Host intro: Melissa Chauca, a Public Affairs major and Journalism minor at Baruch, interviews Journalism major, Ariana Milan. 

 

Track: Nat sounds of teachers in classrooms and students walking in the halls.

 

Track: I am here with my fellow journalist peer, Ariana Milan, in the quiet hallways of Baruch’s Journalism department ready to dive right into what her passions are. Ariana describes her favorite hobbies as reading, listening to music and making playlists.

 

Act: Ariana: Some of my hobbies are making playlists on spotify. Im really into music… I think like the most romantic thing ever is to like make someone a playlist or like a cassette… Another one of my hobbies is reading… I think it is a form of escaping.

 

Track: Ariana dove deeper into what has inspired her love of music and how her family has played a major role in the development of her music taste.

 

Act: Ariana: I definitely say I have picked up some music from my brother. Moreso like the rock and like R & B side from my brother, but from my parents I grew up listening to a lot of 50s, 60s, 70s music. So that definitely influenced what I like and listen to… I just am so into like current music and also oldies because I feel like you see the music influence from generations now. I just think music is something that is gonna live on forever.

 

Track: Music truly is something that will live forever. For Baruch College, I am Melissa Chauca.

 

 

Here is my Spotify link to my interview with Koko Nsougan.

Thank you,

Cristine Trimarco

https://soundcloud.com/user-484954224/patrick-manning-practice-version-audio

 

Soundcloud link here

HOST INTRO: Budding journalist Cristine Trimarco, while in Studio H of Baruch College, interviewed her fellow classmate Koko Nsougan. Together they discussed hobbies, inspirations, and more.

TRACK: In college, you have the opportunity to test the waters of an array of subjects and career paths. Nsougan, 20, chose to major in finance. 

ACT: KOKO:  One of the reasons I chose to become a finance major is because of it’s more narrow focus and it still allows you to like explore a field that has good job opportunities.

TRACK: Together we discussed her hobbies and what she does in her free time.

ACT: KOKO: I enjoy reading, baking, but what I enjoy most is playing the piano.

TRACK: Interests are often inspired by someone you look up to in that field.

ACT: KOKO: One artist I look up to who plays the piano is Charlie Puth. I admire Charlie Puth because of his general history in music. I once heard that he actually taught himself how to sing by mimicking what he learned from autotune. He later applied those skills to the piano and now he’s a well known artist so I admire him for that.

TRACK: Piano has many different cords, and when played together they create a tune or full song.

ACT: KOKO: I can play the major C chord, major D chord, but I can also play around and do the diminished fifth. It’s cool.

TRACK: When learning an instrument, one can come across some difficulty.

ACT: KOKO: One of my biggest hurdles in learning piano is like, learning how to play with both hands instead of just using one. I still struggle with it sometimes because one hand can do so much and it’s just hard to train your other hand. Especially since I’m a righty and not a lefty.

TRACK: When Nsougan was in highschool, the song “Baby Shark” was popular. She shared a funny story about this song with me.

ACT: KOKO: There was this time I was playing Baby Shark in a practice room back in highschool. This guy just barged in and told me to stop playing it because he was so annoyed by the song. I got why he was annoyed but I wanted to learn it for my niece.

TRACK: Since she started playing piano, the list of songs she can play has grown overtime.

ACT: KOKO: I can play a lot of songs. Well, songs that I know and like. I can play “ The Way” by Ariana Grande featuring Mac Miller. And I can play any Ed Sheeran song, Beyonce song, and I love playing a song by Celine Dion, I forgot the name.

TRACK: Nsougan speaks about how something she once disliked turned into a hobby she can’t get enough of.

ACT: KOKO: I used to actually hate reading but, I found this app like two years back, it is called Episode. Episode is basically a platform where anyone can post or write stories. You share what runs through your mind and you know, I got attached to that. Getting inside people’s heads, seeing what they’re writing. I really like the plots and growing attached to characters. So that’s definitely why I got into reading. One of my favorite authors is Penelope Douglas. 

TRACK: Through the years I’ve learned people like reading for many different reasons. Readers immerse themselves in a world the writer created.

ACT: KOKO: I like being caught by surprise. I like the raw and emotional ride and I just love being attached to characters, for even a day.

TRACK: Going forward, Nsougan hopes to narrow her focus in her field of study, strive to learn more using both hands on the piano, and continue reading. For Baruch College multimedia class this is Cristine Trimarco.

Host Intro: Current Baruch student Maya Alexander spoke about her interest in music and how not only does she collect records, but how she also plays the guitar.

Track: I asked Maya about her favorite record that she has.

Act: Maya: Some of my favorite records are defiantly some of the classic rock records that I have. I’m a huge Beatles fan, so all my Beatle records are my favorites. My most favorite record that I own is a Prince’s self-titled album which sounds great on my turntables.

Track: Maya was asked about the biggest factor when it came to picking out and buying records for herself.

Act: Maya: The main factor is how much it cost, honestly. I get my records from a wholesale record website. The record and Vinyl industry has had a resurgence, so the prices for records have gone up so looking for records from small stores are cheaper and it feels better supporting a small business rather than big companies.

Track: Maya was also asked about the differences between listening to music played on your phone through streaming and listening to a physical record.

Act: Maya: Honestly, there’s sometimes not a difference. Sometimes the audio quality on a record is worse than the music you listen to on your phone. The main difference is the vibe and the aesthetic. Records have crackling noises and sometimes are warped; it adds to the aesthetic.

Track: Maya was then asked about her experience with playing instruments and her overall enjoyment of music.

Act: Maya: I enjoy listening to music and playing music. I’ve been playing guitar for 3 years but started out playing the bass when I was younger. I love music a lot.

Track: Music is very important to Maya; she loves and enjoys playing and listening to her music. In doing so she is also helping small businesses and she and other record collectors are keeping a retro industry going. For  Baruch College, I’m Francisco Zenteno.

Host Intro: Former BMCC student Joel Garcia shared his thoughts on Baruch College and why Baruch was a major choice.

AMBI: Door squeaks as student enters stairway

Track: I’m here with Joel Garcia in the stairs of Baruch college as he makes his way to the seventh floor. He is a transfer student from Borough of Manhattan Community College who is into business and enjoys writing. He chose Baruch college because of his interest in business communications.

Act Joel: I am very interested in business and as in well as communication. So, before I came to Baruch, I was actually at BMCC, and I majored in writing and literature. I like to write as my previous major and what drove me here to Baruch is that it is focused around business and I just like literally interested in coming to Baruch for that and I ended up picking business communications as my major.

Track: He says going to Baruch has not only been a new experience in learning about business and communication but also for networking.

Act Joel:  What I like the most about being at Baruch college is the fact that I can network with people who are very open to talk to you and being friends on LinkedIn which is a pretty important task.

Track: Joel is very dedicated to his studies at Baruch college and would encourage others to be a part of this great school, for Baruch College I’m Tiselle Bascom

Host Intro: With pandemic restrictions loosening and events becoming more open to the public, people are looking to get back into a more active social life. Angelo Ascuasiati spoke with Baruch student Patrick Manning to discuss how he has been spending his time.

Track : The day is Wednesday, October 13. I’m sitting in a hallway on the seventh floor of Baruch’s Newman Vertical Campus with student Patrick Manning. In the quiet halls of the building he tells me about his hobby of having fun.

Act : I just be liking to have a good time, you know. That’s like a wide encompassing hobby.

Track: One of the activities included in this is playing sports with his friends.

Act: I like to play basketball. I’m in a league right now. Me, my friends. On Mondays.

Track: But looking for a good time can also mean getting onstage at concerts for him.

Act: “Last Saturday I was at a Colombian concert. I don’t speak Spanish, but you know. I was having a good time there. I was on the stage- I don’t know how I got on the stage. But they were like ‘you wanna come on the stage’ I was like alright I’m up on that stage.”

Track: Overall, Patrick says he’s just trying to have fun with his friends. An attitude I’m sure many can understand after so much time spent apart. For Baruch College, I’m Angelo Ascuasiati.

Intro Host: A student Joel Garcia studying Journalism at Baruch College, interviewed his classmate Tiselle Bascom. In their interview, they discuss life and challenges as a transfer Baruch student. As well as Tiselle’s life in and outside of school, and goals after graduating from Baruch College.

 

TRACK: I’m here with Tiselle Bacom in the staircase on the 8th floor at Baruch College, we found a quiet spot to interview and talk about what drove Tiselle to attend Baruch College.

 

ACT: TISELLE: I recently attended Queensborough Community College, I transferred to Baruch in 2020 the reason I decided was that my professor advised me to come for Baruch’s accounting program. Since Baruch has a great accounting program, I’m very interested in Accounting. 

 

TRACK: She’s a senior at Baruch College and although she loves the program, transferring came with some new challenges and adjustments.

 

ACT: TISELLE: I came here at the beginning of the pandemic, so I’m not used to Baruch College but the few times I’ve been here it’s been great.

 

TRACK: The commute to the city is great she says, as well as the opportunity to network with other students also makes the trip worthwhile

 

ACT: TISELLE: Commuting to the city has been fun, taking the subway walking to Wall Street and Park Avenue has been fun for me.

 

TRACK: Baruch’s location and atmosphere have offered much to Tiselle as she returned in person this semester but classes and school weren’t always so fun.

 

ACT: TISELLE: I started in February, and the Pandemic began in March, it was very busy and stressful and the professors were very overwhelmed.

 

TRACK: Tiselle loves the competitiveness and overall life at Baruch even giving insight into how to do well at Baruch.

 

ACT: TISELLE: I recommend anybody to come to Baruch stay focused, study all the time, and just network.

 

TRACK: One of her favorite things to do outside of school is always staying on top of things, as well as keeping herself busy.

 

ACT: TISELLE: My life outside of Baruch is very basic, I just have a part-time job and that’s it. On weekends I find myself doing just homework and studying.

 

TRACK: Tiselle takes her studies very seriously and she has solid plans for the future.

 

ACT: TISELLE: …So after graduating from Baruch I want to go do my Masters in Accounting, so I can become a CPN and open my own business. I’m interested in having my own business, I know a lot of people want to go to the big Forbes, but I’m very big on having my own business.

TRACK: Tiselle is working hard towards achieving her goals. For Baruch College, I’m Joel Garcia

HOST INTRO: Passive incomes and the tech industry as a whole have taken the economy by storm in recent years. New York City data scientist, Marco Santos, is utilizing his knowledge on machine learning and his ability as a writer to create a pseudo-passive stream of income for himself. Baruch journalist, Mira Ciganek, spoke with him today to get the full story.

AMBI: Nat sounds of the street and cars passing by (FADE AS TRACK BEGINS)

TRACK: I’m sitting here with Marco Santos in his Williamsburg apartment, as he takes a break from editing his most recent article. He is the back end developer of a startup, but he has also taken up a lucrative side gig: technical writing for Medium.

ACT: MARCO: Medium started as a side project for my current, or at my previous school. One of the required assignments was to publish to Medium and use that as a way to display or showcase our skillset in programming. 

TRACK: Since then he has gained a lot of traction from his articles. He now has over a thousand followers on Medium and makes roughly $200 a month from his writing alone.

ACT: MARCO: Basically I used that and gained a lot of success from that, compared at least to an average writer. From then, I just decided to keep at it even during my normal employment, I still write.

TRACK: Santos has written pieces on everything from step-by-step guides on building matchmaking programs to his journey getting a job after going to a coding bootcamp.

ACT: MARCO: Hopefully it turns into something bigger, and a really great source of side income or basically a main job eventually down the line. That would be the ideal so eventually I could just lean back and have my writing generate money for me.

TRACK: Santos is open to leaving his job as a data scientist and utilizing technical writing as his main source of income. I hesitate to say a full time job, as that doesn’t seem to be the goal. This trend of embracing passive income has grown more popular in recent years and is closely tied to the tech industry. For Baruch College, this is Mira Ciganek.

ABMI: FADES BACK IN AT THE END

LINK

https://soundcloud.com/mira-ciganek/audio-practice-assignment?si=4f52e42389644277b1980ff5a0ded62f

Intro to Audio Editing

Audacity: Free to download.

Audacity shortcuts to know:

Play/pause: space bar
Split track: Command I
Zoom in: Command 1
Zoom out: Command 3

In the tool bar, this is the selection tool that allows you to click and highlight and delete sections of track or select a spot where you want to split it:

This is the tool that allows you to move sections of track:


And this is the one that lets you adjust the volume, basically the same way the pen tool works in Premiere:

In both programs, when you’re finished editing, you’ll need to export the finished sound file before you can upload it anywhere.

In Audacity, it’s File –> Export Audio –> select “WAV” from dropdown menu and give the file a name and location, then hit “Save” and “OK.”

Assignment: Using Audacity, mix your practice radio story according to the script you wrote from the interview you did with your classmate. Upload the exported WAV file to Soundcloud and add it to your blog post with the practice script. Due by class time on Wednesday.