Now Josh says he wants to keep doing radio diaries until he's eighty years old. Many of these stories, like Josh's, could never be told by a professional journalist in the same way that Josh tells it himself. Still, I always urge teenage diarists to think of themselves as reporters. Being a reporter is like having a passport. A microphone is less intrusive than a video camera.
Radio is intimate.
When you hear someone's voice on the radio, it feels as if they're talking directly to you. It's like getting a phone call from a friend. Radio forces you to be creative and pay attention to words, sound and language. Radio requires you to be not just a journalist, but a poet and a good storyteller. Remember that many people listen to the radio in their cars.