This story is about the members of the Church of Safe Injections in “Church Of Safe Injection’ Offers Needles, Naloxone To Prevent Opioid Overdoses”. It focuses on the branch in Bangor, Maine. The church gives out free needles and Narcan, which is a drug that reverses opioid overdoses. Their goal is to reduce opioid-related deaths and prevent the spread of diseases from using dirty needles. The story was published in text and audio form on February 12th, 2019.

The used natural sound mostly, like the sound of a bus running or rummaging through a box of drug using supplies. They used these noises to parallel the story, such as being at the bus stop or handing out the supplies. At the end of the interview, they have a music curtain for about 10 seconds with dramatic music. While some of the interviewees where talking they’d have the noise from the environment like cars and footsteps.

In the text, it is mostly the same from the audio. Some of the bits from the audio were rearranged or cut so the text makes more sense. The audio used a soft lead, where a narrator introduced the story briefly. The text used the inverted pyramid style, where the newsworthy comes first, then the important details, and then other background info.

The sentence structures were pretty much the same for each. A few sentences were switched around for the text and the leads were a bit different. Most of the quotes were the same. They gave a good idea of the situation in both the text and audio. There was some more general information in the text. I feel the audio was more for the individuals and the text was for the situation.

There wasn’t any specific aspects that surprised me about either. The story in general was what surprised me the most. I liked the topic. I didn’t know that this sort of movement was a thing. I preferred the audio more than the text. Actually hearing the people gives it more real feelings. When it’s just text, it takes away the human aspect.