The News From The WWW - 2/16/09 - Epsoide 47 - Volunteer Here!

Austin G · 02-22-2009, 08:53 PM

Episode 46 is now on-line: www.TheNewsFromTheWWW.org

Thanks to everyone who volunteered last week!!! We had 10 minutes of EXTRA material that I couldn't fit into this week's show so I will save it for next week! Thanks everyone for submitting longer pieces and double thanks to those of you who recorded TWO articles!!! Way to go guys!

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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 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 3/1/09.

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 · 02-22-2009, 11:44 PM

It looks like I'll be getting two gold stars again this week, lol! My stories this week are:

The "tweenage" years are in the spotlight due in part to the Obama girls - TRT: 5:41

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090219/LIFE03/902190312/1079/LIFE

High school air drummers rejoice! How new exercise classes put that talent to good use in these tough times - TRT: 6:41

http://www.freep.com/article/20090216/FEATURES01/902160312/1026/FEATURES01/Inventive+routines+make+the+right+workout+for+hard +times

Diane Havens · 02-23-2009, 09:17 AM

Mine this week -- great explanation of how the economic crisis happened!

Dumb Money
Are executives villains or morons?

Run time 10:27

Dumb Money: Are Execs Villains or Morons? | Newsweek Voices - Daniel Gross | Newsweek.com

ranalanricard · 02-23-2009, 11:19 AM

Hi All .... My offering this week will be from the Wall Street Journal

Mexico's Drug Cartels May Have Become Too Powerful to Control - WSJ.com

The Perilous State of Mexico; With drug fueled violence and corruption escalating sharply, many fear drug cartels have grown too powerful for Mexico to control. Why things are getting worse and what it means for the United States.

Austin the article I've recorded was a bit longer than I had expected, so I've broken it down into two parts. One for this week and one for next. If you have the room this week, you can do a quick edit and bring 'em together into one article (I'd be happy to do it, but together they exceed the 10mb capacity)... If not, they're ready to go.

TRT pt 1 9:22 pt 2 10:15

Colin Campbell · 02-23-2009, 02:47 PM

Austin, it looks like this weeks link download's last weeks show. Also, the date in the title of this thread is last weeks.

Jay Thompson · 02-24-2009, 08:52 AM

The fourth R was always my favorite!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24well.html?em

TRT 7:23

Colin Campbell · 02-28-2009, 12:37 PM

Hearst Planning Electronic Reader...

Hearst Planning Electronic Reader Alternative To Kindle -- E-Book Reader -- InformationWeek

TRT: 3:42

haneen · 03-01-2009, 09:38 AM

Broadcast TV Faces Struggle to Stay Viable

8:14

JohnWeeks · 03-01-2009, 12:36 PM

DEA to halt medical marijuana raids

DEA to end medical marijuana raids - More health news- msnbc.com

TRT 4.25

02-22-2009, 08:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Austin G I Love Bison! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA Posts: 44	The News From The WWW - 2/23/09 - Epsoide 47 - Volunteer Here! Episode 46 is now on-line: www.TheNewsFromTheWWW.org Thanks to everyone who volunteered last week!!! We had 10 minutes of EXTRA material that I couldn't fit into this week's show so I will save it for next week! Thanks everyone for submitting longer pieces and double thanks to those of you who recorded TWO articles!!! Way to go guys! -------------------------------- 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 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 3/1/09. 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 The Consumerist (great blog on consumer topics - read the article their blog posts are talk about) The Consumerist: Shoppers Bite Back Last edited by Austin G; 03-02-2009 at 01:59 PM.

02-22-2009, 11:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
John Zadikian Chiming in from Motown Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 320	It looks like I'll be getting two gold stars again this week, lol! My stories this week are: The "tweenage" years are in the spotlight due in part to the Obama girls - TRT: 5:41 http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090219/LIFE03/902190312/1079/LIFE High school air drummers rejoice! How new exercise classes put that talent to good use in these tough times - TRT: 6:41 http://www.freep.com/article/20090216/FEATURES01/902160312/1026/FEATURES01/Inventive+routines+make+the+right+workout+for+hard +times __________________ John Zadikian \| On Air - On Hold - Online "Don't Pick Just Any Voice...Make A Sound Choice" www.facebook.com/jzvoice www.linkedin.com/in/zadikian www.voice123.com/johnzadikian Last edited by John Zadikian; 03-02-2009 at 10:31 AM.

02-23-2009, 11:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
ranalanricard User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: North Port, Florida Posts: 70	Hi All .... My offering this week will be from the Wall Street Journal Mexico's Drug Cartels May Have Become Too Powerful to Control - WSJ.com The Perilous State of Mexico; With drug fueled violence and corruption escalating sharply, many fear drug cartels have grown too powerful for Mexico to control. Why things are getting worse and what it means for the United States. Austin the article I've recorded was a bit longer than I had expected, so I've broken it down into two parts. One for this week and one for next. If you have the room this week, you can do a quick edit and bring 'em together into one article (I'd be happy to do it, but together they exceed the 10mb capacity)... If not, they're ready to go. TRT pt 1 9:22 pt 2 10:15 Last edited by ranalanricard; 03-03-2009 at 09:39 AM.

02-23-2009, 02:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
Colin Campbell Voice Talent and Producer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 935	Austin, it looks like this weeks link download's last weeks show. Also, the date in the title of this thread is last weeks. __________________ Colin Campbell... Voice Talent... Audio Producer... www.ColinCampbellVoice.com Member SaVoa... #07040

02-24-2009, 08:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Jay Thompson User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Devens, Massachusetts Posts: 27	I'll do this one The fourth R was always my favorite!! http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24well.html?em TRT 7:23 Last edited by Jay Thompson; 03-03-2009 at 10:53 AM.

03-01-2009, 12:36 PM	#9 (permalink)
JohnWeeks User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: East Tennessee Posts: 234	DEA to halt medical marijuana raids DEA to end medical marijuana raids - More health news- msnbc.com TRT 4.25 __________________ John Weeks www.johnweeksaudio.com Last edited by JohnWeeks; 03-07-2009 at 11:13 AM.

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