Investigative Journalism Documentary Demo

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In this acclaimed 2018 GGN documentary, an investigative journalist and his camera crew take a deeper look into the effects that the great recession had on the once famous post-war factory town, Stockvale, and its exceedingly high overdose and incarceration rate. (The script used in this demo was written by Graham Groombridge solely for his own use, and is not to be duplicated, altered, or otherwise downloaded and distributed without his express permission.)

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Vocal Characteristics

Language

English (North American)

Voice Age

Young Adult (18-35)

Accents

North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM) North American (US New England - Boston, Providence)

Transcript

Note: Transcripts are generated using speech recognition software and may contain errors.
my informant, Bradley tells my camera crew that we shouldn't enter this building without fix old boots on, and it's immediately clear to me why he says this Because in this dilapidated old warehouse, which is now beloved, we called the hangar by local users. Decades of discarded needles and syringes just sit piled up like some sort of territorial markers slowly withering away in a part of town that the community has clearly moved on. From this police serves as a sad reminder of stock veils. Industrial past. That is, until the crash happened. That's when Bradley tells me the Englishman machining company closed up shop, cleared bankruptcy in left town. The thing is, though they left behind a rich past. In turn, they unwittingly made way for a very dark future. Many residents I spoke to on this trip say that when they passed this building on the street, they feel shame, and that is very real to them. After the recession, with unemployment quickly going through the roof, the sense that people were the hopeless only got worse badly in need of an escape, and with little else available to them than simply moving away and starting over population turned to drugs in a very big way