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Audio Journalism More accessible than ever

Why “audio” and not “radio”?

Mobile audio Reporting Tools:Audio Boo

Sound Cloud  

Examples:Simple clip or soundbiteInvite participation 

Audio BooTwitter for audio

SoundcloudApps

What’s to like?Presence

Sound as a reporting element

Emotion

Storytelling

Good audio stuff*1. DEBATE ( conflict)

2. BANTER

3. INTERVIEWS

4. MONOLOGUE

*(These recommendations from Journalism professor Paul Bradshaw)

Radio Diaries Write script

Enunciate

Use natural sound

Example 1 (what works? What’s missing or could improve this?)

Other radio Interview reporter for summary or behind

scenes

Roundtable sources

Call-in

Slideshows News &more & more Software: Soundslides & Final Cut

Audio basics Know your equipment

Use a mic

Pay attention to location sounds (some you want – see below- and some avoid)

Collect Natural sounds/ambient

Shut up!

Learn to frame questions

Ask them to repeat

Editing Garage Band

Audacity

Ethical Audio

Tommy Tomlinson: What a song tells us about journalism Concrete detail. 

Dialog. 

Suspense. 

Imagery. 

Meaning.  (“Every narrative has a plot. Great narratives reach higher to make a point. The best let you in to work out their meaning for yourself.”)