Comments for Designing Above 50 Million Gallons of Water

Caption: Sketch of the design for the park, Credit: West Seattle Blog

Produced by Molly Freed

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Summary: A tour around a newly undergrounded reservoir with Mark Brands, the landscape architect who designed the park to be built above it.
 

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Hopi High School

This piece was very well done. The piece was on topic. The interview was very good with capturing the background noises, made it seem alot more better. Job well donr, but i would have suggested that there could have been some background music to set the tone. The piece was excelent though. Great work.

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"Designing Above..." Review

Excellent! This radio piece was a breath of fresh air. Molly certainly understands radio, and the necessary elements of a radio piece. The background noise immediately draws listeners into the story, hiking around the reservoir in Seattle with Molly. The narration and quotes are balanced: neither one is monopolizing the radio piece. I also love how Molly drew connections to her childhood experiences with “The Magic School Bus,” tying those episodes to her experience exploring the reservoir. She explained how the reservoir being underground has numerous benefits: it makes the water safer and provides an opportunity for open green space on the earth above. The piece is great. No criticism here!