KBIA Stories

My favorite of the three stories is the Neuticles one. I thought the subject was definitely the most interesting and it was the only story that included ambiance sound with the dogs at the end and in the beginning. I wish that they had been able to talk to someone who had actually given their pet neuticles. The second most interesting was the Mario Manzini story, but it didn't include as many voices or sounds as the neuticles one. I liked the clips of him telling his childhood stories, he has a really good voice and his stories were interesting. They helped draw the attention away from the reporter. I thought the Adderall story was fairly bland. Although it included several different voices, it didn't tell as much of a story as the other two.

All three of the stories included many of the characteristics for writing for the ear that we talked about in class. They were all written in the active voice, the first two put the focus less on the reporter (although the Adderall one seemed to focus more on the reporter's voice). Overall, they sounded good as radio stories, but the ambiance sounds that the last two lacked made them a little less interesting.