1. Please introduce yourself to the KBOO Community-- who are you, and what are you passionate about?
Hiya! My name is Jaimee Haddad and I'm a curious radio person with a love for people, food, and great conversation.
2. What's your favorite thing to do on a day with no commitments?
Oh my :) Pick a place and walk through it, get lost in a neighborhood or city or park or forest.
3. What brought you to KBOO?
Oddly enough, I was searching for stand-up poetry nights and KBOO had compiled a list of events around town. That list popped up in my Google search, and it was kind of an A-HA! moment because I'd been wanting to find a way to return to radio and KBOO's volunteer orientation was the following night. I jumped right in. (I never did end up attending any of those poetry nights though...I will one day!)
4. What have you done at KBOO?
In my short time at KBOO, I've worked in the evening news department, helping write readers, interview guests, anchor the news, produce a newscast and help out on special election night coverage, the candidate forum and primary night. Not to mention volunteering during pledge drive (which was loads of fun!)
5. What have you learned?
I've learned about the city's housing policies, oil and gas terminal proposals, funding cuts for ESL programs, election politics, Jim Hightower, the list goes on. I've learned to edit in multi-track. I've learned that I've got a lot more learning left to go. I got to learn from the expertise and style of all the wonderful people who make up KBOO, both volunteers and employees.
7. What's your favorite moment at KBOO? Any highlights?
So many great moments. Cartoon analogies of news concepts. Lisa Loving's Meow Meow Meow. Answering a phone call for a live interview only to find out that person was riding a bike, but still had great audio quality. Four hour planning meeting + discussion for a show that may or may not ever exist :)
8. How does KBOO help your family/community/etc/? Why is KBOO important?
KBOO gives communities a platform to discuss and bring to light issues that will either get very little or no coverage anywhere else. And what's even cooler about that is these conversations aren't limited to niche places on the internet or in certain circles. They are part of a true public forum in Portland. That diversity of content and ideas astounds me each time I tune in. I'm glad I got to be a part of that conversation and I hope to continue to be an active volunteer at KBOO in the future.
9. What else do you want people to know about you / why are you moving on from KBOO?
I came back to Portland at a really strange phase in my life (liminal, one could say) and if I hadn't found KBOO, my perception of Portland and my ability to call the city my home would be very different. And I thank everyone at KBOO for making the place so special. I'm already thinking about what I'd like to do and how I'd like to contribute when I'm in The Gambia for the next two years as a Peace Corps volunteer, and once I return to Portland.
If you're already a volunteer or KBOO member, I'd encourage you to reach out to others you know to get them involved in KBOO and everything that goes on here. It's a wonderful loving community and I'm so fortunate to consider myself as a part of it.
Hiya! My name is Jaimee Haddad and I'm a curious radio person with a love for people, food, and great conversation.
2. What's your favorite thing to do on a day with no commitments?
Oh my :) Pick a place and walk through it, get lost in a neighborhood or city or park or forest.
3. What brought you to KBOO?
Oddly enough, I was searching for stand-up poetry nights and KBOO had compiled a list of events around town. That list popped up in my Google search, and it was kind of an A-HA! moment because I'd been wanting to find a way to return to radio and KBOO's volunteer orientation was the following night. I jumped right in. (I never did end up attending any of those poetry nights though...I will one day!)
4. What have you done at KBOO?
In my short time at KBOO, I've worked in the evening news department, helping write readers, interview guests, anchor the news, produce a newscast and help out on special election night coverage, the candidate forum and primary night. Not to mention volunteering during pledge drive (which was loads of fun!)
5. What have you learned?
I've learned about the city's housing policies, oil and gas terminal proposals, funding cuts for ESL programs, election politics, Jim Hightower, the list goes on. I've learned to edit in multi-track. I've learned that I've got a lot more learning left to go. I got to learn from the expertise and style of all the wonderful people who make up KBOO, both volunteers and employees.
7. What's your favorite moment at KBOO? Any highlights?
So many great moments. Cartoon analogies of news concepts. Lisa Loving's Meow Meow Meow. Answering a phone call for a live interview only to find out that person was riding a bike, but still had great audio quality. Four hour planning meeting + discussion for a show that may or may not ever exist :)
8. How does KBOO help your family/community/etc/? Why is KBOO important?
KBOO gives communities a platform to discuss and bring to light issues that will either get very little or no coverage anywhere else. And what's even cooler about that is these conversations aren't limited to niche places on the internet or in certain circles. They are part of a true public forum in Portland. That diversity of content and ideas astounds me each time I tune in. I'm glad I got to be a part of that conversation and I hope to continue to be an active volunteer at KBOO in the future.
9. What else do you want people to know about you / why are you moving on from KBOO?
I came back to Portland at a really strange phase in my life (liminal, one could say) and if I hadn't found KBOO, my perception of Portland and my ability to call the city my home would be very different. And I thank everyone at KBOO for making the place so special. I'm already thinking about what I'd like to do and how I'd like to contribute when I'm in The Gambia for the next two years as a Peace Corps volunteer, and once I return to Portland.
If you're already a volunteer or KBOO member, I'd encourage you to reach out to others you know to get them involved in KBOO and everything that goes on here. It's a wonderful loving community and I'm so fortunate to consider myself as a part of it.