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Peer Review
[edit]The original Up First wikipedia page is underdeveloped and non informative. There is minimal details provided about the theme and plot of the show. This outlined draft is formatted with greater details, relevant and professional. This draft was written with a neutral tone of voice. The information provided about Morning Edition is not biased and provides a clear explanation as to why that podcast was inaccessible to viewers.The brief description at the beginning is necessary to keep viewers engaged and provides key information. There is a clear format to this draft through the representation of this show was created. The author of this draft articulated the audience this show was intended for and provides citations from NPR. At no point was I distracted by the information, but I felt as if there should be more. Maybe an examination into a specific conversation discussed during the podcast or an explanation as to the political affiliation of this podcast. Also, I really enjoyed the section which highlights the hosts and their past production history. The transformation from the original page to this one is remarkable.
Up First (rough draft)
[edit]Up First is an American podcast produced by NPR, which is posted online every weekday morning at 6am EST. The show is a short review of important news items that will be relevant for the day. Hosts Rachel Martin, David Greene and Steve Inskeep discuss news items with experts.[1] Departing from some of their other popular news podcasts, NPR's Up First favors a brief overview of the daily news, rather than a deep exploration of all the stories' complexities.[2] The podcast was launched on April 5, 2017 in order to showcase the most prominent stories of the day in a digestible format. [3]
Format
[edit]When Up First launched, it was intended to be a spin off of the popular NPR podcast Morning Edition, a morning news podcast that runs for several hours each weekday on NPR. For many people, Morning Edition was inaccessible to due its length and/or the time in which it aired.[4] For this reason, Up First was introduced to cater to the "more than three-fourths of NPR podcast listeners [who] say they are “definitely” interested in short, daily audio news updates."[5] While Up First is often compared to The New York Times' daily news podcast The Daily, the two podcasts approach delivering the daily news in much different ways; The Daily, a 20 minute podcast favors more in depth looks at the days news. Meanwhile, NPR's Up First clocks in at around 10 minutes each day trying to make the days biggest news stories as accessible and digestible as possible. That being said, polls and critics have been shown the favor The Daily over Up First.[2][4][6]
Up First was NPR's solution to delivering the most broad overview of the show for the day, as many fans of Morning Edition didn't have the hours to dedicate to listening to the long podcast After Morning Edition first goes live at 5 am EST, NPR takes the first 10 minutes or so of the podcast with Rachel Martin, David Greene, and Steve Inskeep and edits that into the show that many know best as Up First. When the Morning Edition broadcast picks up again at 7 am EST, the first ten minutes of the broadcast are replaced with something new to keep the information fresh and not repetitive.[7][8]
Up First is available to listen to on the NPR website, NPR One, and anywhere else NPR podcasts are posted.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Up First". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ a b "The New York Times' The Daily vs. NPR's Up First: Which morning news podcast is better at what?". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (2017-04-03). "NPR Sets Launch of 'Up First' Morning Podcast". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ a b "Want quick, on-demand morning news? NPR presents podcast 'Up First'". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Up First | National Public Media". National Public Media. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ "Battle heats up for morning daily podcasts as NPR enters the fray". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
- ^ "With 'Up First,' NPR has created a bite-sized, podcast version of 'Morning Edition'". Poynter. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
- ^ a b "Up First: The Essential Morning News Podcast From NPR". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-03-02.
Possible Wikipedia Project Topics
[edit]Up First
[edit]Up First the NPR Podcast has a very bare wikipedia page at only four sentences. For a national news podcast that many people listen to everyday to get their news, the page barely talks about the format of the show, the production, or any specifics on the content that is presented. I fell like significant work can be done on this page.
Crash Course (YouTube)
[edit]The page for Crash Course, the educational YouTube channel has a fairly good foundation, but I feel as if it can be improved up. I first notice that there are a fair amount of citations missing. Second, while there is some good info about the show (with some room for expansion), there is little about the reception/public use of the channel which I think would be a very important part of this page as Crash Course is used so frequently in schools and as a study tool.
My Brother, My Brother, and Me
[edit]This was the article which I evaluated. I think first I could improve this page by reorganizing the TOC to make it a more natural flow. Then I think that I could go more in depth into the podcast and further explain the format of the show, the shows membership of the Maximum Fun podcast network, and also better explain the reach of the podcast.
Article Evaluation
[edit]The article My Brother, My Brother and Me seems to be a growing and comprehensive entry explaining the comedy podcast. There were two matters, however, that initially distracted me. First, was the order in which the table of contents is in which is as follows:
I have a few problems with the table of contents. First, I believe it should go 1. Format, 2. Hosts, 3. Guests, 4. References. I think the TV show should have its own page because while it is similar to the podcast, it is presented in an entirely different media and takes a different approach in formatting. However, if the TV Show must be on this page, it makes no sense for it to precede Hosts and Guests which have to do with the podcast itself. Furthermore, Hosts should come before Guests as it gives the reader a better understanding of the regular weekly podcast. It appears to be a fairly neutral article; it does mention some awards the podcast has won without out citing any criticism as well, but I don't know that there's sources to pull from in that sense. The citations I checked work, and supported the claims made in the article. Most sources seem neutral. In some cases the citations are from the official podcast website, but in all instances those appear to be facts based on what occurred in the show and are not an opinion. All information seems to be up to date, however it seems a bit basic, just touching on each aspect of the podcast.
There's only one comment in the Talk page, criticizing the last sentence in the article for being too ambiguous. This article has been rated as Stub-Class and is a part of the WikiProject Podcasting. We haven't talked much about audio media in class at this point, but I don't believe that this article goes in depth enough based on the many facets of podcasting that we've already briefly touched on.