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Oct 2018
20m 50s

Essential kit for the field producer

BBC Radio
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What production kit should you take when producing radio content in the field?

Join BBC Academy trainer Sam Upton and newsgathering field producer Tom Quinn as they talk about what sort of equipment you need for radio production in the field.

In this podcast you’ll find everything from:

- what type of kit bag to use - which digital recorder and microphones works best - which apps and audio editing software you need - which cables, batteries and extra kit will be handy to take

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