Racial Cleansing In America
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »r Click for a closeup of the cover. r Finally! A book about the craft and art of radio documentary. It’s about time!! John Biewen and his co-editor Alexa Dilworth have assembled Reality Radio, a collection of masterful essays by radio’s best producers. ...
Brainhilda and I
Monday, January 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »p Carole Starr had a car accident a few years ago and her brain suffered an injury, one that's had a profound effect on her life. Carole was diagnosed with hyperacusis, a severe sensitivity to sound. This would be traumatic for anyone, ...
Hats Off to Radio Diaries!!
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Hats Off to Radio Diaries!!Our friends at Radio Diaries turn 15 this year. Congrats to you Joe!! r r
Saltcast Parody
Monday, December 28th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Graduation at Salt is not to be missed. At the end of a ridiculously rigorous 15-week semester, students, staff, faculty, family, and friends gather for a grand farewell. Really, it's like no other graduation I've ever seen. Staff and faculty offer heartfelt ...
Pizza Time!
Monday, December 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Make way for Tom Witkowski, the dean of delivery at Pizza Time, Portland, Maine. Photo by Rebeca Beeman r Mark Kramer is probably the intellectual heavy-weight of narrative journalism. Mark wrote Telling True Stories and he was the founder of the Nieman ...
Flatline Days
Monday, November 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Hillary Hebert takes a break after talking about motherhood and bi-polar disorder. Photo by Keith Lane. r Radio producers have a many tools to craft a story. Narration. Writing. Quotes from interviews. Ambient sound. Active tape. Music. What about art? We don't teach ...
Mind on the Brain
Monday, November 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »Watch a video tape as a prompt during an interview. r One simple way to help an interviewee open up during a conversation is with photos. Thumbing through a photo album or a box of old pictures can jog a person's ...
Josh: Growing Up With Tourrette’s
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »Have tape deck, will diary. Josh Cutler, the subject of Joe Richman's "Josh: Growing Up With Tourrette's." p Just over a year ago, I dissected "Dead Animal Man" by Ira Glass for the Saltcast. I think that episode got more responses ...
Sound Healer
Monday, October 19th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Sound healer Sandra Chausse. Photo by Rebeca Beeman. p This is probably stating the obvious, but Salt teaches students to tell stories. In the radio track, we use Jon Franklin's definition of story. Franklin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and he teaches ...
Survivors: Solitary Confinement in America’s Prisons
Monday, October 5th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Survivors: Solitary Confinement in America’s PrisonsRobert King Wilkerson spent twenty-nine years in solitary confinement. Photo by Terry Foss. r When is the sound of a slamming door not a slamming door? When it's designed. Radio documentary producer Claire Schoen learned "sound design" when she worked in film. She ...
