KBIA Story Blog

by Tanya Sneddon

KBIA reporter Kevin Lorenz did a segment called "Local Business Owners Respond to Festival." In this piece, Lorenz uncovers some mixed feelings about the Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival which shut down much of the city of Columbia's downtown roadways. He interviews two local downtown business owners: one, from Bangkok Gardens, whose business suffered from the road closures of the festival, and also to the owner of Addisons, whose restaurant was busier than normal as a result of the festival. It was a well crafted audio piece but I could tell that Lorenz was new to the audio world because some of the edits were obvious and he only included natural sound in the beginning and end of the piece. Though well done, this natural sound could have been included at various times throughout the piece to really recreate the fun festival atmosphere. On the whole, it was an interesting and engaging piece and I enjoyed it as a listener.