I recorded my first audio story tonight.
It’s pretty–no, really–awful.
It is most definitely a work in progress.
I tried to work on it tonight, but I need some time to get it right. I am submitting this post to let you know that onmason has informed me that my file is too large. I will keep working and polishing. I will try to post again tomorrow–make that today.
I am a learning journalist and sometimes learning is hard.
For your first attempt, this is, as you’ve described, a practice assignment. I’m sure you know what to do next time: check audio levels at the time of recording, try not to do phone interviews if you can help it, check audio levels during post production editing and use the fader tools to smooth out the transitions between edits.