I contributed regularly to the DCUfm flagship sports show, Action Replay, and was part of the regular
panel and occasional host of Action Replay Extra Time, the show’s weekly podcast. The show
broadcast every Monday and Thursday at 6pm, for which I was a regular guest on the Monday, and
the podcast recordings took place on the Thursday afternoon. I was part of eight podcasts
throughout the year as part of the regular team, and took a hands-on role in planning, scripting,
recording, and occasionally editing. The show won Best Show Arts/Features at the Hybrid Student
Media Award, an accolade I am very proud of.
The podcast was a fantastic experience, from which I gained comfort in my radio voice and
personality, as well as a different kind of research and discussion. We were able to express ourselves
and talk with insight about the sports we love, and, along with TV News, is what I will miss most.
I also featured twice on The College ReView, which was the podcast dissecting the stories told in The
College View that week.
Struggles came with my voice initially (I was constantly too loud) but they were quickly allayed as the
year went on, as I slipped into a comfortable rhythm of speaking that is so crucial for radio for
expressing your personality and gaining trust with your audience (Allport and Cantril, 1933). The
showreel attached features half an hour of sample audio that I feel shows off my best contributions
from the year in audio.

Alex Dunne - DCU Journalism 2017/18 Portfolio Showreel

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