1. Journalism 285 Course Info: patrickhowej285.wordpress.com Patrick Howe Lecturer Course Info: patrickhowej285.wordpress.com Patrick Howe Lecturer

2. Audio Journalism Paints a picture with sound Captures emotion Draws listeners in to a story More than just interviews and narration We’re all plugged in these days Example (Beep Baseball) Example Another

3. Using Audio in MMJ Podcasts Audio slideshows Breaking news. All you need is a cell phone. Radio-type news or feature story While you’re doing something else

4. Writing for the Ear Conversational: write like you talk One idea per sentence. Break long sentences into multiple short ones. Don’t use jargon or assume listener knows what you know. Identify who you interview. Beginning and end of story are most important. Build up to a good ending.

5. Write like you talk NOT GOOD: Authorities apprehended the suspect as he was attempting to scale the fence. BETTER: Police grabbed the man while he was climbing over the fence.

6. Exercise Make this conversational: Pope Benedict XVI joined U.S. President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth II on Friday by launching his much-anticipated YouTube channel, a sign the Vatican is increasingly reaching out to the digital generation.

7. Exercise President Obama has a YouTube channel. So does Queen Elizabeth. Now Pope Benedict has one too. The pope wants to use the new channel to reach out to young people.

8. What’s a Better Way to Say: Youth Officials At large Citizens Physician

9. 5 Steps to an Audio Story An audio story is your narrated script with sound bites mixed in 1. Interview your source(s) 2. Log your sound bites 3. Write a script, incorporating the bite(s) 4. Record your script 5. Edit it together with the bite(s)

10. Getting Good Sound Gathering Sound (video) Gathering Sound Get the microphone close! Watch out for background noise like wind, airplanes and traffic Wear earphones Record your own questions Record natural sound Examples: Kids’ Digital Day,Kids’ Digital Day Jennifer Sirchuk

11. Recording Yourself Speak clearly Confirm pronunciation (especially of names) Slow down Keep it conversational Play it back Do multiple takes

12. Editing Audio Options Audacity (free, can use in Mac and Windows, widely used) Garageband (powerful and fairly easy; lots of help online)

13. Audio Hosting with SoundCloud SoundCloud

14. There’s an App for That Free Voice Recorder Apps iPhone QuickVoice (.caf files) VR+ (MP3 with watermark) Android Hi-Q MP3 Rec (Lite)

15. LAB: Practice Audio Story Use tutorial to set up Garageband. Interview peer about their beat for at least 3 minutes (record your questions too) Import the audio and edit it down to a one minute piece. Add in some natural sound: Record your own OR download from pacdv.com/sounds pacdv.com/sounds Include fade-ins and fade-outs. Let me hear it when you’re done