In some ways, the editing was the easiest part of the whole documentary-making process. Originally, I had decided to begin with a short segment of each interviewee with some quiet, calming music, but this felt too generic. Instead, after further discussion with my advisor, we decided that an introduction with some examples of dramatic headlines would make the listener more likely to stay tuned. 

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This also gave me more time to introduce my documentary, and give a good set up for Professor Ratnieks to disprove some of the claims newspaper headlines have made.

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One of the most challenging points of the editing process was editing the audio of my interviews to remove echo, phone buzz and pops and whistles in speech. Luckily, I was able to ask Jason for help with my EQ settings, and after some small changes, the audio all sounded much better.

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After meeting with my advisor, it also became apparent that I had used music far too much for a Radio 4 documentary, which led me to only use wildtrack at the beginning and a short piece of music during my outro. 

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I also decided to switch some parts of my interview with Professor Ratnieks around to be able to include some more punchy clips, because while the footage I had included was interesting in its own right, it didn't have the vital information I needed to make his interview slightly more hard-hitting. This was the most difficult point in the process, as I had already mostly finished my documentary, but it made it much more cohesive.  

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