MA in TV and Radio Journalism

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    Divorce Uncovered A radio documentary on how the emotional trauma after divorce affects future relationships
    (Griffith College, 2023) Bischoff, Annalena
    Divorce is a personal experience which people hesitate to speak about in public. According to experts, it is one of the toughest phases in people’s lives because divorcees experience changes within all life circumstances. The decision to end one’s marriage does not happen overnight, it is a process which takes years and affects the social environment including family members, in-laws and friends. This study aims to discover the emotional consequences of a divorce on affected people. It covers the themes of loss, grief, healing and transformation before being able to commit to a new partner. Light is cast on the walls built after a divorce which can be a barrier to healthy relationships. A documentary was designed through the use of interviews, instrumental sounds and narrative elements. This documentation demonstrates the research process before the construction of the audio elements including sample literature as well as media artifacts dealing with vulnerable topics. The radio documentary Divorce Uncovered contains a personal divorce story with explanatory elements. It features the voices of women who experienced divorce in different ways and give deep insights into the emotional impact it had on their life as well as their future relationships.
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    History in Residence: a radio documentary about Dublin City Council's six historians in residence.
    (Griffith, 2019) Byrne, Brian
    This documentary is an examination of the work of Dublin City Council’s six historians in residence, the importance of public history, the history of Dublin and how we all relate or do not relate to it. History has long seemed the realm of the academic and the scholar, this 45 minute documentary will chart the efforts of Dublin City Council’s six historians in residence. As they attempt to take history down from it’s ivory tower of academia and make it a tangible thing to the public. Through the use of audio interviews, SFX and music, the documentary will explore the themes of public history and identity, what it means to be Irish and what it history means to us all. The narrative which emerges from these various themes, provides an insight into how important our history is to us, what we can learn from it, and what we are destined to repeat without it. In this programme I’ll be interviewing Dublin’s six historians in residence as I follow them through a normal workday. Moving from historian to historian, wending our way through Dublin’s districts, criss-crossing the Liffey, treading the steps of hidden history which permeate the brick and mortar of Baile Átha Cliath. With the historians as our guides, they will peel back the layers of the past, exposing the stories which lie just out of sight. Their mandate was to make history tangible for as many diverse groups as possible. On this journey we’ll hear from all the different people with whom the historians have interacted with over the past year; be they prisoner, pensioner or pupil.