Monthly Archives: November 2008

9 PM in Patagonia/9 PM en Patagonia

Posted on November 15, 2008 by julie

Photos taken on the road between Punta Arenas and Torres del Paine, in Chilean Patagonia, between 8:00 and 9:00 PM on November 13. Fotos tomadas en el camino entre Punta Arenas y Torres del Paine, en la Patagonia chilena, entre 8 y 9 de la noche el 13 de Noviembre.

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Snapshots of Chile

Posted on November 13, 2008 by julie

Text & Photo: Julie Schwietert Collazo This week, I’m traveling around Chile (that long, thin country in South America), and have found myself falling in love–yet again–with another Latin American nation. Highlights? Sharing dinner and some local wine under the stars with Chilean bloggers and podcasters in Santiago, talking about national identity, digital media, and–of … Continue reading »

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Cream of Basil Soup Recipe

Posted on November 8, 2008 by julie

Text by Francisco Collazo Photo by Julie Schwietert Collazo * With all the excitement of our election night blogging experience at NPR, it’s taken us awhile to follow up on a request from a student in my cooking class to post a recipe for my cream of basil soup. We first tasted cream of basil … Continue reading »

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Behind the Scenes at NPR: Production Room Tour, Election Night 2008

Posted on November 4, 2008 by julie

Behind the scenes with bloggers, international journalists, and NPR staffers in the production room at NPR:

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NPR’s Grand Experiment: Closed Captioning for Radio

Posted on November 4, 2008 by julie

In addition to experimenting with live blogging, NPR has been spending its election night trying out a brand new technology: closed captioning for radio, which it has pioneered. Here’s a rough cut video straight from NPR’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.:

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