A Square Meal Regardless
Monday, March 21st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »"How the heck am I going to find a story?!" Students at Salt ask that question incessantly at the beginning of a semester. And trust me, they don't always say 'heck.' To spark thinking on where to look for a story, ...
Pink
Monday, March 7th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »r At Salt, we use the Society of Professional Journalists Code of Ethics to guide us through tricky editorial decisions. But, how's a student supposed to figure out the best path to take when the teacher breaks the Society's code around "avoid(ing) ...
‘Til Death Do Us Part
Monday, February 21st, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »A toucan bit my mic once. Another time, a cow licked my mic. I've had to wipe fish guts and seaweed from it. O, the places my mic has taken me. Just in the last few months, with a microphone leading the ...
Remembering the Cole
Monday, February 7th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »The USS Cole towed to sea with a hole blown in its side.Photo by Sgt. Don L. Maes, U.S. Marine Corps. r On October 12, 2000, seventeen sailors were killed and dozens injured during an attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. ...
More Than Just Houses
Monday, January 24th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »r Salt radio student Georgia Moodie turned part of Salt's somewhat standardized production process on its head. Maybe it's because Georgia's from Australia? (Sorry. Couldn't help it.) Typically, students write and edit scripts before producing a story in ProTools. Georgia produced a ...
This Can Go On Forever
Monday, January 10th, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Carol Broebeck received this picture of her son from her social worker just after his adoption was completed. It was the last she saw of him until twenty years later when he turned up at her job -- by surprise. ...
After the Quake: Patients and Healers
Monday, December 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 6 Comments »r My brain tingled while interviewing Dan Grech for this Saltcast. Dan is the News Director at WLRN in southern Florida. He's also a producer for the station's public affairs program Under the Sun. Early in 2010, Dan produced a story about ...
Jaz, A Cleaning Woman
Monday, December 13th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »r Producer Jamie York has decade long list of success in public radio. He's worked with Dave Isay of StoryCorps fame, WNYC, American Radio Works, and Radio Rookies. He's been at On the Media for six years. And, his first national ...
Sit With Me
Monday, November 29th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 9 Comments »r I hope you're sitting down. I'm going to say something heretical. Ready? I'm kinda tired of StoryCorps. Let me explain. On so many levels, StoryCorps is genius. It's the nation's largest oral history project -- ever. And, it's peer to peer (mostly) ...
The Subtle Sounds of Nature
Monday, November 15th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »r Here's what I'd like you to do after you hear this podcast. Nothing. Just sit there (or stand if you must) and do nothing but listen. In fact, listen until it becomes a bit uncomfortable, like you've listened long enough. Then, listen ...
