No Brother of Mine
Monday, June 14th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on No Brother of MineDiane Richard and her husband Todd Melby sure know how to pick a project with a long, uphill road to the finish line. Diane and Todd recently finished a one-hour radio documentary on sex offender policy in the United States. ...
Left for Dead
Monday, May 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »The Guerrette family of Pittston, Maine - William, Nicole, and Melanie. Photo by Sarah Craig. p The story featured on today's Saltcast is not easy to take. People listening to the piece at a recent gallery show at Salt shook their heads ...
Just Another Fish Story
Monday, May 17th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »You didn't hear this from me, but sometimes the best approach to working on a story is to not have much of a plan. (cough) I actually can't believe I just wrote that. I'm a firm believer in working with a penciled-in ...
Portrait of a Psychic as a Young Man
Monday, May 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Nathan Dyer focuses hard -- really hard -- on the chandelier. Photo by Morrigan McCarthy. Ninety-nine percent of the time, using the pronoun "I" in a story is a journalistic no-no. The reasons for this prohibition are many. One is objectivity. ...
Ghetto Life 101
Monday, April 19th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »r "You can do that with radio?!!" That was my overwhelming response when I first heard "Ghetto Life 101." I still feel the same way even after listening to the piece dozens of times. "Ghetto Life 101" is a high-water mark for radio ...
The Junk King
Monday, April 5th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Junk KingJerry Blackburn, "The Junk King" of the Downeast region of Maine. Photo by Alexandra Marvar, 2006. r You just might end your subscription to the Saltcast after the following pun: Producer Josh Gleason wrestled mightly with how to "frame" his profile ...
Roadway Renaissance Man
Monday, March 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Roadway Renaissance Manr There are lots of different ways to start a story. Maybe the most common is what I call "Here's-how-things-are (or were)-here's-how-they-are-different." Basically, the narrator describes what's usual about a situation. Then they point to what's different. A simple example is "Today ...
Wicked Maine Limericks
Monday, March 8th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Wicked Maine LimericksThought the limerick was a dead artform? A remnant of "ye olde days" that little kids still find humorous? Think again. Molly Haley brings us the story of a limerick revival, of sorts, in Maine. Beware, the poems featured in this ...
Nothing Predictable
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Icebergs ho! The bow of my kayak near Hay Cove, far northern Newfoundland. r Here's the dirty secret about the audio postcard featured on this Saltcast: I recorded it twice. Armed with binaural microphones and advice about safety from local fisherman, I recorded ...
Hot Lunch!
Monday, February 8th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Meatball sub anyone? Photo by Catherine Lovell. r Ovens and sinks and a fridges, oh my. No matter which way producer Audrey Dilling turned in the cafeteria kitchen at Biddeford High School, she was awash in sound, sound, and more sound. What's a ...
