14-4-16

All Systems Go.

After receiving conformation from Elizabeth in regards to the interview ideas for our live to air, the whole group quickly sent out confirmation emails and started generating scripts, introduction and outro’s.

The first interview pertains to Grandparents becoming a carer for their grandchildren while the parents go out to work. We chose this topic because there has been a societal shift requiring Grandparents to take a more active role in the early life of their grandchild – this is due to a number of factors including economic and financial pressure on the parents stemming from the increase in living expenses. We made contact with Lyn Clemments – Volunteer Coordinator at The Conniston Street Childcare Centre, in regards to her coming in for an interview.

The second live interview centres around a relatively unknown // under documented disease – Lupus. This topic was chosen because international Lupus awareness day would coincide with the week we are presenting our live to air as well as the fact that the disease effects a wide variety of individuals and often goes undiagnosed for years. The aim of the interview is to both raise awareness of the disease as well as offering the Lupus foundation a wide audience to help debunk some of the myths associated to Lupus. We have made contact with the Lupus foundation and are currently awaiting a response as to whom will actually come in to the studio on the day.

The third interview we are going to use will be a pre-recorded interview fro our DEMO. Having received positive feedback from Sam & Bruce in regards to the interview, we will employ it in our live to air. Adhering to the advice of Bruce, we will make sure to trim the interview with Helping Hoops down to a more engaging 7 minutes.

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