MOJO Audio/Slideshow PROMO for the Frank Avis Stories

MOJO Audio slide show – PROMO Frank Avis his Career and Tutorial from John K Napier on Vimeo.

The following is a BONUS MOJO also from Newtown

John at Newtown a random interview from John K Napier on Vimeo.

Writing and Recording for radio and Television: MARCONI RADIO ROVER

Television News/Current affairs Script:

PTC: Technology innovation is known for fast growth and with releases of new offerings into the market on a regular basis. Today Australia has witnessed the launched of the latest state of the art mobile outside broadcast studio. As John Napier reports, this new studio on wheels can go almost anywhere.

Dur: 18secs

0:00 – 00:15 B Roll: – Images of the MRR. from website

 

 VO: Mobile Broadcast studios have come and gone. Enter state of the art, Marconi Radio Rover. An outside broadcast facility with a difference. Ben Starr, owner operator from Radio Australasia, explains.
00:16 – 00:26 A Roll: – interview with Ben Starr.

 

 

 

 Ben Starr: A lot of solid planning has gone into the rover. The studio layout in the Rover has been built to comply with all the latest broadcast standards making it ready for live to air outside radio broadcasting.
00:27 – 00:34 B Roll: – 2 Images of Guglielmo Marconi VO: The Rover has a direct endorsement with the Marconi family in Italy. After all Gugli-elmo Marconi is known as the inventor of radio.
00:35 – 00:50 B Roll: – video interior clip VO: Ben Starr: I’ve had radio insiders’ inspect this mobile facility and after viewing the studio equipment, they say it actually surpasses the standards of their existing studios. Both technical and safety standards. So, I’m feeling positive the radio industry will welcome this new facility.
00:51 – 00:56 B Roll: – 3 images MRR VO: The mobile studio can’t be missed. Its 7.4 metres long and a recommended height clearance of 3.6 metres.
00:57 – 01:05 A Roll:  John Napier PTC: John Napier: Ben says the Rover will be available in most states. At the Marconi Radio Rover launch, I’m John Napier.


MRR NEWS STORY – exercise from John K Napier

 Writing and Recording for radio and Television: John Napier

Assessment May 26th – MARCONI RADIO ROVER

 SUMMARY:

 The task of creating this news/current affair story was clear and collecting the still shots and video knowing where to use them within the story sequence was helpful. The interviewee was able to present his story clear allowing the Marconi radio rover story flow. The nature and duration of the story fitted well within the news bulletin. If there was more time, perhaps a part demo of the rover capabilities and a more in depth understanding about the Marconi involvement.

I feel the project went well overall. (apologies to the real Ben Starr)

Photo Story – Train Journey

Brilliant sunny start to the day at Wyong Rail station. Earlier commuters have traveled.
Station “opens up” reacting to a very pleasant morning
“Tickets please”
Post peak passengers arrive for their city bound train
Passengers young and old briskly find a seat
Passing through two major Central coast points along the way including Woy Woy.
Outskirts on north western Sydney. View of passengers here through the train window at Hornsby.
A novel guest on board. A character from the Sydney Easter show.
Passengers ready to alight and to transit for their connections at Strathfield station.
Busy passengers in transit at Strathfield.
After a change of trains at Strathfield its of to Lewisham with fellow travelers.
Basking in the sunlight on the train.
Upon arrival its “Tap off” at Lewisham and I’m free to go and to “make hay while the sun shines”.

Story No 2: Video vox pop with various people, asking them how Newtown got its name

Story No 2:

Video vox pop with various people, asking them how well they know Newtown New South Wales.

Questions:

  • How did Newtown get it its name?
  • Who named Newtown?
  • What’s your favorite part of Newtown?

John and Eliza Webster had a Grocery store in 1832

There was a large sign on the roof which said, “NEW TOWN STORES”.

The sign was a land mark and in time the name was said as though New Town was one word. Thus NEWTOWN was created.

New councils for NSW

Nineteen new councils across Sydney and NSW have begun operation.

The new councils have emerged from one of the most comprehensive local government reforms in more than 100 years. The creation of a further nine councils is pending.
NSW Premier Mike Baird said, the government’s plan was to create stronger new councils in Sydney and regional NSW.
“We are ensuring our communities have stronger and more efficient councils, which will free up money for important projects such as local roads, parks, playgrounds and footpaths.” He said.
The rate protection policy commitment means residents of new councils will pay no more for their rates than they would have under their old council for four years.
Reducing waste and red tape through local government mergers could free up close to $2 billion over the next 20 years, allowing councils to fund better services and new infrastructure for communities or lower rates.
The NSW Government will conduct a review in four years to ensure the community is continuing to benefit from stronger councils.
Each new council will receive up to $10 million to meet the costs of merging and up to an additional $15 million to kick start new investment in community infrastructure through the Stronger Communities Fund.
Administrators will govern councils until council elections on 9 September 2017.

AMA calls on government to abandon planned cuts to pathology bulk billing incentives

The Australian Medical Association is again calling on the government to abandon its planned cuts to bulk billing incentives for pathology services. It welcomes the release of the Pathology Australia report on the community health benefits, efficiency, and cost effectiveness of Australia’s pathology sector.

AMA Vice President, Dr Stephen Parnis calls on government to abandon planned cuts to pathology bulk billing incentives, said the report confirms the efficiency and quality of the pathology sector in Australia, and the value for money it provides to Australian tax payers.

“Australia’s high quality pathology services are vital to the work of GPs and surgeons who consult patients and conduct surgery everyday across the country,” Dr Parnis said.

“We have a highly efficient pathology sector that provides affordable services to the Australian community. It is irresponsible to disrupt this core element of the health system.”

“The report is further conclusive evidence that the Government should abandon its ill-conceived cuts to the bulk billing incentives, which will have a direct harmful impact on patients.”

Dr Parnis said the report demonstrates that the pathology industry has already increased productivity and efficiency to maintain high bulk billing rates, enabling high levels of access to these services.

Three key findings are indicated in a report based on the reliable and official data sources.

Australia is a leader in delivering value for money pathology services while maintaining quality of services, when compared internationally;

The increase in government-funded pathology expenditure has been driven by growth in the Australian population, and ageing and increased referrals, not by pathology prices. Prices have actually fallen overall in the last 15 years: and

Around 17 percent of pathology tests are provided free to the Australian community, providing savings to the Australian Government of around $450m last year.

Poll finds Australians hugely overestimate level of foreign aid in budget

Australians surveyed are estimating incorrectly, that foreign aid is 13 percent of the budget. That’s 14 times higher than is actually given to foreign aid.

Campaign for Australian Aid surveyed 1,528 Australian adults asking how much of the federal budget was spent on foreign aid. The average of responses was 13.28 percent, compared with the actual level of 0.9 percent of the federal budget. The aid budget totals 0.25 percent of gross national income only 19 percent of people estimated the aid budget correctly by choosing less than one percent of the budget.

Campaign for Australian Aid director, Tony Milne said, “Most Australians don’t realise we provide less than one percent of Australia’s annual budget to aid. This is not surprising as governments and politicians have often failed to adequately promote the benefits of aid and of building a fairer world”.

In May, $224 million maybe cut from the aid budget.

“If Scott Morrison doesn’t reverse scheduled cuts, Australia will become the least generous in terms of providing aid”, Mr Milne said.

“Cuts to the aid program have seen a range of life-saving projects in poverty stricken locations cancelled and closed with catastrophic consequences for the world’s poorest communities”, he said.

In a statement children’s development NGO Plan said due to budget cuts over past three years it has been forced to discontinue or cancel nine projects operating in Bangladesh, Zambia Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Cambodia Uganda, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

These included projects to combat child marriage, build kindergartens and help children cope with climate change.

The biggest aid cuts on last year’s budget were to spending in east Asia, which lost 36 percent of its funding; south and west Asia, which lost 38 percent; and Africa and the Middle East, which lost 63 percent. Spending in the Pacific was less affected by cuts, losing six percent.

Plan education expert, Katherine Fell said, “Since 2012, I’ve managed an education project in Ethiopia, a country where just five percent of children go to preschool. We built 27 kindergartens and established mobile donkey libraries from a budget of $1.2m. This project reached 5,000 children and adults in very poor regions where there were no kindergartens. Aid cuts led to this project being cancelled.”

“All we need is $600,000 to run all 27 kindergartens for three years – long enough to sustainably hand over responsibility, running and upkeep of kindergartens to local communities”, she said.

Future of Radio in Australia in a nutshell

Introduction:

Digital radio seems to be the way to go in the twenty-first century.

In terms of radio broadcasting commercially, DAB, which is short for “Digital Audio Broadcasting” seems to be the leader in this field.

The Internet has it variations with Podcasting, News and streaming music. Even the FM band radio stations are streaming their programs on the internet.

The traditional AM radio band is still hanging in there with its Talk programs and surprisingly Music shows. The AM band is still rating well because of the quality of its programs. But listeners will demand a more refined sound as time goes by and it’s widely predicted that AM stations will soon move to FM and eventually, like all the others find themselves in a digital world.

I asked several people about their radio listening habits including what they prefer. Here’s an example.

Play: Vox Pop

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Suitability: The Sydney TAFE Radio audience should find the matter described here as interesting because they’re  made aware of current radio trends which will not only affect their listening habits but are alerted to the fact that one day they will need to upgrade their personal electronics at work, home and in the car.

CRITIQUE: It’s difficult to condense such an interesting and potentially detailed topic because there are so many questions left unanswered. However, many listeners and consumers would not really be interested. But now that we have the internet and Google anyone who is interested can check the information themselves easily. So a Brief explanation from me is not such a bad idea after all. – My voice style could have been conversational.

Source: John Napier – Radio Today – Jose Auditore