Summary: Inside the press corps circus - the color reporters, the spin alley beat men, the chief political correspondents - at a democratic presidential primary debate.
I can testify that you guys captured it really well, because, I happened to attend that debate. Now I'm having flashbacks from that chilly January! (Serious props for noting that St. Anselm College is in Goffstown, not Manchester.)
It's so hard to get young people engaged in politics and public affairs these days. This lively mix might entice them to listen... Maybe they'll figure, If the big shot TV stars are excited about a presidential debate, maybe I should be too.
On the other hand, when you use the sound collage technique to portray this event, the young reporters voices fall away. I'm more interested in their impressions than in a list of political wonks up from DC.
A few rough edits towards the end as the rush of sound climaxes...
But I never noticed how most of those political reporters are male until I heard your collage of voices.
I loved this wild-ride sound collage. Makes you feel dropped in the midst of the campaign-trail madness. Small production note: There’s a whisk-sound at the end that needs fixing. This is a great drop-in for election heavy-coverage days. sl
Comments for Media Swarm
This piece belongs to the series "Blunt Presents Special Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election"
Produced by Kathleen Ross
Other pieces by Blunt Youth Radio Project
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2 comments
Raquel Maria Dillon
Posted on April 29, 2004 at 07:18 AM | Permalink
Run! The media are swarming...!
I can testify that you guys captured it really well, because, I happened to attend that debate. Now I'm having flashbacks from that chilly January! (Serious props for noting that St. Anselm College is in Goffstown, not Manchester.)
It's so hard to get young people engaged in politics and public affairs these days. This lively mix might entice them to listen... Maybe they'll figure, If the big shot TV stars are excited about a presidential debate, maybe I should be too.
On the other hand, when you use the sound collage technique to portray this event, the young reporters voices fall away. I'm more interested in their impressions than in a list of political wonks up from DC.
A few rough edits towards the end as the rush of sound climaxes...
But I never noticed how most of those political reporters are male until I heard your collage of voices.
On The Media should take note!
Transom Editors
Posted on February 03, 2004 at 01:58 PM | Permalink
Review of Media Swarm
I loved this wild-ride sound collage. Makes you feel dropped in the midst of the campaign-trail madness. Small production note: There’s a whisk-sound at the end that needs fixing. This is a great drop-in for election heavy-coverage days. sl