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88.5 WFDD Radio Camp

88.5 WFDD Radio Camp

88.5 WFDD, Public Radio for the Piedmont, is the local public radio station where I live and North Carolina's charter NPR® member. Over the summers, WFDD have three week-long summer camps called, you guessed it, Radio Camp.

It takes time to produce great radio. Months of gathering tape, interviewing people, fact-checking, researching, writing... and the list goes on. It's hard work, but it pays off. WFDD Hive's Radio Camp is a condensed version of this radio production process. In just a week, participants learn how to record, write, and put together a story for broadcast.

Instructor

  • Taught middle-school aged kids the basics of making radio stories

  • Taught how to record audio, in-studio and field recordings, as well as audio editing on DAWs

  • Went over scripting and interviewing, and any skills needed to create stories for radio broadcast.

  • Had newsroom-style classes, with fast-paced deadlines and collaboration

  • Student segments aired on WFDD after review

  • I recorded ledes and outros, edited music into the students’ stories, and fixed any choppy editing.