Well Said: Alex Longo

August 2018

Purpose

Well Said is the official storytelling podcast of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a new episode each week highlighting the faculty, staff, students, and alumni of the Carolina community.

As an incoming first-year student at Carolina, Alex Longo had a unique story. At age 13, he submitted a proposal to NASA’s call for the location of the Mars 2020 Rover landing. By the time he was accepted to the university, he was preparing for the fourth and final NASA workshop to defend that landing site.

Responsibilities

Scheduling interview
Research and question development
Executing interview, including studio setup and recording
Script production
Hosting/narration, including studio setup and recording
Audio engineering and editing of the episode, including audio clean-up and music
Producing written story to accompany podcast episode

Product

Well Said: Alex Longo

This episode and all other episodes of Well Said are available on SoundCloud or wherever podcasts are played.

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