Get Started In Radio Broadcasting 2022 (Manchester)

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The Gaydio Academy, in partnership with The Prince's Trust, delivered radio and work skills training, peer support and mentoring to help people from Greater Manchester become more confident and employable. All participants benefited from one-to-one support, work experience and volunteering opportunities.

Each intensive round of training delivered five informal training sessions over a single week at our Manchester Academy HQ. Training focused on:

Course Layout

Introduction to radio and how to become a radio presenter
Show content & news presenter skills
Other roles in radio & music
Podcast creation ideas on a subject of their choice
A session exploring the next stage progression, tailored to the specific needs of each participant, including creating their podcasts.

Podcasts

The end goal of the week was for each participant to produce a podcast in a group that they could take away with them but on topics the groups could relate to. The podcasts were designed to be similar to podcasts that could be heard on streaming platforms. Below are the podcasts on Gaming, Culture & AI (Artificial intelligence):

'Gaming' with Nash, Josh & Matthew:

'Culture' with Ralph, Zaib, Fatima & Iona:

'AI (Artificial Intelligence)' with Owen, Gabrielle & Nathan:

News Demo

During one session, participants took part in creating a news report from scratch and recorded this live. Taking current news stories, they constructed a journalist layout to present this on-air. Individually, they recorded then edited this down to the final feature. Please see below one example, created and voiced by Jake, Owen & Iona :