We are NPR junkies...we will be listening for you!!
Nancy
Joe Crawford
· 3 years ago
that is great, andrew. really great. i wish we lived closer so we could hear you. will any of your stuff be podcast?
Tom
· 3 years ago
Andrea,
Congrats! That rocks!
- Tom
Tom
· 3 years ago
Ok, so I'm a typing idiot today... of course I meant to address you as Andrew and NOT Andrea... sorry.
- Tom
Andrew Phelps
· 3 years ago
Leah,
The new Web team at KPBS was formed on the very day I started working there this week. The entire Web site is getting dumped and retooled. KPBS does podcast, and all of my stories are online.
Melina
· 3 years ago
I am smiling from ear to ear. Gosh, after all the crappiness I've been going through the past 24 hours, reading your entry here was just BEST! SO BEST! Congrats to you Andrew!!!!!!!!!!! (!!! x infinity)
oso
· 3 years ago
Crazy. Don't be shy about linking to your reports.
Joe Crawford
· 3 years ago
maybe i don't understand how to search the site because i can't find you anywhere.....
Andrew Phelps
· 3 years ago
Leah,
Well, at the moment, one of my stories is the very first one on the home page -- about homeless vets receiving free services. (But the sound is not there, for some reason.) To look through archived stories, click the link to "KPBS News" and scroll through. You can then click "Advanced Search" up at the top-right and search by byline.
alex
· 3 years ago
Congrats on the hiring Andrew, welcome back to beautiful SD.
Amory
· 3 years ago
f*ing YES!!
(That's wonderful. Congratulations.)
Amory
oso
· 3 years ago
So finally ... I get to hear you live on the radio and this is my question: is there an official academy of public radio pronunciation? There is huh? The way an extra syllable finds its way into the important words .. the measured, but not monotone expression ... the raspy, but not smokes-a-pack-a-day baritone pitch.
These are things that must be acquired, I am sure of it. So spill the beans, what are your secrets?
Andrew Phelps
· 3 years ago
Oso,
It's funny that you say all that, because it is something I think about a lot. Out of curiosity, which piece of mine did you hear? I am still refining my style, and I approach the voicing in each piece a bit differently.
In broadcast, especially radio, we have to write simply and annuciate particularly, because it's so easy to lose a listener's attention. If I don't give special emphasis to that crucial "don't", my audience might gloss over it and miss an important detail.
However, broadcasters always say stories should be delivered the way you would talk to a regular person in conversation. It's a bit hypocritical to me, because those same people are voicing stories in the "public-radio-academy" style. I am increasingly trying to sound like a "regular guy" in my pieces. I tried it a bit more in a story about the Sunrise Powerlink this morning.
Feedback is good. Journalists serve regular people, even though we tend to forget that.
Samuel Reed
· 3 years ago
Congratulations Andrew, even though I know the real reason you took the job. To gather the hardcore evidence you need to unmask Jack! You´ll be the Bob Woodward of the fast food industry, my friend. Godspeed, your destiny awaits.
All Comments
We are NPR junkies...we will be listening for you!!
Nancy
that is great, andrew. really great. i wish we lived closer so we could hear you. will any of your stuff be podcast?
Andrea,
Congrats! That rocks!
- Tom
Ok, so I'm a typing idiot today... of course I meant to address you as Andrew and NOT Andrea... sorry.
- Tom
Leah,
The new Web team at KPBS was formed on the very day I started working there this week. The entire Web site is getting dumped and retooled. KPBS does podcast, and all of my stories are online.
I am smiling from ear to ear. Gosh, after all the crappiness I've been going through the past 24 hours, reading your entry here was just BEST! SO BEST! Congrats to you Andrew!!!!!!!!!!! (!!! x infinity)
Crazy. Don't be shy about linking to your reports.
maybe i don't understand how to search the site because i can't find you anywhere.....
Leah,
Well, at the moment, one of my stories is the very first one on the home page -- about homeless vets receiving free services. (But the sound is not there, for some reason.) To look through archived stories, click the link to "KPBS News" and scroll through. You can then click "Advanced Search" up at the top-right and search by byline.
Congrats on the hiring Andrew, welcome back to beautiful SD.
f*ing YES!!
(That's wonderful. Congratulations.)
Amory
So finally ... I get to hear you live on the radio and this is my question: is there an official academy of public radio pronunciation? There is huh? The way an extra syllable finds its way into the important words .. the measured, but not monotone expression ... the raspy, but not smokes-a-pack-a-day baritone pitch.
These are things that must be acquired, I am sure of it. So spill the beans, what are your secrets?
Oso,
It's funny that you say all that, because it is something I think about a lot. Out of curiosity, which piece of mine did you hear? I am still refining my style, and I approach the voicing in each piece a bit differently.
In broadcast, especially radio, we have to write simply and annuciate particularly, because it's so easy to lose a listener's attention. If I don't give special emphasis to that crucial "don't", my audience might gloss over it and miss an important detail.
However, broadcasters always say stories should be delivered the way you would talk to a regular person in conversation. It's a bit hypocritical to me, because those same people are voicing stories in the "public-radio-academy" style. I am increasingly trying to sound like a "regular guy" in my pieces. I tried it a bit more in a story about the Sunrise Powerlink this morning.
Feedback is good. Journalists serve regular people, even though we tend to forget that.
Congratulations Andrew, even though I know the real reason you took the job. To gather the hardcore evidence you need to unmask Jack! You´ll be the Bob Woodward of the fast food industry, my friend. Godspeed, your destiny awaits.