition I have felt moving from an intern to a temp was this project.
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/26/139952936/steve-jobs-the-man-at-apples-core
The web staff decided that it would be good to have a timeline of Steve Jobs’ career and I was the person to curate photos, write descriptions and figure out this tool to make a timeline. It took a surprisingly long time, but I received a lot of help from various people both in and outside my department.
The project took so long that it wound up not being featured with the story it was originally pegged to. I had to stay late and what was worse, that I was keeping someone outside my department late as she was helping me edit it. I felt awful that I was keeping her from her family and what was worse was our late work prevented us from getting it published.
While wallowing in my guilt, I realized that there will be nights as a new person in this industry where I will need to stay late. I will also keep others so they can help me learn and progress. I tried to scheme up ways I could repay her, but I decided that nothing physical would do. The only thing I can do is stay late to help someone else who is starting out.
I am excited for that point where I will be able to demonstrate my wisdom, or more so, my mistakes so that someone else can learn from them. I am lucky that there are people that are interested in me and willing to help when I have questions.
