I just bought a Zoom H4n and I enjoy making field recordings, how do I make useful recordings? (Or who would care about the recordings I've made?) [more inside]
posted by ejfox on Sep 1, 2009 - 11 answers

Aside from Andrew Gilligan's revelation that the UK government knew that the evidence justifying the Iraq War was exaggerated - what other major news stories have been broken on the BBC Radio 4's, Today Programme?
posted by MrMerlot on Feb 25, 2009 - 1 answer

Who decides what's news? [more inside]
posted by ibmcginty on Sep 20, 2007 - 14 answers

MediaFilter: What is your experience with PRX (Public Radio Exchange)? [more inside]
posted by parmanparman on Oct 16, 2006 - 4 answers

On phoneswarm.org someone mentions that "...several years ago, one of CBC's main news programs became quite adept at calling pay phones in the midst of the world's current trouble spots and interviewing whoever picked up. Don't know where they managed to get the numbers, but it was unique, raw and on the spot journalism." Does anyone know what program this was, or where I could obtain transcripts or recordings of this?
posted by soviet sleepover on Nov 25, 2005 - 3 answers

What are the best tricks, using an audio program like Audacity, for improving a recording of a phone interview where the other guy sounds really quiet, but your voice is loud? What compression/decibal settings are typically best, and what other effects will bring the quiet voice up -- perhaps without making the loud voice much louder? [more inside]
posted by inksyndicate on Mar 9, 2005 - 9 answers