TOOLKIT
Facilitating workshops on the fundamentals of Radio
In this section, we will introduce you to a toolkit that consists of equipment, instructions and support you will need to create a radio show or a podcast. This toolkit is designed for both professionals and volunteers involved with young adults: activists, social workers, journalists or volunteers in radio associations.
You don’t need to be a journalist or have a thorough knowledge of radio to use our activities. Indeed, it is less a question of transmitting knowledge than of offering a space in which everyone feels free to take hold of the microphones to express themselves and debate.
The toolkit consists of video lessons and a manual with method sheets to facilitate radio workshops. Our activities come from a relaxed, inclusive and in-formal educational approach. The aim of our methodology is to guide participants as they discover the practice of radio production and help them to create their own program in a fun and participative way. In doing so the programs created will facilitate speaking out and sharing experiences at the microphone.
WHAT EQUIPMENT SHOULD I USE TO MAKE A RADIO PROGRAM, RADIO SHOW ?
In this video, you will discover the equipment needed to create a radio program and it will offer technical advice on how to use it.
Additional method sheets:
WHAT EQUIPMENT SHOULD I USE TO RECORD AN INTERVIEW ?
This video will give you the technical advice on what equipment you need to record with a single multi-directional microphone. It will also offer information on how record a vox pop, how to capture ambiences in the room you intend to do an interview in and how to engage in a classic interview.
Additional method sheets:
THE ROLE OF THE JOURNALIST
In this video, you will find the necessary information and advice for the participants who are taking on the role of the journalist. It will also introduce the participants to the skills required to prepare for an interview and how to react when conducting an interview during recording or live on air.
Additional method sheets:
CROSS-INTERVIEW
Through this introductory activity, the participants get to experience the different roles required when producing a radio interview. Participants take turns and get to test the role of journalist, technician and guest in small groups. In doing so everyone gets understand how to use the technical tools, and to also better understand the production of radio as a whole.
Additional method sheets:
THE STORY OF THE FIRST NAME
This activity will allow you to start the radio workshops in a playful way. This activity allows the group to get to know each other better. It will also allow the workshop to continue in a more relaxed fashion, while encouraging empathy, kindness, listening and understanding.
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THE GUIDE : Facilitating workshops on the fundamentals of radio
This guide will enable you to carry out your radio workshops.
It will make you familiar with the requirements for the preproduction, the technical equipment required for creating a radio program and will offer basic editing instruction for the final radio piece.
The method sheets will provide a lot of practical advice, both on how to feel confident when creating a safe space to have workshop as a facilitator and on the educational dimension of radio production.
In addition, you will be able to familiarise yourselves with the numerous technical recommendations when using radio equipment, editing techniques, and recording techniques. The method sheets will offer the support to experiment and explore radio practice with the participants in a fun relaxed environment and without any great difficulty.
As a professional, you can refer to the method sheets in different settings and apply the techniques proposed with the participants.