This is one of a series of pieces produced by Youth Spin, a youth radio program in Austin, Texas aimed at high school students. It is a straight interview by producer Zoe Cordes Selbin with sex education activist Shelby Knox, but we don't know that until the very end of the piece, when the host and guest are introduced; there is no setup, and it plunges straight into the interview. The information presented is good, but the presentation suffers; many of the questions sound as if they are being read from a script, and don't necessarily flow as a conversation. The piece would be improved if there were an introduction, and if the interviewer listened to the responses before asking the next question. But it's a good effort from this group of young people on a good topic.
Sex education is in a pretty sad state in the US. Heck, I knew this before I even listened to this piece! I experienced it first hand.
In this piece, we hear anout activist Shelby Knox's experiences in trying to encourage more in depth and informational sex education, that goes beyond the abstinence only deal that is funded by the government. The interview helps bring the whole scenario into focus, and should convince just about anyone that something really needs to be done!
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Phil Corriveau
Posted on September 24, 2006 at 02:10 PM | Permalink
Review of The Education of Teens: An Interview With Shelby Knox
This is one of a series of pieces produced by Youth Spin, a youth radio program in Austin, Texas aimed at high school students. It is a straight interview by producer Zoe Cordes Selbin with sex education activist Shelby Knox, but we don't know that until the very end of the piece, when the host and guest are introduced; there is no setup, and it plunges straight into the interview. The information presented is good, but the presentation suffers; many of the questions sound as if they are being read from a script, and don't necessarily flow as a conversation. The piece would be improved if there were an introduction, and if the interviewer listened to the responses before asking the next question. But it's a good effort from this group of young people on a good topic.
Ben Lavine
Posted on September 06, 2006 at 07:19 PM | Permalink
Review of The Education of Teens: An Interview With Shelby Knox
Sex education is in a pretty sad state in the US. Heck, I knew this before I even listened to this piece! I experienced it first hand.
In this piece, we hear anout activist Shelby Knox's experiences in trying to encourage more in depth and informational sex education, that goes beyond the abstinence only deal that is funded by the government. The interview helps bring the whole scenario into focus, and should convince just about anyone that something really needs to be done!