The University of Gdańsk academic community needs no introduction to Radio MORS - one of the popular university media co-created by students. Today we take a look behind the scenes of the radio! We'll get to know the details of recruitment, find out what programmes are made, and ask students what it's like to work on the radio.
Radio MORS - the Mega Open Radio of the Students - is currently recruiting new contributors. Editor-in-chief Karol Stachowicz points out that many students come for interviews so the radio schedule is filled to the brim and the studio is bustling. At the start of the interview, the student sits down in a soundproof room designed to record the broadcast, and the recruiter asks questions through a microphone from behind a glass wall. This assesses the candidate's voice and checks whether they are suitable for reading news services or, for example, preparing material in the field.
‘We then ask the candidates to tell us about themselves and what interests them. On this basis, we select appropriate tasks for them. Often, after a certain amount of time, we allow them to act freely,’ says Karol Stachowicz. ‘We are also currently looking for people to handle social media because we want to promote the station more actively.’
The team currently consists of 80 people: they are mainly students, but also graduates who already work at commercial radio stations but return on occasion because Radio MORS is important to them.
The main aim of the radio is to equip students with knowledge that they can use in the future if they decide to work in the media. They have the opportunity to try their hand at every stage of creating a programme. They can gain technical knowledge and also develop their communication skills, for example through street polls or getting information from spokespersons of different institutions. Even if they are not planning a career in the media, these soft skills can prove useful in other areas.
Students also have the opportunity to be creative and propose new broadcasts. This has led to the creation of ‘Listening: through time and chance’, in which the dialogue, characters, etc. were created by students.
And how do the students perceive this experience? We asked Martyna Michaelis, who has been working in radio for a few weeks, and Iwo Pastuszek, who has been a member of the team for a year.
Martina recently completed her first assignment at Radio Walrus - she conducted a survey entitled ‘Traits of an ideal boss’: ‘It was a good experience. People were eager to answer my questions, but maybe I was lucky because I hit the right moment when no one was rushing anywhere,’ she says.
Iwo is at the station almost every day. He has been a member of the team for a year, but is already in charge of the News department.
‘I can use my example to say that after a year I not only became the head of the department, but on 1 November I start working at Radio Eska, and I am not even studying journalism,’ he says, highlighting how valuable the experience gained at the university radio station is.
Radio Mors is a place where students have the chance to be creative, develop and build relationships. If you are interested in the work of the radio station, visit: https://www.facebook.com/radioMORS?locale=hu_HU
https://www.instagram.com/radiomors_ug/
