How to safely clean your microphones

While documenting this pandemic, you might have been inclined to record or interview people about this time. Keeping in mind that there is still a pandemic and you might not know how to clean your microphones.  In this Transom article, it shows how to clean your microphones properly.

How to Safely Record During a Protest

               There is so much happening in the world, and it is good to know what rights you have when recording or gathering this historic information. A post by Teen Vogue tells you how you can safely record at protests. 

Some insight from one of the best interviewers out there!

TERRY GROSS

Advice from the top journalists!

THE RULES THE BEST OF THE BEST PLAY BY:  "Report against your own biases. That is, include the reporting that has a chance of proving you wrong, not just confirming what you already think or think that you know. At the very least, this will allow you to know in advance what the objections to a story might be. It tends to make reporting more fair—and more bulletproof." -Margaret Sullivan,  The Washington Post‘s media columnist ...read more advice!

Collecting good audio!

On this episode of HowSound, Rob Rosenthal chats with Rob Byers of NPR's Training Team about avoiding those pesky recording problems!

NPR also has a great guide for collecting good audio!

Be sure to visit transom.org for more great audio tips and tricks.

Things we should all know about B-Roll!

Check out this tutorial video about B-Roll from PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs. They'll be releasing more tutorial videos this fall.

LEVEL UP: GET THAT B-ROLL

Loudness!

"We all know the experience - listening to the radio or watching TV, a loud commercial jumps out, sending you grabbing for the volume control. Or conversely, your favorite program is too quiet leading you to crank up the volume, even though you know louder levels will startle you as the next program starts. Variations in program levels have been a problem for public radio stations, and now the public radio world is attempting to even out this difference by implementing a new loudness standard."  

- Jeff Towne, Transom Tools Editor

Check out this Transom.org story from Rob Byeron 

how to get with the new loudness standard.