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BROADCAST NEWS (Audio Storytelling for Radio & the Web) FALL 2009 COMM 721.001 BROADCAST NEWS (Audio Storytelling for Radio & the Web) FALL 2009 PROF. JILL OLMSTED Phone: (202) 885-2010 Office: 330J MGC [email protected] Hours: Tues/Wed 10:00-12:30 Blog: http://olmsted.wordpress.com/ CLASS: Friday 9am-3pm; MPC: Bliss Newsroom To Reserve Edit Suites: 885-8338 TELEPHONES CONNECTED TO RADIO BOARD Equipment Room: Room 105 (across from Bliss) 885-1306 Geoff Turner 885-2092 Room 111 (down hallway from Bliss) 885-7972 [email protected] Room 11 (downstairs) 885-8438 "The best pictures on radio are made up of metaphor, simile, and specific detail. I remember a radio report from Jerusalem. A busload of children had been bombed. The CBS correspondent described one of the victims. She was 12 years old, he said, "and she held a toothbrush in her hand." The incident occurred years ago. Why do I remember it? Because when the correspondent added that bit about the toothbrush, I was there. The power of pictures of the mind, the effectiveness of specific detail.” Ed Bliss, A.U. Broadcast Founder News Editor for Walter Cronkite Writer/Producer for Edward R. Murrow “A good reporter would be defined as one who is good…in any medium.” Phil Meyer, “Journalism 2.0” Scholar, Researcher, Teacher COURSE DESCRIPTION: This will be a challenging and creative course in audio storytelling – for traditional radio and online media platforms for the digital world we live in today. The primary work of the course involves writing, interviewing, reporting, producing, editing and on-air delivery of radio news in commercial and public radio and for the online environment which could be a radio or TV station or newspaper. You will do individual audio assignments and team broadcasts. This includes behind-the-scenes jobs (assignment editor, producing, writing, digital tape editing, and studio engineer) and performance skills (anchor, reporter). You will also post your stories, photos, possible slideshows on your own Web blog created especially for this course - it will serve as a repository for your professional work. We will also discuss ethical standards, look at the state of the radio and online news business today, go on field trips, hear from guest speakers, do a long-form major project and learn how to prepare an audition tape and/or online portfolio to land a job as a reporter, producer, or begin to develop your skills multimedia storyteller. COURSE OBJECTIVES : Each student will: Think “sound” in audio storytelling – natural sound as well as recorded interviews Write, produce audio news stories for radio and the Web, including non-narrative storytelling; Voice audio stories effectively 2 Learn the “language” of radio news and of Web audio storytelling Develop news judgment in audio and photo storytelling Do nonlinear editing using Adobe Audition; and Audacity Produce a newscast and scripts on the AP News ENPS system Work together in a team environment under deadline and performance pressure Shoot digital photos for audio stories in a slideshow for the Web Post digital audio and photo content into a Web blog Make ethical decisions in gathering audio, photos, writing and editing Listen, watch and analyze industry professionals and your colleagues, offer constructive critiques Contribute content to the American Observer online publication Your work will be both individual and with others in a TEAM environment that is critical in radio news. You are judged not only on how well you accomplish a task but the quality of your interactions with colleagues/staff and the maturity you show in dealing with people and challenges under deadline pressure. Expect that things will go wrong technically and with the people you work with - what matters is how you rise to the challenge of coping with obstacles - this is the essence of how news professionals work. Expect that the "game plan" for this course could change somewhat over the course of the semester (perhaps even the morning of class) in order to take advantage of the best learning opportunities. This could happen as the result of an unexpected opportunity in Washington, D.C., on campus, or something that you become aware about. COURSE STRUCTURE: The course will involve both the editorial aspects of reporting, writing, interviewing, and vocal delivery for radio news and the technical aspects of radio news in gathering sound, editing and producing newscasts. On a regular and rotating basis, students will put together radio newscasts using AP's ENPS-the Associated Press Electronic News Production System, and record the newscasts live-to-tape. This is broadcasting's most popular newsroom support system. Journalists using this system work in more than 40 languages in more than 400 television, radio and network operations in 39 countries. TEXT: a. The Washington Post (must be brought to class each Friday) b. Podcasting Bible By Steve Mack & Mitch Ratcliffe 2007, Wiley Publishing ISBN 978-0-470-04352-3 c. Handouts from Prof. Olmsted, as warranted 3 RECOMMENDED TEXT: a. Adobe Audition 1.5 for Windows By Jeff Partyka, 2005, ISBN 0-321-24750-7 REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS TO BUY: 1) Textbooks 2) Students must have their own recording devices. 3) Batteries 4) Headphones 5) External Microphone (especially for Olympus) 6) CD’s: CD-R’s or CD-RW’s (are more expensive but they can be reused, but first the existing files would be erased). 7) Jewel cases for the CD’s turned in to the professor or for newscasts 8) Sharpie marker to write on the CD’s without hurting them HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: 1) Stopwatch (about $15-20 at Radioshack) 2) Thumb drive of 2-8GB (look for sales) 3) Soundslides ($39.95) or Soundslides Plus ($69.95) http://www.soundslides.com/ RECORDER OPTIONS Digital Voice Recorders - Go to http://www.amazon.com/ or - http://www.olympusamerica.com/ For the Consumer>Audio>Select Price>and pick your price range. OR, http://stores.ebay.com/Olympus-Auctions (for the best prices) Some examples: a) Olympus WS-310M=$79.99 Digital Voice Recorder (69 hours) WS-311M=$99 (Olympusamerica.com) Go to Audio (138 hours) Recorders are generally more expensive at Radio Shack; Best Buy b) Flash recorders =Bradley Broadcasting (very expensive-$300-$600; we have some for checkout from the MPC equipment room) c) Cassette Recorders = Available at Radio Shack. CTR-123=$42; CTR-112=$32 SEPARATE MICROPHONES: Electro-Voice 635 $100 (Find online) Nady SP-4C Hand-held microphone $10-20 from http://www.musiciansfriend.com 4 Lavaliere Mic (Olympus ME-15) $15-23 on Amazon) $25 Olympus Telephone Recording Device (TP-7) To record audio over the phone, two ways. $19.99 (may not be in stock) Available for checkout from the MPC Equipment Room for this class are: - 4 Marantz flash card recorders - 4 Edirol flash recorders INFORMATION SOURCES YOU CAN VIEW FROM HOME: 1. ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYBOOK You can get online access to the AP Daybook (and news stories). Access is called AP Exchange and this is the link to it: http://www.apexchange.com/ Our login info for Exchange is: User: soc Password: AMERICAN1 On the left side you will see Advisories & Daybooks. HIt ALL and the daybook will come up. Scroll through menu to find “AP Washington Daybook” 2. CNN NEWSOURCE : You can view video and script on the Internet by accessing through the address listed below and using Internet Explorer. In class, use headphones! Browser Address: 147.9.111.25/browserdmg (don’t put in www in advance of this) User name: amunivr Password: (leave blank) * Use of this CNN audio, video, and graphics is limited to production of in-class newscasts only. You may not use this material in individual wraps turned in for academic credit, as this would be copyright infringement and a violation of the academic integrity code. PROFESSIONAL OUTLETS FOR STUDENT WORK: 1. SOC “Observer” It will be a major goal of this course for students to place their stories into the “American Observer” online publication. As a part of the course you may have to redo editing or writing of the story. You should develop the habit of taking photos along with your audio. 5 2. WAMU-FM : American University has the broadcast license for the NPR affiliate in Washington, D.C., but this professional station has a separate newsroom. Still, you have the opportunity to do reports that could make air. Daily news stories are :30, :35, and up to :50 in length. Longer features are possible on the local cut-ins for All Things Considered – 4:00. WAMU’s “ Metro Connection ,” is an opportunity for longer-form stories to air – between 5:00-7:00 minutes, if it satisfies the high standards of the program. Metro ” is the only local news magazine program airing in the Washington radio market. This program is heard on Friday’s at 1pm; Sat. at 5am; and on the WAMU.org web site, with a listening audience of around 140,000. Here is what the WAMU web site says about the program: “Instead of a national perspective, the subject is our city... our local communities... our backyards. Metro Connection broadens the focus from city government to include news and features from the District, Virginia and Maryland. The program also highlights upcoming arts events, tells the history of our neighborhoods and offers live, in-studio performances from local bands worthy of attention - bands that have no other radio outlets in the region….. Metro Connection strives to be "on-location" and out of the studio as much as possible. From a story about re-seeding oysters in the Chesapeake Bay... to a series following a woman through her first year as a teacher in the DC school system..
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