Radio placement

helloooooo

thought i'd write a new blog and catch-up....

been out today...pretty drunk as i was out for 8 hours...but had one and a half meals in between so not that drunk.... was out on a samaritans meet-up..and also hooked up with my mate shane from the radio...... adam came up with the idea that prisoners should be made to use their time in prison by cycling in order to create renewable energy for everyone else..... lol

i've had two week's work experience at BBC Radi#o York - so unpaid leave from work - It's been a real eye-opener.... I'm wanting to get into radio, so the placement made sense.... but what was very new to me, was that it was working within their busy newsroom... so essentially i was a journalist and working with other journalists around me.... an atmosphere that was really really new to me... people working very hard, at an insanely fast pace, and often needing to be abrasive etc......

I had some amazing times in the two weeks... the highlights being collecting voxes (outside interviews with members of the public) from people in the street, parents and teachers at school gates, people coming out of church, people in the park (museum gardens), people at the football etc... always asking questions in relation to the news, in order to be broadcast on the following morning's breakfast show.

I also got to interview Richard Brodie after watching York's 1-0 play-off win against Luton where he scored a last-minute winner... That was an absolute dream to be doing something like that. I was the only one who got the interview..so..erm.. an exclusive :-)

Although the voice of those I interviewed appeared a lot in the shows, my own voice only appeared once.... on this morning's breakfast show.. as I went to visit a vintage clothing store setting up in York .. ( i sounded very camp.. it is about 1 hour 37 in if you fancy searching at www.bbc.co.uk/york .. then finding where you can "Listen Again" to Julia Booth's saturday show.)

The bad news is the BBC chose not to extend my work experience, but the glimmer of hope is I made a couple of good contacts there.. that are more "radio"ish rather than "journalist"y .. so I am hoping something will come from those.

Hospital radio shows are going well, and I'm on tomorrow.