Sunday, March 25, 2012

The Rundown, a Radio Experience!


Host: Nada Badawi
Producers: Mariam Rizk and Lamees Hazem
Music: "SleeplessNights" by Anitek
Roundtable topics: iphone 5, Apple Stores, Smart Phones
Interviewee: Salima Ikram, AUC Egyptology professor
Topic of the interview segment: the recently discovered cancer mummy known as M1.

Rundown Group, Captured by: Tarek El Maghraby



The radio show was a fun experience but a tiring one at the same time. Preparing for the show was easy, as you would prepare for any kind of story, whether written or spoken. We researched the topic, picked the interviewees and wrote down a script that is rather conversational and flexible to on-the-air sudden changes.
The recording part was the fun part! We just had a conversation but behind the microphone and after a while I forgot we were recording and started talking normally. Recording was a very nice experience and it wasn’t that tiring as I thought it would be.
However, the production wasn’t that fun. We found out that what we recorded wasn’t enough in terms of minutes, the voice levels varied and there were other problems that needed to be tackled.
But overall, the radio is another media world, which is conversational and engaging way more than print journalism but challenging more than broadcasting as it communicates only through voice. Would love to do it again!

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