The News From The WWW - 8/4/08 - Epsoide 21 - Volunteer Today!!

Austin G · 08-06-2008, 12:17 AM

Episode 20 is now on-line: www.TheNewsFromTheWWW.org

Thank you for volunteering and welcome to our new volunteers! It's great to have a new home and to have the locals on this board volunteering too!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post the article title and URL/Link in your post along with your MP3 file as I show in the example post. It really helps me build the web page for the show a lot quicker if I don't have to search around and guess where you got the article from!

If you have a chance, please go edit last week's post and delete your MP3 file attachment in order to conserve precious server space on Voice-Overs.com

As always, if you have never volunteered before, we would love to have you aboard! PM me with any questions.

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Instructions:

1. Select a news article that you would like to read (see guidelines below).

2. Create a post in this thread with the TITLE / HEADLINE of the article and a LINK / URL to the article to claim or get "dibs" on that story so no one else will take it or read a very similar article for this episode.

3. Record the title, intro script, article, and close script and save it as a MONO MP3 -6db with a sampling rate of 96 kbps 44100.

4. Edit your first post and add the recorded article / MP3 as an attachment and add the total run time / TRT in your post so we can track the length of the program (we need one hour worth of material).

5. DEADLINE: Please submit your recorded article by Sunday at Noon 8/10/08.

Guidelines for choosing a news article:

As a VO actor you have to read other peoples scripts all day - here you get a chance to read what you want / what interests you! Please keep in mind that the target audience is mostly older people with vision issues who already get a lot of the mainstream news from the RIS service through other volunteers reading local and regional newspapers in addition to listening to TV and regular radio. Please avoid political and breaking news as those are already covered and change from day to day. Pick articles that will have a week or more of shelf life. Also avoid celebrity gossip, stories of a sexual nature, murder, abuse, etc. Choose articles that you would feel comfortable reading to someone you just met etc. Articles that are interesting, funny, clever, etc.

Please choose / read articles that are longer than 3 min when read (not including intros).

A lot of short articles can be difficult to concentrate on / listen to. Often, you may come across an interesting story or news topic on one website but it is the abbreviated article. If you search the subject of the article on Google News Search, you might be able to find a longer / more in depth article on the subject from another news source. Just use your best judgment. If everyone contributed an article with a average length of 5 minutes, we would only need 12 VO actors contributing on a weekly basis to fill the hour time slot!

Script:

Here is the script I would like each person to read before reading their article in order to have consistency from one article to the next:

"[ARTICLE TITLE (for show intro montage), PAUSE]

Hi, this is [MY NAME] from [CITY, STATE] and [YOUR DOT COM WEBSITE (if applicable)] with an article about __________(short but intriguing summary about the article you chose).

PAUSE From [SOURCE], [TITLE OF ARTICLE].

[READ ARTICLE]

PAUSE, "For The News From The World Wide Web, I'm [YOUR NAME].

Example:

"City Council Outlaws Skateboarding In Downtown: Youth Unhappy, (PAUSE) Hi, this is Homer Simpson from Springfield, Illinois and homersimpson.com with an article about how one small town is dealing with a skateboarding hooligans. PAUSE From the Springfield Gazette dot com, City Council Outlaws Skateboarding In Downtown: Youth Unhappy" {STORY} "For the News From The World Wide Web, I'm Homer Simpson
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Here are some good places to look for news articles:

The Drudge Report
DRUDGE REPORT 2008®

Yahoo News Most Popular Stories
Most popular news stories as ranked by readers of Yahoo! News

Newhouse News Service
Newhouse News Service - Home

AP Wire Top Stories from the New York Times
Associated Press News - Top Stories from the AP - The New York Times

Austin G · 08-06-2008, 12:19 AM

EXAMPLE POST:

I'll take this article:

Asylum's Renaming Insults Advocates
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories...TAM&SECTION=US

EDIT:
MP3 attached
Runtime: 6:34

Diane Havens · 08-06-2008, 10:29 AM

I'm at the airport waiting to board my plane for California -- so I'll have to miss this week!

Next week for sure!! Let's get some more ladies on board here. It's great fun.

John Zadikian · 08-06-2008, 11:22 AM

Hi, everyone!

This week, I've got my Green Acres mojo working for a story on pint-sized gardeners in Detroit raking in a lot of cabbage this summer.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080801/FEATURES04/808010341#

TRT - 5:49

Farm on!

Roger Baker · 08-06-2008, 11:59 AM

I will be posting mine later in the week. It's about modern day drive-ins! Thanks Austin!

Here it is
Run Time: 8:02

Cinema Al Fresco
MSN city guides

JohnWeeks · 08-06-2008, 11:36 PM

I'll take this one this week...

Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour, CDC says

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/heal...R-Waiting.html

Runtime: 4:01

I see you're running short on volunteers this week, so here's another one....

The rich are not so different after all: Hamptons town struggles with $12M deficit

The rich are not so different after all: Hamptons town struggles with $12M deficit -- Newsday.com

Runtime: 4:39

Jay · 08-08-2008, 04:01 PM

Hi, Thought this sounded like fun!

Newhouse News Service - Library's Drill Team Shelves Staid Image

TRT 3:45

Clintonnobles · 08-09-2008, 12:48 AM

Hope this is good for you.

Watermelon: The Fruit Of Love
Time: 3:48

JohnWeeks · 08-10-2008, 09:39 AM

For some reason I can't fix the wrong link for the East Hamptons story above...
Here's the correct link to that story:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...35,print.story

voicy1stef · 08-10-2008, 11:13 AM

Per our emails, you can count on me Austin!

08-06-2008, 12:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
Austin G I Love Bison! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA Posts: 34	The News From The WWW - 8/4/08 - Epsoide 21 - Volunteer Today!! Episode 20 is now on-line: www.TheNewsFromTheWWW.org Thank you for volunteering and welcome to our new volunteers! It's great to have a new home and to have the locals on this board volunteering too! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post the article title and URL/Link in your post along with your MP3 file as I show in the example post. It really helps me build the web page for the show a lot quicker if I don't have to search around and guess where you got the article from! If you have a chance, please go edit last week's post and delete your MP3 file attachment in order to conserve precious server space on Voice-Overs.com As always, if you have never volunteered before, we would love to have you aboard! PM me with any questions. --------------------- Instructions: 1. Select a news article that you would like to read (see guidelines below). 2. Create a post in this thread with the TITLE / HEADLINE of the article and a LINK / URL to the article to claim or get "dibs" on that story so no one else will take it or read a very similar article for this episode. 3. Record the title, intro script, article, and close script and save it as a MONO MP3 -6db with a sampling rate of 96 kbps 44100. 4. Edit your first post and add the recorded article / MP3 as an attachment and add the total run time / TRT in your post so we can track the length of the program (we need one hour worth of material). 5. DEADLINE: Please submit your recorded article by Sunday at Noon 8/10/08. Guidelines for choosing a news article: As a VO actor you have to read other peoples scripts all day - here you get a chance to read what you want / what interests you! Please keep in mind that the target audience is mostly older people with vision issues who already get a lot of the mainstream news from the RIS service through other volunteers reading local and regional newspapers in addition to listening to TV and regular radio. Please avoid political and breaking news as those are already covered and change from day to day. Pick articles that will have a week or more of shelf life. Also avoid celebrity gossip, stories of a sexual nature, murder, abuse, etc. Choose articles that you would feel comfortable reading to someone you just met etc. Articles that are interesting, funny, clever, etc. Please choose / read articles that are longer than 3 min when read (not including intros). A lot of short articles can be difficult to concentrate on / listen to. Often, you may come across an interesting story or news topic on one website but it is the abbreviated article. If you search the subject of the article on Google News Search, you might be able to find a longer / more in depth article on the subject from another news source. Just use your best judgment. If everyone contributed an article with a average length of 5 minutes, we would only need 12 VO actors contributing on a weekly basis to fill the hour time slot! Script: Here is the script I would like each person to read before reading their article in order to have consistency from one article to the next: "[ARTICLE TITLE (for show intro montage), PAUSE] Hi, this is [MY NAME] from [CITY, STATE] and [YOUR DOT COM WEBSITE (if applicable)] with an article about __________(short but intriguing summary about the article you chose). PAUSE From [SOURCE], [TITLE OF ARTICLE]. [READ ARTICLE] PAUSE, "For The News From The World Wide Web, I'm [YOUR NAME]. Example: "City Council Outlaws Skateboarding In Downtown: Youth Unhappy, (PAUSE) Hi, this is Homer Simpson from Springfield, Illinois and homersimpson.com with an article about how one small town is dealing with a skateboarding hooligans. PAUSE From the Springfield Gazette dot com, City Council Outlaws Skateboarding In Downtown: Youth Unhappy" {STORY} "For the News From The World Wide Web, I'm Homer Simpson -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are some good places to look for news articles: The Drudge Report DRUDGE REPORT 2008® Yahoo News Most Popular Stories Most popular news stories as ranked by readers of Yahoo! News Newhouse News Service Newhouse News Service - Home AP Wire Top Stories from the New York Times Associated Press News - Top Stories from the AP - The New York Times

08-06-2008, 10:29 AM	#3 (permalink)
Diane Havens Pacific East Coast Voicer Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 872	I'm at the airport waiting to board my plane for California -- so I'll have to miss this week! Next week for sure!! Let's get some more ladies on board here. It's great fun. __________________ Diane http://web.mac.com/dbhavens

08-06-2008, 11:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
John Zadikian Chiming in from Motown Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 100	The Greening of Detroit Hi, everyone! This week, I've got my Green Acres mojo working for a story on pint-sized gardeners in Detroit raking in a lot of cabbage this summer. http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080801/FEATURES04/808010341# TRT - 5:49 Farm on! __________________ John Zadikian On air - On hold - Online The voice of AAA, Kmart and Hy-Safe Technology http://jzvoice.voices.com www.Voice123.com/johnzadikian Last edited by John Zadikian; 08-12-2008 at 09:01 PM.

08-06-2008, 11:59 AM	#5 (permalink)
Roger Baker CEO Galactic Empire Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Asheville NC Posts: 41	I will be posting mine later in the week. It's about modern day drive-ins! Thanks Austin! Here it is Run Time: 8:02 Cinema Al Fresco MSN city guides __________________ Find more from the Galactic Empire CEO at: www.bakerstreetmusic.com Last edited by Roger Baker; 08-18-2008 at 12:01 AM. Reason: Remove mp3

08-06-2008, 11:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
JohnWeeks User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 132	I'll take this one this week... Average ER waiting time nears 1 hour, CDC says http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/heal...R-Waiting.html Runtime: 4:01 I see you're running short on volunteers this week, so here's another one.... The rich are not so different after all: Hamptons town struggles with $12M deficit The rich are not so different after all: Hamptons town struggles with $12M deficit -- Newsday.com Runtime: 4:39 __________________ John Weeks www.johnweeksaudio.com Last edited by JohnWeeks; 08-17-2008 at 07:09 PM. Reason: Adding audio file

08-08-2008, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Jay User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Devens, Massachusetts Posts: 22	I'll do this one Hi, Thought this sounded like fun! Newhouse News Service - Library's Drill Team Shelves Staid Image TRT 3:45 Last edited by Jay; 08-21-2008 at 03:15 PM.

08-10-2008, 09:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
JohnWeeks User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 132	For some reason I can't fix the wrong link for the East Hamptons story above... Here's the correct link to that story: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationwo...35,print.story __________________ John Weeks www.johnweeksaudio.com

08-10-2008, 11:13 AM	#10 (permalink)
voicy1stef User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Lovely England Posts: 194	Per our emails, you can count on me Austin! __________________ Acting is Art, Love, Giving & Prosperity Do the thing you love, work diligently and the money will follow //(^.^)\\ www.stefsvoice4u.co.uk http://stefsvoice.wordpress.com

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