This was my first story for Living on Earth, a great show formerly distributed by NPR (they’re with PRI now), that I’d been trying to crack for almost a year. I originally pitched this story to NPR’s National Desk, and I was so convinced they’d want it that I took off driving to the story before I even heard a reply. 45 minutes into the trip I ran into a blizzard and turned around. Serendipitously, NPR rejected the pitch after all, but LOE picked it up a week later, and I was off again.
Everything fell into place on this one, and I came away with like 10 hours of sound that took a full day to weed through, just to produce a 6-minute story! I think it turned out well. Ingrid Lobet is a great editor to work with. Thanks!
