A Jew Grows in Rockland
Monday, September 21st, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Rabbi Amita Jarmon lights a menorah. Photo by Hannah Fox. p Rachel Quimby is funny. And, she doesn't turn off her wit when she produces a radio story. Even the title of her piece we're featuring today is witty - "A ...
Swing Free
Monday, September 7th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Dining at the swingers party. Photo by Jessica Sheldon. r I just shake my head sometimes. At least once a semester, usually more, Salt students find themselves in the most out-of-the-ordinary places. It boggles my mind. A couple of semesters ago, a student ...
Waiting for Jarod
Monday, August 24th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Waiting for JarodBreakfast with Margery Richard and her "flat son" Jarod. Photo by Kristin Wright courtesy the Salt Archive. p When Meghan Vigeant started crying in class, I knew something was up. The tears welled-up in Meghan's eyes as she played us interview ...
Fifty-Four Years
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Fifty-Four YearsI once had a student consider producing a documentary feature on ice harvesters -- people who cut ice blocks on lakes and ponds to use for refrigeration and to keep old traditions alive. Not a bad idea, but the problem ...
Why Is It So Hard To Read Aloud?
Monday, July 27th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »"When this modern monster talks through the loudspeaker installed in its chest, its lips move in time with its speech." p I talk every single day and I sound natural when I do. So, why, when I read narration, does "natural ...
Look Me In The Eye
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments »Bill Buffard races across the court in a game of quadriplegic rugby. Photo by Judy Beedle. f I really, really like non-narrated radio stories -- pieces that don't have a reporter telling the story. Without a narrator, it's like the characters ...
The Rolling Diamonds
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on The Rolling DiamondsHow do they do it? The Rolling Diamonds. Photo by Stephanie Ewens. p The first rule of radio production? Wear headphones. The second rule? Be in control of your record levels. Yeah. Okay. That's all well and good. But, what if, in order ...
No Praise, No Blame, Just So
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | 7 Comments »In 1996, two nuns were murdered in a convent in Maine by a mentally ill man who stopped taking his medication. The murders were brutal and senseless. Twelve years later, Salt Radio student Jessica Alpert wanted to talk -- in-depth -- ...
Mei Mei, A Daughter’s Song
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Mei Mei, A Daughter’s SongDmae Roberts and her mom during their trip to Taiwan in 1989. p O, how public radio has changed in the last twenty years. With the exception of WNYC's Radio Lab and specials from Hearing Voices, there is very little on public ...
Tending the Barter’s Island Bridge
Monday, May 18th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Tending the Barter’s Island BridgeDuane Lewis (foreground) and his twin brother Dwight operate Barter's Island Bridge, Boothbay, Maine. Photo by Rebecca Stewart. p Every once in a while, I wonder if we give Salt students too much time to produce their pieces. They get weeks to ...
