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Reporting assignments can often lead to unexpected joys and lessons. That was the case when NPR’s Natalie Escobar and Ava Berger were sent on the road to tag along with three teenage boys competing in the World Series of Birding. The teens had 24 hours to crisscross New Jersey and tally up the number of bird species they spotted. For this week’s Reporter’s Notebook we hear from Escobar and Berger about how the assignment was both challenging and illuminating.<\/p>\n

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Reporting assignments can often lead to unexpected joys and lessons. That was the case when NPR’s Natalie Escobar and Ava Berger were sent on the road to tag along with three teenage boys competing in the World Series of Birding. The teens had 24 hours to crisscross New Jersey and tally up the number of bird species they spotted. 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