I'm giving you a handout about "recording active sound" by one of the best reporters in the business, Robert Smith. He knows how to use audio in his stories better than anyone else...and might just be better at "the profile" than anyone I know.
Here's a link to a favorite story we did together when I worked at NPR. It's about a New York tradition, the Fulton Fish Market, as it gets ready to move uptown. The colorful characters are exactly what you want in a "profile."
Here's one about a Dutch "invasion of New York."
And, finally, his version of one of the toughest kinds of profiles...the obit.
