PILOT The News From The WWW As Read By The Voices Of The WWW

Austin Grammer

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for volunteering to read a current news article once a week for "The News From The WWW As Read By The Voices Of The WWW"!

See this post for background: http://voiceoversavvy.com/ftopic4876.html

I would like to try to put together a pilot episode to be ready by Monday so if you can post your chosen article / MP3 to this thread by Sunday evening (2/24) I'll edit them all together into an hour long program and then post a link for everyone who participated to listen to the program and I will also send it to the Program Directors at the RIS stations that I am currently working with to get their feedback. Please post your file and the title and URL / Link to the article. If you can also include the runtime that would be great. 128k MONO MP3 Please look through the list of posts to make sure you don't duplicate someone else's work.

You can pick your own article / news story. Please keep in mind that the target audience is mostly older people with vision issues who already get a lot of the mainstream news from the RIS service through other volunteers reading local and regional newspapers in addition to listening to TV. So I would avoid political and breaking news as those are already covered and change from day to day. Pick articles that will have a week or more of shelf life. Also avoid celebrity gossip, stories of a sexual nature, murder, abuse, etc. Articles that you would feel comfortable reading to someone you just met etc. Articles that are interesting, funny, clever, etc. I have a list at the bottom of this post of some recommended articles for you to get an idea of what I am talking about.

Here is the intro I would like each person to read before reading their article in order to have consistency from one article to the next:

"Hi, this is MY NAME from CITY, STATE and YOUR DOT COM WEBSITE (if applicable) with an article about __________(very short but intriguing summary about the article you chose). PAUSE From SOURCE, TITLE OF ARTICLE, READ ARTICLE"

Example:

"Hi, this is Homer Simpson from Springfiled, Illinois and homersimpson.com with an article about how one small town is dealing with a skateboarding hooligans. PAUSE From the Springfiled Gazette dot com, City Council Outlaws Skateboarding In Downtown: Youth Unhappy"

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Here are some good places to look for news articles:

The Drudge Report
http://www.drudgereport.com/

Yahoo News Most Popular Stories
http://news.yahoo.com/i/964

Newhouse News Service
http://www.newhouse.com/

AP Wire Top Stories from the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/aponline/index.html
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Here are some articles I have come across in the last couple of days that I would recommend if you are unsure what to read:

Kenya violence threatens flower exports
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080212/ap_on_re_af/kenya_flower_fears

Space Station Crew Can Access Gun
http://www.wesh.com/news/15298911/detail.html

'£10 licence to smoke' proposed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7247470.stm

Is the party over in China? Massive unemployment looms
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/ea_china_02_15.asp

Some Homeless Squat in Foreclosed Houses
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080217/homeless_foreclosure.html

'Cancer link' to heavy mobile use
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7250372.stm

Campbell's Lowering Sodium in Kids Soups
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/health/AP-Campbell-Soup-Sodium.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Colorado University laser device analyzes breath to detect disease
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8298919

Warning given over techno addicts
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7253493.stm

'Dilbert' retells story of Iowan fired over comic
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220/NEWS/802200382

Kim White · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 04:05 (GMT) Post subject:

I'll take Campbell's... the story's just 10 miles away...

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 04:14 (GMT) Post subject:

I've got the "Dilbert" story!

Diane Havens · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 04:24 (GMT) Post subject:

I think I'll take the one on Yahoo about the self-healing rubber bands! I love cool science stuff like that.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_rubber_band;_ylt=Aiombu6BguZUrPhvE_.0_VgDW7oF

Snap! Scientists make a self-healing rubber band
Run time: 2:19

John Weeks · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 04:34 (GMT) Post subject:

I'll take the story about "Stephanie Mockler" from CNN.com!
Stephanie Mockler
1:07
http://ypwr.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/10/stephanie-mockler/

Roger Baker · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 04:49 (GMT) Post subject:

I'll do the foreclosure/homeless one.

Thanks
Roger

EDIT: I tried to upload tons of different ways. All I get is "Tried to upload an empty file." Austin, I will have to email you about it. Sorry.

Austin Grammer · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 05:53 (GMT) Post subject: Awesome!

Awesome! Thanks Guys!

Claire Dodin · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 11:27 (GMT) Post subject:

ok, mine will be this (I figured it was relevent because of my French accent):
title:
"French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for every French child of ten years of age to have to learn the life-story of one of the 11,000 French children who fell victim to the Nazi holocaust. It's a plan that has provoked a storm of protest..."

David Bosco · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 13:15 (GMT) Post subject:

I will take the Breath Analyzer from the Denver, Colorado paper

Please note: Submission complete and posted below.....

Tom Pagnotti · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 17:24 (GMT) Post subject:

Gun Aboard Space Craft from WESH.com

Run Time 1:44

Link: http://www.wesh.com/news/15298911/detail.html

Scott Pollak · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 17:48 (GMT) Post subject:

Here ya go, Austin... "Dilbert".

Dilbert' retells story of Iowan fired over comic
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080220/NEWS/802200382

Running time: 4:13

David Bosco · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 18:01 (GMT) Post subject:

Austin,

I sent this to you also as a personal message with a few questions. Please let me know if you need any adjustments.

BREATH ANALYZER time - 3:44

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_8298919

Cameron Thomas · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 18:18 (GMT) Post subject:

I'll probably stick with any weather-related stories, but I'll take the one about satellites spotting Mayan ruins.

I'll have it done by Friday

Cameron Thomas · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 19:28 (GMT) Post subject:

Satellites spot lost Guatemala Mayan temples
Reuters
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/guatemala_maya_nasa_dc;_ylt=AqsE0UYjov9e5rK24sZFjIkDW7oF
Runtime: 3:36

Cheers,
Cameron

Dave DeAndrea · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008, 19:31 (GMT) Post subject:

Oxford To Study Faith in God
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080219/ap_on_re_eu/britain_god_study
Runtime 1:03