Remembering NPR's Renee Pringle, a pioneering audio engineer, friend and fashionista

Renee Pringle, pictured on a reporting trip to Paris in early 1989 (she can be seen hoisting reporter Renee Montagne up in the photo at right). The longtime NPR audio engineer died on Oct. 16. (Melissa Block/NPR)

Colleagues are paying tribute to NPR audio engineer Renee Pringle, who died Sunday after experiencing a number of health challenges in recent months.

Pringle helped shape and safeguard the sound of NPR for more than 40 years. She is being remembered as a pioneer in her field, a prolific and steadfast presence — even on the most hectic of overnight shifts — and a friend to many.