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A look at Advanced Placement students and what happens after they finish their college credit exams.
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Review of AP SlackersHeather Tyner's clear, concise narrative provides an interesting look at AP slackers, students who have little to nothing to do after their big tests in May are over. This is a tightly-packed radio segment and disperses quite a bit of information within that time. However, one of the major downsides of the short length of this piece is the rushed interviews. Tyner's report could have been made stronger through a short clip from another student with a differing viewpoint, to parallel the different teachers' methods. Overall, this was a clean-cut piece on a unique topic. Great work! |
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Review of AP SlackersThis piece has everything I look for in a great news story. It is clear. Concise yet thorough. And it seems to go in a place that we haven't seen. The voiceover is crisp and very professional. She serves to highlight the interviews and lead us to the ending of the story... rather than trying to bang points into our heads early on. Three interviews: Just the right number. We hear from a student and two different teachers with two different styles. The interview clips help illustrate the idea of "AP Slackers" very well. Also: As a former AP slacker, and think this is a very clever idea for a story. It also asks us the question if we think they should be allowed to slack off or not. One change that I would suggest: take more time in and out of interview clips. They were rushed. Matt Terrell
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Review of AP Slackers
Students slacking off? Never head of such a thing! Is what I want to
say but all of us have been at that point where we all slack off, even
if we're not AP scholars. Heather Tyner puts together a piece which is short and straight to the point. She transitions from her narrations to her interviews in a way some people may call rushed, but it matches her to the point piece. The interviews had all the information we really needed. What amazed me was that the sound was perfectly leveled, it did not fluctuate up or down when you switched from interview to narration. This was the only thing that bothered me about the piece, it seemed too perfect.