Piper's Blog 2.0

My Podcast My podcast was originally going to be about the new baseball rules, however my experts had to cancel last minute. Instead I did my project on SportsLink, the production club at High Point University. Putting the podcast together was difficult because I had a lot of good material that I wanted to include but wouldn't fit into the two minute requirement. But here's the final product,

The Music I chose the song Living in the Country by The Spectacular Fantastic. Baseball boys are known for liking country music, so this song is something I feel would be playing at a practice or tournament. The Noise My noise is just the loud air conditioner in my room. You can clearly hear it at the beginning and end when I'm not talking, but it's still audible during my speaking. Without the Noise This is my edit without the noise. I will admit removing the worst of the fan does make my voice sound a little quieter than I'd like but I guess its better than the fan. However, if you're smart and actually pay attention when you record real audio you won't need to edit annoying noises out of it. Audio Without Effects So this is my audio before I've done any effects on it. It's just some random audio from my multiple takes at the voice over for my podcast. Audio With Effects This is my audio with effects on it. I went with the p...

Introduction  For this project, I posed the question, who is your favorite baseball player. This relates to all three of my possible topics about baseball. When cutting the audio together, I was careful to not cut off words in the middle and being careful to keep the audio levels between clips similar, so that it's not jarring when listened consecutively. I also crossed the audio over for a few frames so that they merged together better. The cuts I did make in the middle of people's sentences don't sound like they've been cut because they've been cut pretty seamlessly.

Story Ideas Baseball:  No Longer a Men's World? This topic would be most related to the hiring of Alyssa Nakken by the San Francisco Giants. I would pose the overarching question of:  Do you think women should be heavily involved with the MLB? I'd follow up with how women might affect the industry if they're included. Two experts I could use could include: any college level coach, college level players, and possibly minor league or unaffiliated league coaches and players. Arguably, the best set-up would include one of each because each has a unique opinion by their current standing in the system. At this point, I already know most of the information about the specific situation with Alyssa including: why The Giants hired her, what The Giants want to use her for, and the public response to her hiring. However, I think it could be really interesting to get even more opinions from lower levels to see if the system is likely to include more women. It would also be interest...