An American Life article entitled '#1 Party School' was the audio story I listened to this week. What better way to learn about interviewing using a recorder/doing an audio story then to actually listen to one.
For the drunken debouchery.
While the reporting done/the commentary were excellent addition to the article, I found the background noise to be the most beneficial part of the story for me. It allowed me to get a better sense of the drunkeness. is a specific sound that drunk college student make—it can be heard on any good for nothing teenager drama. The background noise, or natural sounds in this audio are exactly what you would expect to here from a piece entitled ‘Party School’
It was a lot of first-hand reporting, while their were some background bits, like mentioning the previous schools named the #1 Party School, or including the Penn State President's comments towards this issue I believe most of the reporting was done on Campus.
Using audio for this story instead of words really allowed me to become invested...I mean a girl was peeing on her lawn. How drunk do you have to be for that to be a good idea...?
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Listening to the NPR audio story "#1 Party School" was a great way to learn about audio interviewing techniques. It's fascinating to hear how the reporter's voice and the interviewee's responses create a compelling narrative. I'd love to hear more about your experiences with audio storytelling.