Audio Journalism
Benefits:
- presence-bring readers to the scene
- emotion-ability to show emotion through your voice
- atmosphere-natural sound is necessary
How News Organizations Use Audio
- Reporter overview-simple, accompanies a photo or story
- voice over (slide show)
Audio Reporting Tips
- make your script clear
- be yourself
- record your item in interesting places
- keep clips short
- use man on the street interviews
- use music
- use sound effects
- solid finish
- get lots of different angles
Tips for equipment
- check to make sure equipment works beforehand
- mark where important things are said on time
Tips for recording voice
- slow down
- pretend you are talking to one specific person
Recording Audio Interviews
- choose location
- gather natural sound
- prepare interview subject
- watch what you say
- mark the best spots
Recording Voiceovers
- write a script
- warm up
- find operative words
- write to video if it’s there
- hit your spots
Podcast Basics
- radio show on the web
- get a real microphone
- prepare, but don’t script
- reduce background noise
- stay consistent and find your audience
How to end a story?
- inverted pyramid-important stuff first
- bring batteries
- ask people if yo
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