The News From The WWW - 12/01/08 - Epsoide 38 - Warm up with the News!

[Austin G]

Episode 37 is now on-line: www.TheNewsFromTheWWW.org

Thanks to everyone who volunteered last week! Even though we had a holiday during the week - everyone was able to pitch in and we had another full hour plus!


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 12/07/08.

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

The Consumerist (great blog on consumer topics - read the article their blog posts are talk about)
The Consumerist: Shoppers Bite Back

[John Zadikian]

I'll do a double shot again this week:

How indoor colors affect your mood
TRT - 4:17
http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081102/FEATURES03/811020365

Tough times force families to live together
TRT - 4:33
Relatives must live together to get by | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

[ScottPaxton]

Hello everyone. Great stories last week. Here is my contribution for this episode.

1 in 5 Young Adults Has Personality Disorder

Run time-4:55

Thanks,

[Diane Havens]

Luxury Shame
Run time 11:02

The Rich are Feeling "Luxury Shame" | Newsweek Business | Newsweek.com

[JohnWeeks]

I'll do this one...

ROCKET RIDES FOR SALE

Rocket rides for sale - Cosmic Log - msnbc.com

TRT 8:02

[Roger Baker]

Hi Guys,

I was going to let Austin run mine from last week and take this one off, but.... I found one for the holidays that I HAD to read. Pretty comical. I will be posting later.

Alright VO boys and girls, time to spend those extra dollars you made this year for the holidays. Here are some ideas!!

Technology for the Obscenely Wealthy
Technology for the Obscenely Wealthy - MSN Tech & Gadgets - Holiday Tech Guide 2008 - Slide Shows - 1

Run Time: 12:20

Thanks
Roger

[Diane Havens]

Wow, Roger, that's a nice companion piece to mine!

[Roger Baker]

We must be on the same wavelength on this one Diane...!! I ran across this one this morning and thought this would be a good one. I liked yours by the way. Good story!

[John Zadikian]

Sooooo...Diane and Roger, what's it like to be among the nouveau riche' ?

[Diane Havens]

It's mahhhvelous, dahhling.