Doug Fine: Author, Journalist, Adventurer, Goat-Herder

Ilove radio — both as a producer and as a consumer. It triggers internal imaging because, I think, the mind is trying to fill up the space lacking without video. So when I introduce the “ambient” sound into a feature, say, about paddling beside a humpback whale in Alaska, I know that splash, or that blowhole exhalation, is what’s going to bring a listener to Alaska from, say, Des Moines.

I’ll start with a recent story:
Doug Fine, Astronaut? An NPR investigation.

This page has good links to my features from New Mexico:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5279315

This page gives a good sample of my Alaska stories. It starts with a link to the interview on NPR about Not Really An Alaskan Mountain Man, but if you scroll down it includes links to many of my Alaskan features:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3934125

But that list misses three of my favorites, surrounding the aforementioned kayaking with a humpback whale, running in a team wilderness marathon a week after an appendectomy, and a Canada to Alaska international bike relay. Those are at:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3807436

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1407440

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1314053

And, if you’ve ever been a Dead Head or just worn the t-shirt, I’m kind of fond of this piece, which examines whether the Dead social phenomenon continues in the scene surrounding an ostensible “cover band” called Dark Star Orchestra:
http://www.here-now.org/shows/2007/05/20070528.asp
(Scroll Down to the Dark Star Orchestra Story)