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Exit Through The (NPR) Gift Shop: Madeline Clement

Name: Madeline Clement

Intern position: Music: Programs & Partnerships Intern

Twitter handle: @m00clem

Hometown/College: Cedar Hills, UT / Georgetown University

Favorite D.C Spot: Rock Creek Park

Favorite NPR show, blog, or podcast: Tiny Desk Concerts

Number one song you’re listening to right now: "The Opener," Camp Cope

Coolest thing you’ve done while at NPR: I touched Julien Baker's finger when handing her a sharpie to sign the Tiny Desk autograph book.

Top #NPRLife moment: Talk radio always playing in the bathrooms...

Dream Tiny Desk: Christine and the Queens

What’s next for you: Temping at NPR Music

Advice for future interns: Take all the free books and CDs!

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I never understood the “Don’t judge a book by its cover” sentiment.  As a kid, I remember thinking to myself, I thought that’s what book covers were for? They’re the first thing potential readers see when they’re browsing and they’re the subject of many an *intellectual* Instagram shot. But most importantly, artists work hard to make sure book covers reflect  what’s inside of them.

As the NPR Books intern, my hands end up on a lot of brand new titles, which also have brand new covers. So this summer, I’m going to be tumbling about book cover art and artists in a series I’m calling #bookcovercrush.

First up: Luiza Sauma’s Flesh and Bone and Water, which was designed by cover artist Lauren Peters-Collaer. The novel follows a wealthy Brazilian teenager who finds himself drawn to the family maid’s beautiful daughter after travelling to the mouth of the Amazon.

Peters-Collaer says, “First, I explored mixing painted patterns with natural elements of the Brazilian landscape to convey the tropical setting and lush, layered feeling of the narrative.”

“At the same time, I was interested in incorporating an obscured female visual to reference the woman who is a catalyst for the story, and who is increasingly illuminated throughout the course of the text.”

“These two ideas came together in the final cover”:

Be sure to watch out for next installment of #bookcovercrush!

-Intern Sydnee

Images courtesy of  Lauren Peters-Collaer and Scribner

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A Mugs of NPR tip o’ the cup to @nprinterns’ Ceci Mazanec! On the last day of NPR’s spring internships, Digital News says goodbye to Ceci with a classic mug – the department’s traditional end-of-the-session gift. It’s big enough for a career full of cuppas. Ceci treated her colleagues with a homemade loaf of her namesake bread. Read her story about the Czech Easter bread here. Cheers, Ceci!

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Exit Through The (NPR) Gift Shop: Shane McKeon

Name: Shane McKeon

Intern position: Planet Money Intern

Twitter handle: @Shane_McKeon

Hometown/College: Shaker Heights, Ohio

Favorite D.C Spot: Planet Money is in NPR's New York bureau. But when I'm in D.C. I always make a trip to Pleasant Pops in Adams Morgan.

Favorite NPR show, blog, or podcast: I will listen to Terry Gross ask anyone about anything for any amount of time.

Number one song you’re listening to right now: Before The World Was Big - Girlpool 

Coolest thing you’ve done while at NPR: I hosted an episode of Planet Money after, um, the entire team mysteriously disappeared into a spooky manor house haunted by the 2008 financial crisis? 

Top #NPRLife moment: I walked by Timothée Chalamet in the bureau kitchen and quite nearly fainted.

Dream Tiny Desk: Bjork. Or Lil B

What’s next for you: Student loan repayment

Advice for future interns: Here's advice about advice. Get coffee with as many people as possible. This no doubt has been and will be repeated ad infinitum on this Tumblr and elsewhere, but: NPR folks are generally happy to make time for you. 

When someone gives you 20 minutes, spin it into gold. Pride yourself on asking thoughtful, precise questions. I'm talking questions rivaling the deep thoughtfulness of Terry Gross or Nardwuar. 

Later, when you digest their advice, I offer this probiotic: Advice is shaped by (and often serves to justify, or give logic to, if only retroactively) someone's individual life experience. If someone worked at X, they may encourage you to also do X. (Or, if they really loathed X, they might suggest Y.) It doesn't mean their advice is not useful. But it behooves you to imagine where certain advice might come from. Having that extra layer of data will help you weigh big Life Decisions later. 

This might be a totally banal and familiar insight. In which case, my consolation advice: Turn on push notifications for the #freefood Slack channel.

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Exit Through The (NPR) Gift Shop: Nick Laughlin

Name: Nick Laughlin

Intern position: NPM Corporate Sponsorship, Marketing Intern

Twitter handle: @nmlaughlin

Hometown/College: Fort Worth / Texas State University

Favorite D.C Spot: A Baked Joint, Portrait Gallery, Union Market

Favorite NPR show, blog, or podcast: UGH so hard to just pick one, but I love Latino USA, Code Switch, All Things Considered and Pop Culture Happy Hour 

Number one song you’re listening to right now: thank u, next........still

Coolest thing you’ve done while at NPR: I got to attend a How I Built This Live event in New York with my team to see how an NPR live event gets produced. 

Top #NPRLife moment: Being in the elevator with Korva Coleman during the intern tour on the first day. 

Dream Tiny Desk: Rihanna. If/when she releases new music, it be the most iconic Tiny Desk ever. I have chills now thinking about this

What’s next for you: I'm staying on in my position through the winter/spring term!

Advice for future interns: Get to know your co-workers, attend as many Tiny Desk concerts and extra events that you can! It's such a great place to intern because everyone wants to help you and for you to do well, so take advantage of that!

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Exit Through The (NPR) Gift Shop: Gabriel Dunatov

Name: Gabriel Dunatov

Intern position: Morning Edition Intern

Twitter handle: @GabrielDunatov

Hometown/College: Issaquah, WA, then Occidental College (in Los Angeles, CA)

Favorite D.C Spot: Rock Creek Park, and the exercise/calisthenics trail on the way

Favorite NPR show, blog, or podcast: Morning Edition, Fresh Air, and Rough Translation

Number one song you’re listening to right now: "Saturday Nights" by Khalid

Coolest thing you’ve done while at NPR: Recorded and asked questions at a press briefing, standing in for Michele Kelemen!

Top #NPRLife moment: My week working on the overnight shift, leaving work and seeing the sun rise

Dream Tiny Desk: City and Colour or Chance the Rapper (again)

What’s next for you: I'll be helping out at Morning Edition to assist our team through the holidays. One day I'd love do more reporting in the field. 

Advice for future interns: Respect your work and others will do the same. The internship can be fun, but don't get too caught up in the novelty and cute optics. You may be called on to cover tragedies: shootings, war, obituaries. Show that you take your work seriously. 

Pitch stories you care about, that resonate with you. Think of yourself as a contributor, not just an intern. The people who interact with you everyday will take notice. 

On the other side, remember this is important work but it's not worth sacrificing your health. It's never that deep. Do what you need to do for yourself: breath, take walks, work out, and don't forget the people you care about.

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Exit Through The (NPR) Gift Shop: Julie Carli

Name: Julie Carli

Intern position: Invisibilia Intern

Twitter handle: @royaljules7

Hometown/College: Corona, CA

Favorite D.C Spot: My bed. 

Favorite NPR show, blog, or podcast: Invisibilia.

Number one song you’re listening to right now: Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve, & Talent by RuPaul 

Coolest thing you’ve done while at NPR: One-on-one with Hanna Rosin where she told me I was good at things. 

Top #NPRLife moment: Free coffee every day that didn't taste like dirt. 

Dream Tiny Desk: Lion King Live

What’s next for you: Going back to Cali...Cali...Cali. It's all about sunshine and slightly unhinged people for this gal.

Advice for future interns: Talk to as many people as possible. Be honest about your dreams. Ask advice. 

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Exit Through The (NPR) Gift Shop: Amanda Morris

Name: Amanda Morris

Intern position: National Desk Intern

Twitter handle: @AmandaMoMorris

Hometown/College: Farmington, Connecticut & Harleysville, Pennsylvania/New York University

Favorite D.C Spot: I'm actually a big fan of my neighborhood- Glover Park. I also like the U.S. Botanic Garden & all the art museums.

Favorite NPR show, blog, or podcast: Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! (I'm going to a live taping of it in New York soon!)

Number one song you’re listening to right now: "Not Today" by Alessia Cara

Coolest thing you’ve done while at NPR: Every single bit of reporting I did was so rewarding- but two of my favorite experiences were rushing out to cover a Protect Mueller rally at the White House and working on an in-depth series on deaf unemployment where I got to go to a Bison Tank pitch contest at Gallaudet - it was like Shark Tank, but the contestants were deaf. 

Top #NPRLife moment: I accidentally rode in the elevator with Florence & the Machine and I was casually trying not to geek out. 

Dream Tiny Desk: Mary J. Blige doing her song, "Just Fine."

What’s next for you: I'm jazzed to say that I'll be staying on the National Desk as a temp!!!!!

Advice for future interns: Make a list of internship goals on the first day you arrive so that you can stay focused. Do your "homework" to prepare for work every day.  Pitch aggressively. Soak up every minute here - the people are so wonderful and the work is beyond rewarding.