In six 90-minute sessions guided by a facilitator with 20 years of NPR journalism and podcast production experience, you’ll find a clear voice for your podcast within a storytelling framework. Through listening sessions, discussions, and hands-on tutorials, you will finish the course with a constructed podcast episode. Participants will give and receive feedback and support in a safe, creative environment.
This course will cover:
Introduction to podcasting, pitching and focus sentences (8/9)
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In six 90-minute sessions guided by a facilitator with 20 years of NPR journalism and podcast production experience, you’ll find a clear voice for your podcast within a storytelling framework. Through listening sessions, discussions, and hands-on tutorials, you will finish the course with a constructed podcast episode. Participants will give and receive feedback and support in a safe, creative environment.
This course will cover:
Introduction to podcasting, pitching and focus sentences (8/9)
Booking guests/storytellers, interviewing (8/16)
Elements of story and structure, writing for the ear (8/23)
Finding your voice as host (9/6)
Putting it all together (9/13)
Listening and feedback session (9/20)
This workshop is for you if…
You want to get into podcasting or radio but don’t have the experience or connections.
You want to build your storytelling skills.
The idea of learning new things and practicing new skills excites you.
You or your organization wants to produce a podcast heavily informed by storytelling techniques.
You enjoy being a part of the creative process.
$225 Registration Fee
Save $25 with CCA membership! Members use PL23 as their promo code prefix. Household members receive two tickets at a discount and individual members receive one. To learn more about membership and how to find your discount code, visit: https://www.coconinoarts.org/member-discount
Limited, need-based scholarships are available. Please email Jay Gallegos at jgallegos@creativeflagstaff.org to inquire
Participants should plan to be available on the following dates:
Wednesday, August 9, 6pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 16, 6pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 23, 6pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 6, 6pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 13, 6pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 20, 6pm – 7:30pm
Prerequisites:
Laptop computer (limited number available for use at CCA), with audio editing software (free and low-cost software options available).
Access to a recording device (CCA has a limited number of digital audio recorders that participants can share). Please bring your own SD card. Smartphones are also acceptable.
Participants are asked to fill out a brief questionnaire upon registration.
Instructor’s Qualifications:
Trained by Rob Rosenthal through a Transom mentorship (guest teachers Ira Glass and Jay Allison), Robert McKee, and Uniondocs.
Master’s in Journalism from Northwestern
20+ years of public radio reporting and editing, NPR freelancer
Six years podcast production experience
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