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A Y-Press reporting team interviewed teens in several minority youth programs in Indianapolis about their perception of police in their community. The reporters spoke with several young people involved with 100 Black Men, the Latino Collective and in the Our Kids (OK) program.
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A Y-Press reporting team interviewed teens in several minority youth programs in Indianapolis about their perception of police in their community. The reporters spoke with several young people involved with 100 Black Men, the Latino Collective and in the Our Kids (OK) program.
Nilagia McCoy
Posted on July 29, 2009 at 08:32 AM | Permalink
Review of Youth and Police
This piece is well structured; it makes good use of statistics in appropriate places, and brings in outside voices, such as an ACLU lawyer and a police officer, to provide a richer perspective. However, there is room for improvement on the technical side, as the sound on the interviews could be cleaner -- all of the people in the interviews had good things to say, so it's important to make sure that fuzzy sound doesn't obscure that. My other suggestion for making this a stronger piece would be for the announcer to convey to the audience a bit more of his enthusiasm for the topic. This is obviously a very substantial topic that has an impact on many teens, so it is important to keep in mind that because the audience can't see you, it is essential to use your voice in a manner that draws the audience in, as opposed to the more casual tone that one may use everyday. Aside from the technical elements though, this is a thoughtful, interesting piece in terms of both content and concept.