For my radio piece I think I would like to interview real estate agents and homeowners about gentrification in the city. I think the housing market is in an interesting place right now, and it would be a good thing to put some focus on. The audio aspect of this would be interesting if we could hear people talking about their homes and communities, because I think it can bring a very personal touch to that discussion.
Radio Pitch
For my radio pitch, I have two different topics I’d like to learn more about.
Interview an essential worker right as we went into the lockdown. What they feared the most. What was the news like when they realized they had to work overtime? Even though many of their friends and family were able to work from home. What did it mean for them to be an essential worker and how did it affect them or mentally.
Another pitch I have is about businesses that weren’t so much considered “essential.” I’d like to ask what was it like during such a time of uncertainty. How did they manage to continue pushing forward? As well as what was the biggest challenge they faced and how they overcame it.
Audio Essay Assignment
For my audio assignment I plan to interview the film score composer Chris Hajian. He has worked on movies like The Infiltrator and Critical Thinking to come up with original soundtracks. He recently released a new album and offered to have me come in to his studio for an interview and to audio record some of his music. Hajian’s charismatic and upbeat attitude and the nature of his profession would lend itself well to an audio essay.
Radio pitch
I leave near vanwick expy, near the atlantic ave exit, I always see this group of 4 people there homeless, I’ve seen them for years pre -pandemic to yesterday. I would like to interview them for my radio assignment.
Radio Story Pitch
For my radio pitch I plan on interviewing essential workers who worked throughout the pandemic. I would like to hear about their experiences, fear and now covid vaccine mandate.
Radio Pitch
For my radio project, I plan to interview a local deli owner who took over the business right before the pandemic struck. I would capture the sounds that exist in the deli such as the bell dinging when the door opening.
Radio Story Pitch
For my radio project I would like to attend an event at the Socrates Sculpture Park. There are two events that I have in mind, and I believe either of those would make for a great radio story. The first event is about poets and writers coming to read their work. I would hope to interview possibly some of the poets or writers.
A second event that I am interested in attending is the opening to an exhibition. An artist is presenting a new sculpture. But I think it would work for a radio story because these would be live activations of sculptures, some of which I think would involve music.
Both events I imagine would be filled with a fairly sized audience which would allow for some great background noises.
Radio Story Pitch
For my radio story I want to speak on the rise of violent acts on the New York Subway transportation system. According to the New York Post, “Subway crime rates soared amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 compared to 2019, when NYPD recorded a comparatively scant 1.47 felonies million riders.”
I have found myself with incredibly high paranoia when on the train due to recent crime rates. The goal of my story is to ask other New Yorkers who like most of us need the public transportation daily to get around the city quickly. Even with a car, parking is an issue therefore most New Yorkers depend on the underground transit.
I believe this will make a good radio story because I can incorporate some noise from the train itself as I catch New Yorkers heading out. Even the turnstiles are a good sound effect for this sort of story.
The goal of the story is to get the answer the question, Do New Yorkers feel safe while riding the train? Would they prefer the inconvenience of parking over feeling unsafe on their ride to work or school? What can the city do to feel safer?
Photo Essay Pitch
In my Photo essay I will to capture surroundings of the mosques and how the post lockdown of COVID had impacted the mosques in my neighborhood and how people are adopting to it. During pandemic the mosques were closed because it is a place that held prayers for many Muslims to practice. So the mosques do become crowded place during the time of prayers.
But recently in my neighborhood, one of the mosque went under construction to expand it’s capacity as the members of the association and the foundation of the mosque decided to do so. Due to the construction that mosque that been shutdown and the visitors who usually pray in that mosque now need to find another nearest mosque to pray. There is another mosque that been packed for few months during prayers due to the extra amount of people who used to visit the other mosque that went under construction for expansion. I will capture as many surroundings of the mosques to display the situation
Radio Pitch
For my radio pitch, I would like to either interview one of the MTA’s top executives and get their back story or interview a Nyc DJ about his roots, and how the pandemic has affected his career.