STORYTELLING THROUGH SOUND
Audio storytelling as an art form, with a focus on creating a series of episodic long-form audio storytelling segments. Develop interview and writing skills, as well as field recording and editing techniques. Develop personal style and voice, while learning practical skills necessary to write and produce audio content for over the air or online.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: JOURN 335 , 345 , or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Communication & Literacy Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify compelling news that make use of the audio medium. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Illustrate field recording and editing techniques to draw audio rich news narratives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Apply and integrate interview and writing skills to concisely form stylized narrative arcs. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Rethink and compose message creation to publish work for media outlets. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate deeper engagement with the principles underlying the learning outcomes. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze and apply select concepts related to subject. Audience: Graduate 7. Apply specific principles to revise and produce an additional project. Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate characteristics of structure and applications that benefits the message. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify compelling news that make use of the audio medium. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Illustrate field recording and editing techniques to draw audio rich news narratives. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Apply and integrate interview and writing skills to concisely form stylized narrative arcs. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Rethink and compose message creation to publish work for media outlets. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Demonstrate deeper engagement with the principles underlying the learning outcomes. Audience: Graduate 6. Analyze and apply select concepts related to subject. Audience: Graduate 7. Apply specific principles to revise and produce an additional project. Audience: Graduate 8. Demonstrate characteristics of structure and applications that benefits the message. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027