It was fun hearing the kids enjoying the outdoors. I actually found myself wanting to hear more about their adventure, what they were doing, how they were dealing with the challenges, how they reacted to missing the amenities of their urban lifestyle. I found myself anxious to get through all of the interviews with businessmen in order to get to the story about the kids again.
I've produced a number of similar pieces, so I understand some of the problems in trying to tell this kind of story. The story may be too big to try to summarize in one piece. Your piece primarily focused on one group's efforts (The Big City Mountaineers).
If I were editing this piece for air, I would most want to more tightly edit all of the outdoor industry interviews and material about business angle. Those parts are so dry in contrast to the kids. (not that they don't present good information.)
The audio quality is generally good. Some of the interviews have quite noticeable background noise. The outdoor location stuff, though, sounds comparatively clean.
Still, It's an important and under-reported story, and I'm glad you went to the trouble to tell a piece of it.
Review of Getting Kids Outdoors
Steve Sergeant
Posted on October 19, 2007 at 06:57 AM
It was fun hearing the kids enjoying the outdoors. I actually found myself wanting to hear more about their adventure, what they were doing, how they were dealing with the challenges, how they reacted to missing the amenities of their urban lifestyle. I found myself anxious to get through all of the interviews with businessmen in order to get to the story about the kids again.
I've produced a number of similar pieces, so I understand some of the problems in trying to tell this kind of story. The story may be too big to try to summarize in one piece. Your piece primarily focused on one group's efforts (The Big City Mountaineers).
If I were editing this piece for air, I would most want to more tightly edit all of the outdoor industry interviews and material about business angle. Those parts are so dry in contrast to the kids. (not that they don't present good information.)
The audio quality is generally good. Some of the interviews have quite noticeable background noise. The outdoor location stuff, though, sounds comparatively clean.
Still, It's an important and under-reported story, and I'm glad you went to the trouble to tell a piece of it.