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In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, Aaron Switzer sits down with Emily Kirk, a familiar face on Central Oregon Daily News, to talk about her journey into local television and her deep connection to the Central Oregon community.

Emily shares what drew her to journalism, her favorite parts of the job—like trying new foods on the “Taste This!” segment and going on adventures for “Get Outside.” From bungee jumping to discovering local food spots, Emily’s passion for exploring all that Central Oregon has to offer shines through in this fun and engaging episode.

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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Emily Kirk 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
October 23, 2024

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Emily Kirk 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />October 23, 2024</p> <p>In this episode of <em>Bend Don't Break</em>, Aaron Switzer sits down with Emily Kirk, a familiar face on Central Oregon Daily News, to talk about her journey into local television and her deep connection to the Central Oregon community.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bend_don_t_break_digital_102424.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/bend_don_t_break_digital_102424.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-1952" /></a></figure> <p> Emily shares what drew her to journalism, her favorite parts of the job—like trying new foods on the "Taste This!" segment and going on adventures for "Get Outside." From bungee jumping to discovering local food spots, Emily’s passion for exploring all that Central Oregon has to offer shines through in this fun and engaging episode.</p> <p>LISTEN: </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/bend-dont-break-with-emily-kirk-central-oregon-daily-morning-news-anchor-1" title="Bend Don&#x27;t Break With Emily Kirk, Central Oregon Daily Morning News Anchor (1)" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Bend Don&#x27;t Break With Emily Kirk, Central Oregon Daily Morning News Anchor (1)</a></div> </p></div> <p> WATCH: </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> https://www.youtube.com/embed/r_cFkRYm434 </div> </figure> <div class="wp-block-group fdn-after-article-related"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading">Related Stories</h3> </p></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-emily-kirk-22035112/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=1951&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-dont-break-with-emily-kirk-22035112/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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