Topic Refinement

Having the task of doing a podcast pitch was a helpful part of this assignment for me. I feel it was simply an extra step to polishing out any extra, unnecessary material and refining my topic. I started out stuck in between two topics: the Antikythera machine, or a historical,architectural piece. As the blog posts progressed I was able to orient myself better on what my interests were passionate about and I chose to cover the media topic of the Ukrainian Maiden Revolution. The pitch helped me narrow down my topic, setting me closer to a precise question for my podcast discussion. 

A pitch could definitely be useful for other assignments since it is simply another step/another chance to revise and refine your work. 

So far, post-pitch, my refined show idea is to cover the question of Is/How the media reporting on the Ukrainian Euromaiden Revolution slandering Russia's hosting of the Olympics and adding to damages of the controversies and security threats of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi?