This lecture is about telling factual stories with sound (radio). The lecture is posted online and is a recording of an interview with two great presenters from ABC Local News, Richard Fidler (Conversations) and Steve Austing (Evenings). Both of the presenters are interviewed about their experience as a radio host as well as dealing with guests. They share great tips to be a good host. These are some notes I took while listening to the recording.
There are several things to be noted when talking in radio. The first is pronunciation, you have to be clear instead of babbling in broadcast. The second is to keep the listeners involved in conversation, sometimes, when hosts is too excited in conversation they forgot to include listeners in their conversation. A good example to include the listeners is by saying "hello" or "welcome to this show, we are here with our guest, John Smith." The third is to have the guest comfortable. Guests have to feel safe, in trustworthy and comfortable environment to share stories. It is the host's job to make this possible. Throwing a good humour may help the guest to relax and laugh in a while.
In less than 40 minutes recording, I have learned so many things about talking with a guest on radio. It was a very pleasant experience with interesting and interactive media. I hope there will be more like this in the future as well, for example, recording of interviewing on television. :D
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