Audio Documentary and the Podcast

Catalog description

Audio Documentary & Storytelling will lead students to explore the history of audio, radio, podcast / streaming, history through documentary and different narrative approaches. We will learn about recording techniques and audio mixing on digital editing software for the production of audio documentaries for radio, streaming, and podcast. Through audio documentary work, students will be encouraged to explore topics such as cultural differences, history, science, social commentary and drama from journalistic, theatrical or personal perspectives. We will explore audio narrative both fictional and non-fictional, along with sound design and approaches to storytelling.The course will introduce radio greats from Orson Wells to modern-day radio podcasts such as Radiolab, and China watcher favorites such as Sinica. This course is an essential introduction to creating and establishing an evolving student-run podcast network, informing the world of China life through the lenses of DKU students. 001585