Audio Storytelling: From Podcasts to Newscasts

3 units

This course applies principles and techniques of audio storytelling, podcasting and broadcast journalism with an eye toward future trends, including live podcasting. No longer a niche side project for journalists, podcasting has become a nearly $1 billion industry and is muscling into mainstream culture with smart and funny personalities who keep listeners coming back for more. This course will focus on how to develop ideas for podcasts, how to write stories (and news) for the ear, how to book guests, tricks for making a podcast listenable, skills required for effective interviewing, and the production and editing of high-quality audio. At the conclusion of this course, you will know what it takes to produce a podcast.