Find me a story. Use your ears.<\/p>\n
Those were the basic instructions from Elaine Heinzman, an NPR producer who lead ONA\u2019s audio workshop Thursday. With a brief introduction to the audio kits \u2014 complete with Miranz recorder and basic omni-directional microphone \u2014 Heinzman provided the basics, and she expected the room\u2019s newshounds to go out, experiment and find some stories.<\/p>\n
News minds from the more experienced Jeff Jones of Minnesota Public Radio News to Mark Hinojosa of The Detroit News enjoyed venturing out into the city on a gorgeous fall day. Among Heinzman\u2019s initial tips: Every story has sound, open your ears; interview the NAT or \u201cnatural sound\u201d by getting your mic as close as you would to an interview subject; use your surroundings to compensate for equipment or lack thereof. One example, she said, was reporters in loud press rooms crawling under tables or using their jackets as makeshift sounds booths. She also suggested blocking wind with your body when conducting interviews outside.<\/p>\n
The ONA participants all came back with a story of some sort, and they all heard something different.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf my recorder had been rolling the whole time, I would have people saying \u2026 \u2018I\u2019m just passing through,\u2019\u201d Jones said after the exercise. \u201cThe city [D.C.] has a lot of power, but it\u2019s power over a lot of things that aren\u2019t here. The sounds I heard today were mostly people expressing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hear Heinzman’s philosophy here:
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