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When I started at NPR 25 years ago things were very different. We were in the last part of the heyday of audio engineering, since we were still an analog shop. It took an acknowledged amount of skill to do what we did, & the bar was high. Then digital came along.
There was a perception that working with audio became easy. Producers & reporters could now record clean audio with a device not much bigger than a deck of cards, then manipulate it easily by using software which worked sort of like a word processor.
Management acknowledged this new era by reducing our numbers by almost 2/3rds in the Oughts. Since then we've fought to find our place in the organization. Slowly there has been an acknowledgement that audio is not as easy as they thought.
I know some of you are wondering what the heck was up @NPRWeekend today. It was a day unlike any I've experienced. Simple answer: multiple system failures, including audio routing and playback, scripts, email. Things started melting down in the 30 minutes leading up to the show.
Slowly, we lost our computer capabilities. We had no ability to access the stories the show had been working on all week. Five minutes before the show, our producer said, "What do we do?" I said, "Start calling our reporters and get them to talk about what they're covering."
I applaud Lulu for picking the perfect Sunday to be off. I almost didn't work today- it was my son's high school graduation day. NPR had offered me the day off, but I decided I'd go in and do the show, then head off to graduation. Little did I know what was to come...
Thread: Amazing things happen. There's a Jewish tradition of not leaving the body of the deceased alone from the time of death to burial. There is great reverence for the body & soul. My sister @healthnut64 was very concerned about Mom being alone after she died. Then I got this- 
It was from @petpaula, an @NPR fan & lovely person who just happens to follow me on Twitter. Paula serves as a Shomeret- someone who performs the mitzvah (good deed) of sitting with the deceased at the funeral home we selected for mom... She recognized Mom's name and let me know-
Mom arrived, and Paula sat with her & sang to her. And kept her company so Mom wouldn't be alone. Then Paula was listening to @NPRWeekend with @nprscottsimon on Saturday morning. She had no idea what was to come, but then she heard the lovely chat my sister and I had with Scott-
Two big announcements from us today …
tl;dr: 😢😃💪✏️🎙️📻
tl;dr: 😢😃💪✏️🎙️📻
First — after 3.5 years with @nprtraining and 15 (!) at @NPR, our colleague @ajmacadam will be leaving at the end of the month to try new things. We will miss her a lot! She’s made many lasting contributions to #pubmedia, including this: training.npr.org/audio/the-jour…
But in the spirit of turning 🍋➡️🍹, we are very excited to announce that our team is growing and we are hiring *three* people. If you want to push #PubMedia in innovative directions, read on. training.npr.org/blog/want-to-m… #pubjobs
