February 2015 course - Radio Show
Myself and Yasmin spent three days of my 2015 February half term at a Radio Course in Oxford, run by the Children's Radio Foundation. The Children's Radio Foundation are a charity that train young reporters across Africa, giving hem the skills to make their voices heard - as one of Africa's main sources of communication is radio. Radio can help spread awareness of how to cope with HIV and AIDS as well as being a general tool for 'dialogue and change'.
They had a budget to spend on training English youths the ways of radio - one of my Mum's friends works with the Foundation and so once I heard about it I applied, I attended their February sessions.
Some of the activities that we did during those sessions were: youth community mapping - finding what stresses out teenagers and thinking of way to counteract them, e.g. surplus of work and no outlets, maybe more youth hubs should be created; we were also taught the main radio formats and how to conduct them, e.g. interviews, commentaries, audio profiles, audio debates, public and/or personal service announcement (PSA), and vox-pops; and, we were also taught about being on location, live shows, pre-recorded shows, what a show clock is and how to make one, we talked about jingles and music, and leaving buffers in interviews etc. In addition, we were taught how to use a recorder and a logbook. For example, you have to log every single recording you make - even if it went wrong, and when you do so you must write the date, the time of the recording, the length of the recording, the reporter, the format and the track number (the track number appears on the recorder).
We then made a show on our final day and it included most radio formats. The radio show was about whether or not 'Ubuntu' was thought to be present in Oxford. Ubuntu is Zulu word for "I am because you are" and it is about unconditional kindness, equality and unity.
Here is our show clock:
Here is our show, which is linked on the Children's Radio Foundation website: https://soundcloud.com/crf-uk/speak-out-what-do-various-people-in-oxford-say-about-the-legendary-city
Emerge 2015 - Radio Show
This event was held at Said Business School, University of Oxford. 'Emerge is the UK's leading gathering for those who are focused on redefining the world in which we live. Now in its seventh year, Emerge engages and connects university students and professionals working in public, corporate and media sectors from around the world with current global change-agents leading entrepreneurial ventures, responsible businesses and sector-defying organisations.' The event is a two-day gathering (I went on the second day) and it usually has over 500 participants, and it approaches to address some of the world's most urgent challenges. Many charities participate in this event, which includes; lectures, meetings, and radio shows occur at this event.
The Emerge 2015 schedule included; Conversation/Interactive lectures, Masterclasses, Workshops, Debates, Meetings, and Social Greetings.
I attended the Masterclass/lecture on 'Gender and technology: the new frontier for women's rights', given by Hera Hussein from the charity CHAYN, and Claire Sibthorpe, from GSMA, Connected Women. Afterwards I performed a few vox pops with the assistance of one of my radio trainers, Henri-Pierre. I then gave a short commentary on the lecture I had just been part of.
Here are the recorded and finished radio formats from that day, which is also linked to the Foudnation's website: https://soundcloud.com/crf-uk/sets/crf-young-reporters-at-emerge-2015-oxford-uk
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