Sound. Story. Church.
Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Sound. Story. Church.Salt's Radio Church during the Fall 2008 opening, "Meet Me Anywhere." r Here's a beautiful thing: a Radio Church full of listeners. No twitters. No Facebook. No emails. No blogs. No cell phones. Just sound. The human voice. The natural and built environment. Mainers ...
Listening to the Northern Lights
Thursday, December 18th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »United States Air Force photo of Northern Lights at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska by Senior Airman Joshua Strang. P What's it take to produce a radio piece that doesn't have conflict, tension, or some universal we all can relate to? Well, some ...
Dogs, Cats, Parakeets, a Moleskin, and The Squirm Test
Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Sally Rollins and two of her thirty cats. Photo by Katie Stohlman, courtesy Salt's archive. If Annie Larmon had asked me if it was okay to record with a mic in her pocket, I would have said "No." Annie went ...
Truckstop Love Affair
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Truckstop Love AffairJackie takes and gives orders at Dysart's Truck Stop, Bangor, Maine. Photo by Molly Myers, courtesy the Salt Archive. At first, Sara Paul thought she'd do a story on bear hunting. But, hanging out in a tree for hours in the ...
Best New Producer 2008
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 5 Comments »Photo of Marisa and Andrew by Erica Burkhart, courtesy the Salt Archive. Kudos to Erin Davis. Erin won the Best New Producer award at this year's Third Coast International Audio Festival. The piece, "Except Me" was produced at Salt and ...
Dissecting “Dead Animal Man”
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »Photo of Ira Glass by Tom MurphyProbably my favorite piece to play in radio class at Salt to prompt discussion is "Dead Animal Man" by Ira Glass. It sets the bar high for feature production. On this Saltcast, we listen to ...
Insomnia and the Meaning of Life
Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Insomnia and the Meaning of LifeYou can find stories just about anywhere. One good place is the newspaper. In particular, look at the end of a story. Because newspaper stories are typically written with the basic information in the first few paragraphs, the ends of ...
Hafid Is Free
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Radio is an excellent way to meet people. But, all too often, on public radio we tend to only meet newsworthy people. Little time is made for an "average" person with a unique story. That's unfortunate because that's most of us. There ...
Just Handover the Mic
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »It's so elegant. Genius really. Hand a mic to someone and let them record. In general, the tape they collect will be intimate, honest, and revealing. They will take you places few journalists can go. And, its an opportunity for ...
O, To Be Invisible
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »Photo of Michael Luce by Annie Reichert, courtesy of the Salt Archive. P Megan Martin had her mic out and pointed at Micheal Luce. They were down in his cellar -- Meghan was recording, Micheal was building his dead mother's casket. This was ...
