Take No Prisoners
In December 1944, Adolf Hitler surprised the Allies with a secret counterattack through the Ardennes forest, known today as the Battle of the Bulge. In the carnage that followed, there was one incident that top military commanders hoped would be concealed. It’s the story of an American war crime nearly forgotten to history. After desperate…
Read MoreVirtual Info Session: Audio Journalism with Lecturer Mary Kay Magistad
REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT Join a live, half-hour discussion with Lecturer Mary Kay Magistad about Berkeley Journalism’s audio program. Register below! Mary Kay Magistad directs the audio journalism program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, and hosts the “Whose Century Is It?” podcast, a Webby Award honoree about ideas, trends and twists shaping the 21st…
Read MoreJ276 – Audio on Assignment
Audio on Assignment (Advanced Audio I Reporting) Course Description Assigned stories are part of life as a professional journalist. This course teaches students how to be creative, resourceful and rigorous in pursuing a wide range of stories, of the sort students could be expected to do as public radio journalists. Students in this class will…
Read MoreJ212 Advanced Audio II: Longform Storytelling
The goal of this class is to produce captivating, narrative, long-form audio stories. Students will learn the fundamentals of creative audio, including: finding, mapping and planning narrative stories; successfully pitching major radio programs and podcasts; interview skills; editing and script writing for style. This class will leave students with a strong foundation for entering the…
Read MoreJ219 MINI: This Audio Life 11/11-12/9 *click here for class dates
This is a 5 week MINI class: 11/11; 11/18; 11/25; 12/2; 12/9. Audio is an integral aspect of today’s media. Podcasting in particular is exploding in influence. In addition to radio and podcasting, solid audio is vital to effective video story-telling. Under the audio umbrella there are multiple career paths, all of whom play…
Read MoreJ219 MINI: The well reported podcast 10/7 – 11/4 *click here for class dates
This is a 5 week MINI class: 10/7; 10/14; 10/21; 10/28, 11/4 The goal of this mini course is to give students a strong introduction to the podcasting industry and podcast production. Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of creating, developing, pitching and producing creative and compelling audio with a focus on what’s in demand by…
Read MoreJ219 MINI: Sound Design in Documentary Storytelling 9/2-9/30 *click here for class dates
This is a 5 week mini class: 9/2; 9/9; 9/16; 9/23; 9/30 This is an instructional course for students to learn how to mix and sound design documentary projects in film and audio. The class will also go over how to use sound design to enhance your storytelling, and how to approach documentary-making with sound…
Read MoreJ275 Intro to Audio
Learn how to report and tell stories for the ear, with rich sounds, scenes, voices, and writing that pull listeners in and keep them listening. This class teaches the basics of audio journalism: how to choose, plan and report your story; do effective audio interviews; gather great sound and scenes; write for the ear; what…
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J275 Intro to Audio
Intro to Audio teaches students the skills needed to tell stories in sound. You’ll learn how to write for the ear; how to use words economically and powerfully; how to conduct an effective interview; how to gather quality sound in the field; how to deliver a spoken script professionally; how to assemble and mix audio…
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