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How It Sounds: To Be A Barista

Lisa McNally, serving coffee.
Hillary Jones
Lisa McNally, serving coffee.
Click to hear Lisa's sounds.

For six years, Lisa McNally, 33, has worked as a Starbucks barista in Columbus, Ohio. These are the sounds of Lisa's job.

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What does your job sound like? Please send a recording of four sounds that tell the story of your job — at this moment in time — to protojournalist@npr.org. Please include your name, age and where you live. You may be contacted for an interview.

If you're not sure how to record your sound story, please go to NPR's Tumblr for instructions.

Thank you.

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Produced by Art Silverman

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The Protojournalist: Experimental storytelling for the LURVers – Listeners, Users, Readers, Viewers – of NPR. @NPRtpj

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