Capital North East presenter Alex Burgess; how she broke into the industry.
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Community Radio Awards 2016 – ArtyParti
A happy little announcement from our sister radio programme.
Community Radio Awards 2016 – White Market Podcast
A love letter to one of my good radio friends, & the success of her podcast.
Warning: Gushingly positive opinions lie ahead.
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Chris Sykes, BBC Newcastle – How Will Buckley Started My Radio Career
Chris Sykes, now Broadcast Assistant with BBC Newcastle, found his way into the radio station via work experience. Here’s why he impressed the BBC, and why they wanted to keep him around:
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Meet Stephanie Chungu.
I was 14 when I told my parents I didn’t want to do the family route and study science. I finally admitted them I wanted to write and it freaked them a bit, because they didn’t know how to get me where I wanted to be, whereas in pharmacy/nursing they know people.
You can consider me the black sheep in the family if you will. Myself and my cousin both take media courses – herself journalism and me studying Broadcast Media Production.
I won’t lie, I was scared breaking out in the media industry. Taking an easy route into a job wasn’t what I wanted to do and I wanted a challenge. Since joining Spark Sunderland in 2013, I’ve clocked up a whole calendar of hours (I’ve stopped counting since 150) of radio, and working behind the scenes. I love doing it. I love choosing the songs for playlist for my Urban Show on a Monday, choosing what content I should put in my daytime show, being in control of all the specialist programming, I just love it.
But the one thing that bothers me? I’m one of the seven ethnic minority in the station. Media is not solely focused on BAME [Black and Ethnic Minority], and many just assume to put us in the Urban setting.
So, when given the chance to go down to London to attend a masterclass held by BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra, I jumped at the chance. It was a masterclass hosted by creative access, a programme committed to providing the best advice, experience and internship for BAME industry beginners.
The first day in London, I panicked. Well, of course I did, I was in King’s Cross and was about to burst into tears because I didn’t have enough money to catch the tube home. Oh how stupid I was, thinking that I could be so comfortable down in London on my own.
Eventually, I got to my aunt’s house. And my cousin was so excited for this masterclass that she wasn’t even going to. “You’re going to make it, Steph, believe me.” I tried. I really did.
On the day, I wanted to look really good. I mean, I’m going to my future workplace, I wanted to stand out. Before making down in London I went to Newcastle and bought a whole new outfit, that screamed “I KNOW WHAT I WANT AND I’M GOING TO GET IT.” Continue reading “Meet Stephanie Chungu.”
How to not mess up your work experience placement
Today’s post comes from the genius audio producer that is Tim Johns, who is currently Reporter/Producer for The Jeremy Vine Show on BBC Radio 2.
I did a talk on this subject at this year’s Student Radio Conference in Cardiff.
Yes, some of it is blindingly obvious, but I thought it needed saying because I see people come in for radio placements/internships/shadowing at Radio 2 a lot. And so often, people get the little things wrong.
Don’t be useless at making phone calls
If you’re asked to pick up the phone and book a guest, take a deep breath and go for it. You need to be charming and persuasive. It can be slightly daunting making this first phone call in an open-plan office but if you come across badly and the guest says “no” that’s not great.
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Season 2, 1 – Maximising Your Voice
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Hello, Creatives! It’s been a long wait, but (drum roll…) here’s season 2.
Our awesome guests this week are;
Peff Soulsby
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“My speciality is sexy robots. I’m trying to carve out that niche. GPS, on board computers… Siri, I’m coming for you.”
Freelance voice-over & voice actor, & Graduate Marketing Assistant at Newcastle University. And, following the release of EVE: Valkyrie, pioneering sexy robot voices everywhere.
“Find your outside passions. Be broad, and follow them as well. Contacts are important, don’t burn your bridges.”
Tom Campbell
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“If you ever have a coaching session, and you leave feeling brow-beaten, and disheveled, and destroyed, then you have had a bad coaching session. You should never leave a coaching session anything less than inspired to get back on the radio.”
Drivetime presenter on Heart North East Radio, and all-round Super-Human. Also recently known as “Dr. Cuddles”, prescribing free hugs in Middlesborough. Awww.
Seriously, it’s cute…
Vik, aka VikkStar123
“YouTube for me was just a fun little hobby with friends from school. It just turned out that there were people searching for gaming videos, and it’s grown from that initial spark – hey, people are watching my stuff, I should try to make it better.”
Click here to listen to Vik of The Sidemen on 99% Perspiration
One of the seven-strong Sidemen, a group of collaborating YouTubers who post pretty funny content. Your typical video-gaming dude. (Big ups to Niall McGuire for sharing with us.)
With new music, courtesy of the awesome audio producer Jed Stoker.
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And, as always,
Stay productive, stay awesome!
Jay Sykes
Executive Producer, 99% Perspiration
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WTKieran!? – It Gets Better
Hello, Creatives! Every once in a while, I like to post content by other creative people, especially emerging talent. (I should say, if you’re interested in sharing your creative posts on the 99% Perspiration blog, I’m but a message away, via Facebook or Twitter.)
Kieran Brannan is a guy I know from university; I’ve not taught him, but seen him around Spark FM, the community radio station we volunteer at together. And now, he’s graduating straight into a BBC position; a runner with BBC Scotland.
Well, I’ve long admired people who can post content about their emotions in connection with their creative self so freely; take a look around the posts here and you’ll see only positivity from me. It’s not a defence, exactly, it’s how I want to present myself online.
So Kieran took part in today’s #99PodcastHour (every Tuesday, 7pm – 8pm GMT) and shared this;
Kieran’s called his post “It Gets Better”.
International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day, Creatives! Join us in celebrating this important campaign, which attempts year on year to help bring society ever closer to parity.
I spoke to female creatives across various industries to find out what International Women’s Day means to them, and what advice they have in store for emerging female creatives.
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Bridget Hamilton
Founder of social community project Verbal Remedy, and Producer at BBC Radio Newcastle.
“In this day and age you’d be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t consume some sort of media every day. That’s why I think we as an industry have to be incredibly hot on issues such as gender parity.
“Not only do we have to work on equality for those who work for us (for instance, only 36% of people in your typical newsroom are female), but we also need to improve how women are portrayed in our documentaries and dramas.
“No one should be confined to playing the swooning doctor’s assistant or the
damsel in distress. Of course, many of us will be able to think of women whose contributions to TV and film are far from tokenism, but there’s still a long way to go.”
Radio 101 – Ep. 21 of 99% Perspiration
Hello, Creatives!
Jam-packed episode for you this week.
On the 7th October, the Student Radio Association held training days around the country, inviting various radio professionals to give talks about their work, share their stories, and offer advice to tomorrow’s radio professionals.
And that’s exactly what 99% Perspiration is all about! We’re were lucky enough to be invited to the North East & Yorkshire training day. So if you’re interested in heading into radio/audio work – whether it’s presenting, producing, journalism, or voice over – then listen on. This is the podcast for you.
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This Week’s Guests:
Steve and Karen, Breakfast Presenters on Metro Radio.
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Doug Morris, Managing Editor at BBC Newcastle.
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Anna Harding, Regional News Editor for Global Radio.
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Tom Campbell, Drive presenter of Heart Radio.
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Emma Snook, producer/presenter at Amazing Radio.
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Kyle Wilkinson, the voice of BBC Radio 1.
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This week, a huge thank-you is in order to Steph Finnegan & Rute Correia, who recorded interviews. This episode of 99% Perspiration would not have been possible without them.
And until next time,
Stay productive, stay awesome!
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