This is a solid story told in a fun, very light hearted way. The reporter has good writing, decent delivery and makes good use of some natural sound.
Two minor quibbles:
IMO, what would have made this story really jump out would have been to put the nat sound of the actual freecycle transaction at the beginning of the story, then go back and tell us how we got to that point.
Also, hearing the reporter's doubts about freecycling, and byte with an outside expert, almost made this a business story that you'd hear on Marketplace. Nothing's wrong with that, I'm just not sure it's ultimately the right angle for what up until this point is a soft feature.
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Michael Krall
Posted on November 04, 2004 at 01:08 PM | Permalink
Review of Packrats Hooked on Freecycling
This is a solid story told in a fun, very light hearted way. The reporter has good writing, decent delivery and makes good use of some natural sound.
Two minor quibbles:
IMO, what would have made this story really jump out would have been to put the nat sound of the actual freecycle transaction at the beginning of the story, then go back and tell us how we got to that point.
Also, hearing the reporter's doubts about freecycling, and byte with an outside expert, almost made this a business story that you'd hear on Marketplace. Nothing's wrong with that, I'm just not sure it's ultimately the right angle for what up until this point is a soft feature.