All-female audio team formed part of host broadcasting operation
Gravity Media Australia has delivered the host broadcast for the FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).
Its host broadcasting service included an all-female audio team, with Jessica Paynter, Kelly Doherty, Janine Moorley, Joanna Atalla, Aster Caplan and Amy Harkom delivering all audio production. Harkom joined the team for the event, having been mentored by Paynter through the Women in Broadcast Operations mentoring programme at the RMIT in Melbourne, Australia.
In total, Gravity produced 48 hours of content from the competition, which took place 13-18 December. It deployed two high definition broadcast trucks, DSNG vehicles, more than 30 cameras, including speciality and robotic cameras and drones, and a crew of 110 to deliver this coverage across major international broadcast platforms.
Paynter said: “It’s great being able to go from being ‘the woman in audio’ to just one of the women in audio. Finding women in technical roles has become common place. This was only a matter of time. We hope this encourages other women to go into all technical departments, not just audio.”
Ben Madgwick, director, media services and facilities at Gravity Media Australia, said: “We could not be more proud of this great crew playing a mission-critical role in the delivery of the global television production. They - along with our entire crew - have delivered an outstanding result. All of us at Gravity Media Australia look forward to further expanding opportunities and encouraging women to take up these exciting roles in broadcast technology delivery and production.”
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