PORTLAND — This weekend’s Audio Slam contest held during the Great Northeast Radio Rally produced four winners. Taking first place was AJ Frazier, of Radio Rookies in New York. Second place went to Vikky Cruz, also of Radio Rookies. Third place was won by Patrick Presby, of Blunt Youth Radio in Portland. Fourth place went home with Jesse Newcomb, an independent producer based in Portland.
Twenty-six contestants entered the Audio Slam, which was run in a format similar to a poetry slam and held at Space Gallery in Portland. Participants submitted four minutes of produced audio and played them live in a series of one-minute rounds.
The audio clips were judged by Josie Huang, a reporter for the Maine Public Broadcasting Network; Bill Nemitz, a columnist for the Portland Press Herald: Paul Santomenna, the founder of Strategic Narratives; Kerry Donahue, an assistant professor at the Columbia School of Journalism; and Suzi Piker, an online content producer at the Portland Press Herald.
The slam and rally were hosted by the Blunt Youth Radio Project, which produces a weekly public affairs radio program that airs on community station WMPG.
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