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As a society both structure or lives around work as well as derive meaning from it. My hope is to inspire thought about how we 'seize the day' -- or even our lives -- from ...
Modeling Scam
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From: Jennifer Lindsay
Instead of making millions modeling, thousands of people got stuck with the check after getting caught in a scam.
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Piece Description
Religious warfare has taken countless lives in Israel since war began in 2000. Avital Schutz was almost one of them. Since her near-death experience, Schutz has sought refuge in New York City, where?s she?s waging a much more personal battle ? to become a working musician. Jennifer Neeley explains what makes this singer worth listening to. History: Originally broadcast only to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty and invited guests at an invitation-only listening session.
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Review of Avital Under FireI love the content here and the focus (connection?) of this woman's survival and her pursuit of a music career. The narrater voice doesn't seem matched to the interviewee. It may help to hear the narrator actually asking her a question, evenjust once to balance the narrator and interviewee's different tones. The focus of her having survived a terrorist attack gets lost in her persuing her career by the end of the piece. The bits of music and her reflections are great. |
Broadcast History
Broadcast only to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism faculty and invited guests at an invitation-only listening session; Licensed to air on KUOW, Aug. 30, 2004.
Transcript
NARRATION: IN 1997, AVITAL SCHUTZ SURVIVED A TERROR ATTACK STAGED BY THREE SUICIDE BOMBERS.
ACTUALITY: "The things saw. It was horrible, just horrible."
NARRATION: FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, SHE WAS FORCED TO GROW UP AND MAKE CHOICES ABOUT HER FUTURE.
ACTUALITY: "It was kind of a spiritual experience as well ... it was like a wakeup call for me, because I was just doing nothing in Jerusalem. I was just looking for myself."
NARRATION: SHE LOOKED TO THE ONE THING HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAD ALWAYS ENCOURAGED HER TO DO? SING.
ACTUALITY: ACOUSTIC SINGING OF SONG IN HEBREW
NARRATION: POLITICS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN HER FIRST GIG AS A PROFESSIONAL SINGER.
SHE SANG BACKUP IN A REGGAE BAND, WHERE SOCIAL INJUSTICE WAS A COMMON THEME IN THEIR SONGS.
ACTUALITY: CONTINUED REGGAE NATS, THEN SOT: "Usually when people, you know, get into a terror attack they become, you know, very a...
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Timing and Cues
Suggested intro: Religious warfare has taken countless lives in Israel since war began in 2000. Avital Schutz was almost one of them. Since her near-death experience, Schutz has sought refuge in New York City, where?s she?s waging a much more personal battle ? to become a working musician. Jennifer Neeley explains what makes this singer-songwriter worth listening to.
Musical Works
All music in piece credited to Avital Schutz and is not copyrighted or restricted (all amateur).
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Review of Avital Under Fire
The carpe diem aspect of Avital’s story is moving. A bit more could have been drawn out to connect the suicide bombing and the venture to NYC to become a singer. As it stands, we are merely presented with the suggestive proximity of the two events. Avital’s a nice subject, I just feel like the story might have been richer if we were given more anecdotes and more scenes to get more of a sense of who she is.