Category Archives: Workshops

first-person audio storytelling workshop, March 15-16 CDS

Two-day storytelling workshop at the Center for Documentary Studies in Durham, NC, March 15-16. Details here and below.

Strategies for First-Person Audio Storytelling

Description

(Photo credit: Biff Jennings, Shooters-at-the-Beach)

First-person documentary storytelling can be intimate, arresting, and deeply personal. Many of the most vivid radio pieces of recent decades have been made without a narrator—think of the Kitchen Sisters, StoryCorps, and Radio Diaries. The ingredients of a compelling non-narrated story, however, are distinct from those of a news story or narrated documentary. First-person pieces call for a fundamentally different “audio grammar” and a thoughtful new approach to everything from prep work to editing, from interviewing to production, from logging to storyboarding.

Whether your primary interest lies in making radio pieces, or oral histories, or recording favorite family stories for the grandkids, this course will give you a new set of storytelling tools. We’ll consider what stories work best without a narrator, and you’ll learn how to gauge, during the course of an interview, whether you’re getting the audio you need to make a first-person piece—or if you might need to try another tack. (12 hours/All Levels) 

Since 2000, David Schulman has produced a wide range of radio programming for NPR, APM, PRI, and the BBC. He created and produced the Musicians in Their Own Words series, which was twice awarded national Corporation for Public Broadcasting grants. An early piece in the series was awarded the Best Documentary: Silver Award at the Third Coast International Audio Festival, andMusicians in Their Own Words has placed over 40 features on NPR’s Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and American Public Media’s The Story. From 2009 to 2011, Schulman was senior producer of the BBC weekly radio program Americana, and in 2012 he produced WUNC’s Pop-Up Music Club. A violinist and composer, David often collaborates with modern dance companies, and he released his first album, Quiet Life Motel, in late 2012. For more information, see schulmancreative.com

free online course on Social Media for Journos from the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Social Media for Journalists, Feb 3-March 9. Some info below. More HERE.

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Reporters and editors have struggled with how to deal with the phenomenon of social networks. Now they have a chance to learn from a team of experts who will teach the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas’ next Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), “Social Media for Journalists: The Basics.” Click here to register now.
This five-week online course in English will start on Feb. 3 and conclude on Mar. 9. The MOOC will be offered for free and, while it was designed with journalists and media practitioners in mind, anyone in the world with access to the Internet is invited to participate.

Watch the video below to learn more about this course and the instructors.

Following the success last year of its five-instructor massive course “Data-Driven Journalism: The Basics,” the Knight Center will use the same model in this new course. It will give students the opportunity to learn from the multiple perspectives of some of the top social media experts in American journalism.

“We are very excited with this new massive online course. Even before our formal announcement today, about 1,000 people from 92 countries have already registered as the news about the course spread through social media,” said Professor Rosental Alves, director and founder of the Knight Center.
“It’s great to see that we have already started forming, even before the announcement, a global community of people interested in social media and journalism. This is going to be a very useful, practical course not only for journalists, but anyone who wants to learn more about social networks,”  Alves said.
The course will be divided into five weekly modules, each one with a different instructor and a different topic. All the instructors have experience with social media strategies in American news organizations. The instructors are:
•  Ryan Thornburg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

•  Sharif Durhams, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

•  Craig Silverman, Spundge and Poynter’s Regret the Error

•  Daniel Victor, The New York Times

•  Amanda Zamora, ProPublica

NYC social media courses (March-May) + Social Media Weekend

The latest social media workshops from Columbia's Sree Sreenivasan. Details below. -Mia

———- Forwarded message ———-

My next two social media workshops (one is four nights over two months) and the other is an advanced one-night class w/ two weeks of online coaching) are coming up as part of the J-school's Continuing Education program. In addition, we have the last 90 tickets or so for next week's Social Media Weekend. Details below. Please share. Hope to see you and your friends – or enemies! – at some or all of these sessions. As always, 10% discount for Columbia J-school alumni and 5% discount for former continuing ed students + discounts for groups of 5 or more.

All questions to ce@jrn.columbia.edu (ask to get on the mailing list, too).

SOCIAL MEDIA WEEKEND: Feb 15-17, at Columbia Journalism School – three days of panels, workshops, social-media doctors, social media headshots and more. http://bit.ly/smwknd #smwknd – ALL LEVELS WELCOME.

* If you can't make Friday evening through Sunday afternoon, we sell
   passes for each day – all for the best conference value in the country.
   Weekend pass $210; Friday night: $60; Saturday all events: $110; Sunday
   all events: $90

* Lots of the latest thinking and big-picture thoughts, along with tons of
   practical, hands-on tips and tricks that will change your work and
   personal use of social and digital media.

* We have a fab lineup with socmedia experts from FB, Twitter, Mashable,
   Quartz, ProPublica, Storyful, World Bank, RebelMouse, NYT, WSJ, NBC,
   NowThisNews, SoundCloud, MuckRack and many others. And we've just added
   to the program one of the Deadspin's co-writers of the biggest social
   media story of the year, the Manti Teo saga (he'll be hanging out,
   sharing his tips all weekend).

* No matter what your level of experience, you can benefit from a checkup
   with our Social Media Doctors – top folks who will give you one-on-one
   feedback, tips and coaching.

* Late last night, I got a tweet about my Twitter profile photo that said
   "Love your Twitter photo. Classy."  That's because it was a photo taken
   during last year's Social Media Headshots – professional portrait
   photographers donating their time and providing great pix for your
   social media use. Three fantastic photographers are back this year:
   Keith Barraclough (@kwbarraclough), Tony Gale (@tonygale) & Deidre Schoo
   (@deidreschoo). Just the headshots are worth much more than the cost of
   attendance.

* Fantastic networking opportunity with attendees from across the nation
   and around the world.

AND DON'T FORGET MY SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOPS IN MARCH, APRIL, MAY!

NYC: Smarter Social Media, four-night course over two months, March 14-May 2, 2013 – all levels welcome. Details: http://bit.ly/cjsm2013a #cjsm
– ALL LEVELS WELCOME.

NYC & ONLINE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: Social Media One-night Stand – advanced social media workshop, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Details: http://bit.ly/cjsm2013b #cjsm – INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL.

Lots of other great courses by my colleagues, too, all listed at http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/843-training-program-offerings/638

All questions to ce@jrn.columbia.edu (ask to get on the mailing list, too).

Please pass along. Thanks.

cheers, sree
Sree Sreenivasan | sree@sree.net | http://sree.net | @sree
Chief Digital Officer, Columbia University
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Pitch Perfect, The Art of Editorial Persuasion, happening at the Third Coast Conference

The Third Coast Conference is coming up Oct 5-7 and there are still slots open for the Association of Independents in Radio pitch panel. Get your ideas heard by the best in the biz! Details below.

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Hello Friends and fellow Producers:
I’ve got editors lined up from NPR’s Arts Desk, Marketplace, the BBC, KCRW’s Independent Producer’s Project, Snap Judgment and This American Life. Now all you have to do is STEP ON UP and submit pitches for AIR’s pitch panel, “Pitch Perfect: The Art of Editorial Persuasion” happening at the Third Coast Conference in Chicago October 5-7.

DEADLINE for PITCHING: Monday, August 20, 5pm PT.

This is your chance for 12 of you to get the ear of one of the best editors in the business and, at the same time, help provide a great learning experience for your colleagues.

How do program editors decide what to put on the air (or online)? How do they work with independent producers to try new ideas or launch a national series? Typically these kinds of questions are discussed behind closed doors, leaving many wondering what the magic key is to creating a productive partnership. This session is one of AIR’s most popular panels from the Third Coast Conference. We take you to the creative “sweet spot” with pre-selected producers pitching story ideas and projects to some of public radio’s most experienced editorial gatekeepers.

Here’s more details on how to become a pitcher, plus a link to our application form:
http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=675

Email any questions you have to me at pitch@airmedia.org.

Best,

Emily Botein
pitch@airmedia.org

Transom Story Workshop Deadline – June 15th

Transom has extended their deadline for the Transom Story Workshop this fall – new deadline June 15. Details below.
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A lot of people requested more time to complete their Transom Story Workshop application for the fall, so we've extended the deadline to: 11:59pm EST, June 15, 2012.


As you may already know, the Transom Story Workshop is an eight week training for beginning radio producers in Woods Hole, MA. Our next session is scheduled for October 1 – November 30, 2012. The class is taught by radio teaching legend, Rob Rosenthal along with lots of amazing guests. For this past Workshop some of our guests included: Transom Tool guy Jeff Towne, This American Life’s, Hillary Frank and Jonathan Menjivar, producer Scott Carrier, David Krasnow of Studio 360, Kitchen Sister Nikki Silva, independent producer Ari Daniel Shapiro, and John Barth of PRX. You'll get a piece edited by Jay Allison, vocal coaching from Viki Merrick, and support from the whole Transom team.  


Participants stay in wonderful old Cape Cod houses, with some rooms right on the water.  There are a couple of group meals each week, cooked by a famous local sea cook.  It's fun.  An amazing radio camp.  You can check Transom for reports from students who've attended, many of whom are now working in public media.


Students leave the Workshop with a portfolio of work, their own copy of Hindenburg editing software, a PRX membership, and AIR members who are accepted into the Workshop will receive a travel stipend.


You can find guidelines and the application all right here:


http://transom.org/?page_id=26554


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If you have any questions, please send them to info@transom.org

Sounds Elemental Brooklyn workshop, application deadline May 18

Hey folks. The latest Sounds Elemental workshop is coming up in June – details below.

-mia

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It's Magnetic. AIR + UnionDocs = … 

 

UnionDocs

Can you feel the pull? Time is short for picking up one of the remaining slots for AIR’s week-long Sounds Elemental: Magnetism intensive at UnionDocs, a Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn, NY. 

The first of our two 2012 sessions runs June 25-29, 2012.   
Many of you have already experienced these inspiring sessions with NYC-based sound masters Michael Schumacher and Brenda Hutchinson, with a special session led by New York Times deputy news editor Amy O’Leary. AIR brings these popular intensives to their new home at UnionDocs, a rising force in the creative media-documentary realm, with their Artistic Director Christopher Allen joining the team.
 

If you’re not familiar with AIR’s Sounds Elemental series, find out more. 


 

DEADLINE to apply is Friday, May 18, 2012. 
 

+++Full attendance is mandatory for all sessions. Class runs from 10AM – 6PM, Monday through Friday. If you are unable to attend each day of the intensive, please do not apply.+++
 
If you're a snowbird, it’s not too early to sign on for our winter intensive, Gravity, that's running December 17-21, 2012. Again, just 10 slots and we’re already starting to fill up.
 

Fee:  $700. A non-refundable $350 deposit is required upon acceptance. AIR members who live outside of New York are eligible for a small travel stipend. Join AIR to be eligible for the stipend.
 
Learn more. Questions? Contact AIR Membership Director Erin Mishkin (erin@airmedia.org). We encourage questions in advance to ensure this course is the right match for you.

About UnionDocs:
UnionDocs (UnDo) is a Center for Documentary Art that generates and shares big ideas. We bring together a diverse community of experimental media-makers, dedicated journalists, critical thinkers, and local partners on a search for urgent expressions of the human experience, practical perspectives on the world today, and compelling visions for the future.
 
About AIR:
AIR is a vibrant, tightly networked association of more than 800 journalists, documentarians, technicians, media entrepreneurs, and sound artists spanning 46 states and 14 countries worldwide. Founded in 1988, AIR has emerged as force for identifying, cultivating, and deploying talent to accelerate public media innovation and expand service to more citizens across the U.S. AIR's mentorship and training programs, unique in the industry, were launched in 1995 with a grant from the MacArthur Foundation and continuing support from the National Endowment for the Arts, NYSCA, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  Since the inception of the program, AIR has served hundreds of independent and station-based producers across public media as they work to adapt and grow in a dynamic, 21st century media culture.

Links:
UnionDocs: http://www.uniondocs.org

Learn more about Sounds Elemental: http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=562

Apply: http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=732

Join AIR: http://www.airmedia.org/signUp.php

Funding for AIR comes from our members and the generous support of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), the Wyncote Foundation, Recovery.gov, and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Association of Independents in Radio

P.O. Box 220400
Boston, MA 02122
Phone: 617-825-4400
www.airmedia.org

 

Association of Independents in Radio

PO Box 220400

Boston, Massachusetts 02122

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Association of Independents in Radio

erin@airmedia.org

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AIR Launches Initiative to Turbo-charge Public Media

Springtime Audio Retreat, upstate NY, deadline May 1

Hi folks. You have a few more weeks to sign up for Jim and Eileen's weekend audio retreat. It promises to be a fun and educational experience. Plus, I'd love to see some of my FC friends at the Saturday BBQ. Contact Eileen McAdam [emcadam@hvc.rr.com] if you have questions about the workshop. And you can write me directly if you want to chat about other things to do in the lovely Hudson Valley!
Best,
Mia
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Sounds, Stories & Springtime
An Audio Retreat

Spend a weekend in the Catskills honing your skills as a sound recordist and storyteller while reinvigorating your creative spirit. Veteran Producers Jim Metzner and Eileen McAdam lead this immersive experience in field recording, listening, and the art of bringing stories to life with sound.

Limited to eight intermediate producers, the workshop offers personal attention and also leaves time for reflection, community, and learning from each other.

Friday night includes a special appearance by musician Steve Gorn, and an evening listening excursion to explore the acoustics of a nearby cave. Saturday night is for storytelling and barbeque!
• Learn to weave a narrative with natural sounds
• Expand your audio palette
• Experiment with binaural, stereo and parabolic microphones
• Crafting a narrative that weaves and contextualizes your sounds.

About your hosts:
Jim Metzner has pioneered the use of sound in radio features and multi-media projects. Best known for his award-winning series Pulse of the Planet. His work has been featured in National Geographic Online, All Things Considered, Marketplace, Weekend Edition, the New York Times, and elsewhere.

Eileen McAdam is the co-founder of the World Sound Foundation and the producer of The Hudson Valley Sound and Story Project, Tales of Two Cities Audio Tour and StoryScape Hudson Valley. She has been a recipient of five major grants

Dates: May 18 – 20.

Cost: $450/person. All meals and Saturday night Barbecue included.

Accommodations: There are local B&B’s throughout the Hudson Valley area. Camping is available at our site.

To register, or for more information, email Eileen McAdam [emcadam@hvc.rr.com] or call 845-338-0464

Attendance limited to 8 intermediate to experienced audio/media producers.

AIR and UnionDocs Unite for Sounds Elemental!, application deadline May 18

Hey folks. Applications for the next round of the AIR/UnionDocs Sounds Elemental audio intensive are due on May 18. Details below!

-mia

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AIR is excited to announce that our popular Sounds Elemental audio intensives are coming to UnionDocs, a Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn, NY. 

UnionDocs is a rising force in the creative media-documentary universe offering weekend screenings and events, workshops, as well as a year-long artist fellowship program called the Collaborative. They have an interdisciplinary focus, incorporating audio, film/video, writing, photography, interactive and other forms. Like AIR, their programs touch hundreds of media-makers each year, and the partnership represents a natural trajectory and an opportunity for their respective constituencies to further cross-pollinate and grow. 

The application window is open now and competition for slots can be stiff. AIR accepts only 10 producers for each of our two 2012 sessions: Sounds Elemental: Magnetism, held June 25-29, 2012 and Sounds Elemental: Gravity, held December 17-21, 2012. 

>Deadline to apply for the June intensive is May 18.<<

Learn more and find the application here:
http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=562

Producers benefit from intensely individualized attention from sound artists-teachers Brenda Hutchinson, composer and installation artist Michael Schumacher, and UnionDocs’ own, Christopher Allen. New York Times deputy news editor Amy O’Leary leads an afternoon dive into storytelling and audio slideshows, a session that producers have called "enriching" and "inspiring."  

These intensives are designed to provide mid to advanced level media producers with a unique opportunity to spend an entire week exploring unconventional approaches to assembling sound. Over the week, there will be a combination of lectures on the history and landscape of contemporary sound art (think John Cage to Brian Eno to Pauline Oliveros), group discussion and critique, and hands-on “lab” time where students will create a short audio piece inspired by the theme of Magnetism or Gravity. 

+++Please note: The aim of this intensive is to inspire new ways of thinking about and approaching non-narrative audio craft, with the hope that will open new thinking and approaches for you in your everyday work. Please go here to learn more about the curriculum; we encourage questions in advance to ensure this course is the right match for you.+++

The cost is $700. A non-refundable $350 deposit is required upon acceptance. You do not have to be a member of AIR to apply. AIR members living outside of New York City who are accepted are eligible for a stipend (up to $150) to help underwrite the cost of the intensive and travel to NYC. 

++Full attendance is mandatory. If you are unable to attend each day of the intensive, please do not apply. Class meets from 10AM – 6PM, Monday through Friday.++ 

>Deadline to apply for the June intensive is May 18.<<

Learn more and find the application here:
http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=562

Questions? Contact Membership Director Erin Mishkin at erin@airmedia.org

About UnionDocs – www.uniondocs.org
UnionDocs (UnDo) is a Center for Documentary Art that generates and shares big ideas. We bring together a diverse community of experimental media-makers, dedicated journalists, critical thinkers, and local partners on a search for urgent expressions of the human experience, practical perspectives on the world today, and compelling visions for the future.

About AIR – www.airmedia.org
AIR is a vibrant, tightly networked association of more than 800 journalists, documentarians, technicians, media entrepreneurs, and sound artists spanning 46 states and 14 countries worldwide. Founded in 1988, AIR has emerged as force for identifying, cultivating, and deploying talent to accelerate public media innovation and expand service to more citizens across the U.S. AIR's mentorship and training programs, unique in the industry, were launched in 1995 with a grant from the MacArthur Foundat

KDMC Multimedia Storytelling Institute – June 2012

KDMC – one of my favorite resources for multimedia – is expanding their offerings. Do one of their workshops if you can!
-Mia
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Journalism Today Requires That Reporters Have The Flexibility To Tell Stories Across Multiple Platforms

Getting stories to the world demands having the ability to use emerging digital media in an increasingly complex information ecosystem.

The KDMC Multimedia Storytelling Institute is a unique opportunity to learn critical digital skills from industry leaders at the world's premier center for applied digital communications.

Our two-week, June 18-29, 2012, intensive Multimedia Storytelling Institute will help you develop transformative skills to deliver rich multi-platform content for sustainable journalism.

What You Will Learn

  • Strategies for multimedia story planning, production and delivery using mobile, tablet, and desktop platforms,
  • Hands-on field reporting to learn professional video, photo and mobile techniques,
  • Photoshop and Final Cut Pro X for editing visual content,
  • Data storytelling with interactive databases, visualizations and maps,
  • Social Media for reporting, content distribution and community engagement,
  • Each participant takes home an iPad with the complete training curriculum.
  • What Journalists Are Saying About KDMC

    "It was that real-world component that really set it apart. I have many concepts I can bring directly back to the newsroom."- Marisa Kwiatkowski, Digital Storytelling 2012

    "This was an incredible experience. The stuff we learned is all very practical, and I know I can put it all into use immediately in my newsroom (and use it to train others)."-Jennifer Peebles, Multimedia Training 2011

    "I have used the audio editing, soundslides and video skills frequently over the past several months, especially during my time covering the Iran elections in June. I also use a lot of the overall 'big picture' multimedia skills nearly every second that I work. I really feel that the KDMC training gave me the edge needed to succeed in this job. Thank you!"- Anna Johnson, Multimedia Workshop 2009

    To Register or for More Information Contact

    Vicki Hammarstedt
    Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley
    vhammarstedt@berkeley.edu
    +1.510.642.3892

    Sounds, Stories & Springtime – An Audio Retreat in the beautiful Hudson Valley

    Hurray – an audio workshop/retreat in my neck of the woods! Come study the art of sound with two fine producers in their beautiful Hudson Valley home. I'll be on hand for the BBQ on Saturday night and would LOVE to meet some audio-loving FC members. Drop me a line if you have questions, or contact Eileen directly at emcadam@hvc.rr.com.
    -mia

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    Sounds, Stories & Springtime

    An Audio Retreat

    Spend a weekend in the Catskills honing your skills as a sound recordist and storyteller while reinvigorating your creative spirit. Veteran Producers Jim Metzner and Eileen McAdam lead this immersive experience in field recording, listening, and the art of bringing stories to life with sound.

    Limited to eight intermediate producers, the workshop offers personal attention and also leaves time for reflection, community, and learning from each other.

    Friday night includes a special appearance by musician Steve Gorn, and an evening listening excursion to explore the acoustics of a nearby cave. Saturday night is for storytelling and barbeque!

    • Learn to weave a narrative with natural sounds

    • Expand your audio palette

    • Experiment with binaural, stereo and parabolic microphones

    • Crafting a narrative that weaves and contextualizes your sounds.

    About your hosts:

    Jim Metzner has pioneered the use of sound in radio features and multi-media projects. Best known for his award-winning series Pulse of the Planet. His work has been featured in National Geographic Online, All Things Considered, Marketplace, Weekend Edition, the New York Times, and elsewhere.

    Eileen McAdam is the co-founder of the World Sound Foundation and the producer of The Hudson Valley Sound and Story Project, Tales of Two Cities Audio Tour and StoryScape Hudson Valley. She has been a recipient of five major grants

    Dates: May 18 – 20.

    Cost: $450/person. All meals and Saturday night Barbecue included.
    Accommodations: There are local B&B’s throughout the Hudson Valley area. Camping is available at our site.

    Eileen McAdam
    Director
    Sound and Story Project