It's interesting to hear a labor piece set in Colorado, particularly a memorialization of an historic event. This story does a nice job of representing the event, and drawing the necessary links between past and present, that the labor movement tries to establish. The producer does a nice job of bringing the listener there, to the site.
That is both a benefit to the piece, and an issue I have with it. The rawness of some of the tape - like overblown discussions through loudspeakers - is not the easiest to listen to. Also, like at any rally, there is some long-windedness, and I think that this piece would benefit from a little tightening, particularly when points about remembering history are repeated.
I think that if producers are airing national broadcasts on work issues, this can be a decent representative piece of some of Colorado's labor history. I would ideally want it recut a little shorter, and the end redone (because it dates the piece.) But with a good lede, it would work.
Review of Remembering Ludlow
Ben Trefny
Posted on December 13, 2005 at 07:55 AM
It's interesting to hear a labor piece set in Colorado, particularly a memorialization of an historic event. This story does a nice job of representing the event, and drawing the necessary links between past and present, that the labor movement tries to establish. The producer does a nice job of bringing the listener there, to the site.
That is both a benefit to the piece, and an issue I have with it. The rawness of some of the tape - like overblown discussions through loudspeakers - is not the easiest to listen to. Also, like at any rally, there is some long-windedness, and I think that this piece would benefit from a little tightening, particularly when points about remembering history are repeated.
I think that if producers are airing national broadcasts on work issues, this can be a decent representative piece of some of Colorado's labor history. I would ideally want it recut a little shorter, and the end redone (because it dates the piece.) But with a good lede, it would work.