Summary: Brian Reed -- with tape rolling -- wades into a lagoon on Kirabati to learn how high the sea has risen. (Photo by Claire Anterea) Brian Reed has a knack for visual radio. Brian employs, with great effect, the old writing maxim "show, don't tell." On this HowSound, we listen to clips from Brian's work that exemplify solid visual storytelling for radio -- walking waste deep in ocean water for Climate Change and Faith Collide in Kiribati; recording a man in a wheel chair in a parking lot that doesn't comply with the American With Disabilities Act for This American Life; putting bad tape to work to create visuals in an economics story; and some good-ole-fashion "shoe leather reporting" that yielded an excellent example of "show, don't tell" for a piece on police lay-offs in Newark, New Jersey. Have a look.... I mean.... Have a listen. Best, Rob PS -- FYI, Brian's a producer for This American Life. He got his start in radio through fellowships at NPR -- The Kroc Fellowship and the Above the Fray Fellowship.
