Topic Refinement

Personally, I felt the podcast pitch exercise was extremely helpful. It allowed me to narrow my topic down to the core questions I will need to research and answer. The main premise of my podcast is examining the hidden social costs of individuals losing their privacy (in reference to the NSA and Edward Snowden situation).

Time is of the essence, which is why pitches are valuable and helpful. ‘The pitch’ is a useful pre-writing exercise as it allows you to compare and contrast what information is more significant than others. ‘The pitch’ enables you to provide listeners of the podcast with the salient arguments that will be discussed in your actual audio recording of the podcast. It provides a writer with a sense of direction and structure. The best way to conduct your pitch is similar to the idea of an ‘elevator pitch’. A writer should go about their pitch as if they were in an elevator with a publisher and they only have twenty-seconds to pitch their idea.  

In my podcast, I will also discuss whether citizens of countries such as the United States, Canada, England, France and Russia are really gaining a sense of security with these types of surveillance methods.

I am excited to see how this process will unfold.