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- ((Radio 411: A Resource Guide for Audio Journalists & Producers))
- © Tony Dec. Revised August 2nd, 2006.
- A U D I O & R A D I O
- OUTREACH, RESEARCH & SUPPORT
- Association of Independents in Radio. A non-profit member driven organization, AIR offers what is arguably the most prominent daily discussion listserv of people who are active and working in many aspects of public radio: a well connected, supportive and influential group comprised of reporters and producers as well as representatives from NPR and other organizations. Good links here to radio awards and submission guidelines for many public radio programs and more, as well as AIR's podcasts.
- BBC Training and Development. Free on-line courses in radio, journalism and television. Includes the BBC News Style Guide, Cool Edit Pro tutorials, using mics and minidiscs, and interviewing for radio.
- Columbia University's Oral History Research Office. Offers workshops, seminars, networking opportunities, consultation and outreach.
- Historical Voices: "searchable online database of spoken word collections spanning the 20th century."
- IWMF / International Women's Media Foundation. Features a course at the Online Training Center for Developing Radio Skills including Skills for Radio Journalists, and broadcast writing in the tips & guides section.
- IWPR/Institute for War and Peace Reporting: training resources.
- Media Access Project. A "non-profit tax exempt public interest telecommunications law firm which promotes the public's First Amendment right to hear and be heard on the electronic media…. Representing listeners' and speakers' interests…before the Federal Communications Commission, other policy-making bodies, and in the courts."
- NAMAC / National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture: "…dedicated to…the support and advocacy of independent film, video, audio and online/multimedia arts."
- National Radio Project: suggested equipment and recording tips ((see additional info below, under Programs & Producers as well as News Gathering & Reporting)).
- Poynter Foundation. Tips for journalists, industry info and calendars. See: Journeys In Sound, seminar notes on the ideas and techniques of NPR's Jon Burnett. See also the TV/Radio link for Tip Sheets and the Broadcast Journalism Bibliography.
- Prometheus Radio Project. Activists who "…believe that a free, diverse, and democratic media is critical to the political and cultural health of our nation." "…support(s) community groups at every stage of the process of building community radio stations, facilitate(s) public participation in the FCC regulatory process, and sponsor(s) events promoting awareness and support of media democracy and LPFM radio."
- PRx / Public Radio Exchange. A non-profit online "marketplace for public radio" providing a "service for peer-review and digital distribution of programming" direct to stations. "The mission of PRX is to build a fair market for creative audio content…; to create more opportunities for diverse programming of exceptional quality … and importance to reach more listeners." See also GenerationPRX, introducing young voices to radio & sound.
- Radio College. An independent radio producers' resource site and virtual meeting space. Addresses budgeting, funding and legal issues — and How to Make $60,000 a Year Freelancing in Public Radio. Provides a Mentor Program as well as discussion forums and archives. Articles in the Reading Room section include: Getting Good Ambient Sound, How To Mic A Field Interview, a primer on Audio Level Metering, Script Guidelines for a Speedy Edit, Jay Allison's Interviewing Tips for radio and more.
- Recorded Sound Reference Center at the U.S. Library of Congress: "provides access to the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress."
- SONIC / Sound ONline Inventory and Catalog: "provides access to the commercial and archival audio holdings of the Library of Congress."
- Talking History, at the University at Albany, State University of New York. "A production, distribution, and instructional center for all forms of aural history" with a weekly radio show ((archives and podcasts)). "Mission: …to provide teachers, students, researchers and the general public with as broad and outstanding a collection of audio documentaries, speeches, debates, oral histories, conference sessions, commentaries, archival audio sources, and other aural history resources as is available anywhere."
- Third Coast Festival, in cooperation with WBEZ/Chicago and the AIR Producers Annual Summit. An international audio festival that looks for "bold, creative and thought provoking work" — documentaries, investigative journalism and features — and regularly presents streaming audio of award winning and notable works. Participate in Short Docs: tell a story with an opening sentence and three specific sounds in 2m30s. Listen to the stories currently archived in the audio library. Jump over to the conference page for their current and past Conference highlights and to hear documentary competition winners.
- Transom: "…clear guidance -- both technical and conceptual -- on how to create original radio productions. …channeling new work and voices to public radio… a performance space, an open editorial session, an audition stage, a library, and a hangout." Get inside a radio documentary class at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism with This American Life producer, Alex Blumberg.
- AUDIO TOOLS, TECHNIQUES & TUTORIALS FOR RADIO (and video, too)
- AIR: what's a tape sync and how do I do it?
- B-Side Radio: notes on how to record, write, voice and edit for radio.
- CBC Outfront radio documentary tutorials, includes digital audio editing ((for PC only)). See also the section below, Courses of Study in Audio Documentary.
- Community Media: notes about how to interview for radio, sound gathering and equipment, writing for radio, and a basic glossary of some radio terminology.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Don't let this fool you: making wildlife recordings employs many of the same principles of journalism and documentary sound gathering. Includes: an equipment guide, field recording techniques, and a Knowledge Base of recording resources. ((There's also an online, searchable animal sounds audio catalog!))
- Free Speech Radio News: Technical and Production Guidelines. Links to info on voice and microphone techniques, as well as tech notes addressing CoolEdit and SoundForge software programs for the PC.
- Historical Voices: tutorials to assist you in nearly every aspect of equipment selection and production.
- Radio College: see the articles on Mastering Our Craft.
- The British Library: notes from the Wildlife Sound Archive. Another "don't be fooled" site: making wildlife recordings employs many of the same principles of journalism and documentary sound gathering. Features hints, tips and recording equipment recommendations.
- This American Life: features hints, tips and recording equipment recommendations. This spotlights Ira Glass on making radio.
- This American Life's comic book reference guide.
- Transom. The "go-to" site for audio journalists and producers of all stripes. Includes Nancy Updike's advice for better radio writing, and Bill McKibben's "The Pen Is Easier Than The Mic"; tutorials for recording and editing (for the application Pro Tools, click on Basic Production as well as Voice Editing) and recording over the phone as well as details about the Marantz PMD-660 compact flash recorder. See also Jeff Towne's Working with Pro Tools Free. ((NOTE: Strictly for Mac, OS 8 through 9 — will not work with OSX. The free version has been reported to be somewhat buggy. Downloads from the Digidesign site appear to have been discontinued with the Spring 2006 redesign of their site.))
- …Audio Level Compression…
- 2 types of compression, defined.
- compression basics, 1.
- compression basics, 2.
- compression explained, 1.
- compression explained, alternate site.
- compression tutorial by Karen Kane.
- Compressors: Dispelling the Mystery by Allan Bradford, part 1of3.
- Compressors: Dispelling the Mystery by Allan Bradford, part 2of3.
- Compressors: Dispelling the Mystery by Allan Bradford, part 3of3.
- Harmony Central explains compression & limiting.
- Steely Dan's engineer, Roger Nichols, addresses compression abuse.
- Supersize: using compression makes sound bigger, by Jay Rosen ((requires site sign-in)).
- Transom: Jeff Towne explains compression and limiting…
- Understanding compressors and compression, by Barry Rudolph.
- Waves' tips.
- …Digital Audio…
- a primer; includes "what is sound?"
- Digital Audio Primer: PDF download from Adobe Audition.
- Digital Audio Technology: a chapter excerpt, downloadable as a PDF.
- EarLevel, for the techie in you: theory, oversampling, dither, jitter, aliasing and more.
- Managing Audio Levels: tech talk by Jim Starzynski of NBC-TV.
- Optimizing Sound for the Internet is a downloadable doc by Keven Siegert, The University of Arizona Health Sciences Phoenix Campus.
- …Digital Editing…
- B-Side Radio.
- Be a Better Dialog Editor, by Jay Rosen.
- CBC Outfront: includes digital audio editing ((for PC only)).
- Digital editing of field audio, from the Vermont Folklife Center.
- Digital editing of field audio, downloadable PDF.
- Editing in Pro Tools: an excerpt from the book by David Franz.
- Editing in Pro Tools PDF.
- Transom's editing pages.
- …Discussion Forums…
- 3dB Audio Recording Forum.
- AIR / Association of Independents in Radio: the daily discussion listserv features reporters and producers as well as representatives from NPR and other organizations.
- AIR's seminar archives for Field Recording & ProTools Editing.
- Audio Forums for audio producers, editors and engineers.
- AudioTalk Pro.
- Digidesign's user forums.
- Gearslutz, a forum for sharing techie information.
- ProSoundWeb Recording Forums.
- Sweetwater Audio Forums.
- …Documentaries…
- David Isay — tutorial on making radio documentaries … an interviewing guide with equipment recommendations.
- get inside a radio documentary class at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism with This American Life producer, Alex Blumberg.
- How to Fund a Radio Documentary, at AIRmedia.
- SEE also the section below, Courses of Study in Audio Documentary.
- …EQ / Equalization: understanding frequencies and the audio spectrum…
- equalization basics.
- EQ magazine's "Can You EQ?"
- Harmony Central explains EQ.
- Home on the Ranges, a demonstration of frequency ranges by Jay Rosen ((requires site sign-in)).
- Home on the Ranges, companion audio samples by Jay Rosen.
- On Golden Ears: hearing and seeing sound, by Jay Rosen ((requires site sign-in)).
- Reliable Software: a free frequency analyzer, for Windows 95/98/2000 and NT 4.0 only.
- Transom: Jeff Towne explains EQ…
- …Glossaries & Research…
- Audio Media, a technology magazine.
- eMusician magazine's tutorials.
- Modern Recording Technology.
- Sound On Sound glossary.
- …Interviewing for Radio…
- BBC tips.
- tips and techniques from Community Media.
- tips by producer Jay Allison.
- tips by producer Paul Ingles.
- …Restoration & Preservation…
- ASC / the Association of Recorded Sound Collections: downloadable PDF.
- Audio Archiving Resources from Rutgers University.
- Audio Archiving Resources from Stevens Institute of Technology.
- Audio Preservation from Stanford University features plenty of resources.
- Digital Preservation Management: excellent and detailed resource from Cornell.
- Digitizing Speech Recordings for Archival Purposes is a downloadable PDF from Historical Voices.
- Guidelines for the Preservation of Digital Heritage from the National Library of Australia, published by UNESCO as a downloadable PDF.
- how to bake your own tapes (and why).
- the LBJ Library: symposium conclusions.
- Working Paper on Digitizing Audio from the African Online Digital Library.
- …Sound & Acoustics…
- Acoustics Animations, by Dan Russell, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Applied Physics at Kettering University in Flint, MI.
- Acoustics Primer from Indiana University's Center for Electronic and Computer Music.
- An Ear To The Earth Festival of Music, Sound & Ecology.
- FindSounds on the web.
- Hearing is Believing: from a 1996 UK conference "aimed at people interested in experimental radio and sound art."
- Hearing test products.
- Moulton Labs: esteemed mentor David Moulton really knows the "art & science of sound."
- Physics Classroom: tutorials for understanding sound.
- Sonic Walden blog.
- "The Sound of Things To Come," by Marshall Sella, NY Times Magazine, March 23rd, 2003.
- • military use of "silent sound."
- Test your own hearing online, by Joe Wolfe, acoustics professor at The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
- WFAE / World Forum for Acoustic Ecology: concerned with the "state of the world's soundscapes."
- why you can't mix with headphones…
- World Soundscape Project libraries.
- …Voice-over Tips & Techniques…
- B-Side Radio.
- Free Speech Radio News.
- Videomaker's sound advice.
- Voicing the Story: The Art and Craft of Podcast Narration, from Poynter.org.
- WAMU's Diane Rehm, regaining her voice.
- …Writing (and Editing) for Radio…
- AIR's Radio College
- • organizing the writing process.
- • script guidelines for a speedy edit.
- • write regional.
- American Meteorological Society's broadcast writing PDF.
- B-Side Radio: writing a radio script.
- broadcast writing … from Elizabethtown College.
- Community Radio.
- DINFOS / Defense Information School: PDF of the military broadcast writing style guide.
- IWMF / International Women's Media Foundation: writing broadcast copy.
- Journalism.org: Tools for TV/Radio Journalists.
- JPROF: broadcast writing style tips.
- KDRT's writing for radio: the basics.
- Mervin Block: an authority on broadcast newswriting.
- Mervin Block's broadcast writing cliches at Poynter.
- Newscript: newswriting for radio.
- RFI / Radio France International: writing for radio, creating with sound.
- San Jose State School of Journalism & Mass Communications
- • broadcast writing tips.
- • using numbers.
- Switching from Print to Broadcast Writing, by Gene Lenore.
- Transom
- • Nancy Updike's advice for better radio writing.
- • Bill McKibben's "The Pen Is Easier Than The Mic."
- EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY
- The British Library / Wildlife Sound Archive: microphones, recorders, tape & batteries.
- Community Media: sound gathering and equipment.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology: equipment guide, field recording techniques and a Knowledge Base of recording resources.
- Jay Allison's recommendations, 1.
- Jay Allison's recommendations, 2.
- …so who's Jay Allison?
- National Radio Project recommends…
- Oral history tutorial: microphones, recording devices and techniques.
- RadioYourWay, digital AM/FM radio recorder.
- Transom's Gear Guide.
- …Buy, Rent, Service & Supplies…
- B&H Photo/Video/Audio, New York City's tech supermarket featuring (almost) everything under the sun. Closes at sundown on Friday and reopens Sunday, following the sabbath. FYI: show up early in the day to avoid the crowds and receive more personalized attention.
- Bradley Broadcast, for audio broadcasting equipment.
- BSW/Broadcast Supply Worldwide, for pro audio equipment.
- Core Sound, microphones and other equipment for digital enthusiasts.
- Full Compass, mainly for musicians but also featuring general audio and video equipment.
- Gearslutz, a forum for sharing techie information.
- Giant Squid Audio, mics & cables.
- J&R, consumer audio equipment and supplies.
- MacFixIt: you definitely need this to stay on top of troubleshooting Macs.
- Markertek, broadcast supplies.
- Minidisco, for mini disc recorders and supplies.
- Pro Digital: DAT, CD and MiniDisc repairs.
- Pro Sound Services: rentals, sales and service. My personal choice for audio & video rentals in New York City; call Ross and tell him I sent you.
- Sound Professionals.
- Sweetwater: mainly for musicians but also featuring general audio equipment and supplies.
- Tapes.com: recommended for digital and analog recording supplies.
- Tekserve: the Mac go-to store when it comes to buying and repairing your computer, and receiving free seminar tutorials on just about anything digital for the Mac: Pro Tools, Final Cut Pro, Avid. The least expensive Pro Tools set-up is now $410 which includes the latest software and the Mbox hardware interface — compact, portable and simple to use. Also sells LaCie and Glyph drives; I recommend Glyph as the quieter of these.
- Tensimount, inexpensive mic isolators.
- …Digital Editing Software…
- >>Audacity: free software for Mac & PC
- • Audacity or Audition for podcasting?, a tech opinion from WebProNews.
- • Audacity 1.2 tutorial.
- • Audacity activity tutorial from the Florida Department of Education.
- • Audacity tutorial at Transom.
- • Audacity tutorial from the Soundforge site.
- • basic audio editor from the independent producers at Proscenia Interactive.
- • flash movie tutorial and notes from Streaming Audio Made Easy.
- • Give your podcast professional polish with Audacity, by Cyrus Farivar at MacWorld.
- • How To Podcast, an Audacity tutorial.
- • "how to" slideshow tutorial from the Rockwood School District of Eureka, MO.
- • podcasting tutorial, Quicktime presentation from OurMedia.
- • tutorial from Brown University.
- • tutorial from College of the Redwoods.
- • tutorial at Digilogue.
- • recording with Audacity by Clark & Sandy.
- • Sheer Audacity, a tutorial from Southeast Georgia Tech.
- • slideshow tutorial from Kamehameha Schools Virtual Strategies/Distance Learning Department.
- • slideshow tutorial from MSICoach training videos.
- • slideshow tutorial from the online master of education program at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
- • video tutorial from KPFT.
- • video tutorials on Podcasting using Audacity, free from SeeItDoIt ((Quicktime)): How to set up your audio.
- • video tutorials on Podcasting using Audacity: Editing.
- • video tutorials on Podcasting using Audacity: Publishing to iTunes.
- >>Adobe Audition, formerly Cool Edit Pro ((for PC only))
- • Adobe Audition home page.
- • Audacity or Audition for podcasting?, a tech opinion from WebProNews.
- • DVD training programs.
- • tutorial for speech recordings.
- • Cool Edit tutorials from the BBC.
- • tech notes from Free Speech Radio News, addressing CoolEdit, 1.
- • tech notes from Free Speech Radio News, addressing CoolEdit, 2.
- >>Pro Tools ((Mac & PC))
- • creating and setting up Pro Tools sessions.
- • Digidesign's user forums.
- • fades.
- • full version of Pro Tools for current Macs and PCs.
- • hidden keyboard shortcuts.
- • keyboard shortcuts stickers.
- • mysteries of Shuffle mode revealed.
- • Pro Tools custom keyboard for Mac.
- • Pro Tools custom keyboard for Windows.
- • Pro Tools For Dummies: An excerpt on understanding audio regions.
- • Pro Tools For Dummies: Download the first excerpt PDF and see the info about EQ on pages 21 thru 23.
- • Pro Tools tutorial, from Clarkson University.
- • Pro Tools tutorial, from the Multimedia Reporting and Convergence site at UC Berkeley's Journalism School.
- • Pro Tools Users: news, forums and more.
- • tutorials and interviews with audio pros at DigiZINE.
- • users of older systems such as Pro Tools v5.1, try this Sound On Sound magazine series of articles: 1of3.
- • users of older systems such as Pro Tools v5.1… Sound On Sound article 2of3.
- • users of older systems such as Pro Tools v5.1… Sound On Sound article 3of3.
- • video tutorial samples from Apex Web Media.
- • "what's an Mbox and why do I need it?"
- SEE below for more Pro Tools tech notes under Portable Digital Audio Workstation Setups.
- >>SAW ((PC only))
- • demo.
- >>Sony Sound Forge ((PC only))
- • homepage.
- • tech notes for this application, from Free Speech Radio News.
- >>Sony Vegas ((PC only))
- • homepage.
- • video tutorial from KPFT.
- >>Soundtrack Pro ((for Mac))
- • homepage.
- • free and paid tutorials from Lynda.com ((thanks Larry Banks!))
- >>Steinberg's Nuendo ((PC only))
- • homepage.
- …Field Recorders…
- Marantz PMD660 compact flash.
- Marantz PMD660, reviewed at Transom.
- Marantz PMD660 mic pre-amp modifications by Oade Brothers.
- Marantz PMD670 compact flash.
- Marantz PMD671 compact flash.
- Recommended field recording equipment by the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics. Although this addresses documenting nature, the technological tips are applicable to all audio production.
- Recommended field recorders and mics by Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Macauley Library.
- Sony TC-D5 cassette recorder: old reliable.
- Sound Devices: all-digital recorders — a personal favorite. The 702 and 722 models offer file-based recording plus compact flash.
- Transom, the journalists' first stop for technology recommendations.
- * for minidiscs, see below
- …Microphones…
- Audio Technica microphones: glossary link.
- Audio Technica's A Brief Guide to Microphones provides detailed information on how they work — from pickup patterns to proximity effect.
- The BBC's 5 Minute Guide to Handheld Mics.
- Electrovoice mics.
- ElectroVoice RE27: the mic for PHC, the movie.
- find that mic…
- HHB FlashMic: self-contained and ready for travel, 1.
- HHB FlashMic, 2.
- mic basics.
- K-TEK: mic boom poles and windshields.
- mics for podcasting, at the NAMM show.
- mic techniques from Free Speech Radio News.
- Pete Thomas addresses music recording although its fully applicable to all audio recording.
- pickup pattern or polar repsonse.
- proximity effect.
- Rycote softie covers.
- Rycote windshields.
- Sennheiser mics.
- Shure mics for podcasting.
- Shure mic selection guide.
- studio mics compared.
- Studio Projects microphones.
- which mic should I get?, from AIR.
- …Minidiscs…
- AudioTalk, minidisc forum.
- The BBC's 5 Minute Minidisc Guide to the Sony MZ-R55.
- Minidisc: an open forum web community where info is shared, including what to buy and usage tips.
- Sound Professional's streamlined guide to the Sony Hi-MD: a downloadable doc.
- …Phoners…
- better sound with VoIP, from Shure.
- get good recording quality over the phone, by Rich Halten.
- JK Audio in-line patch.
- JK Audio phone tap.
- Phone recording tutorial and notes, by Henry Howard.
- Skype: record phone calls via the Internet.
- Skype for Mac.
- Skype Call Recorder, $15 software.
- …Portable DAWs / Digital Audio Workstations…
- To get audio into and out of a Mac or PC laptop, a USB interface is needed. For Pro Tools, the Mbox is just one portable option: unfortunately, you cannot run Pro Tools — even for simple field editing — without an interface.
- Instead of lugging the Mbox around as a rather absurdist dongle, try the smaller M-Audio Transit.
- The M-Audio Transit will run with Pro Tools M-Powered v7 software; or try one of the other software recommendations above that do not require proprietary connections.
- * NOTE: you should opt for an extra drive exclusively for audio unless you're doing the most bare bones, basic — and short — production work. You can have one installed directly into a new laptop OR buy an external drive optimized for such use ((such as those made by Glyph or LaCie)).
- …Tech Tools…
- audio conversion and stream recording.
- Audio Hijack Pro: basic studio setup.
- best bit rate for MP3s, from Shure.
- MP3 and Internet Audio Handbook.
- Soundflower: pass-through application for routing audio to recording software, for Mac OSX.2.
- time calculator, instead of adding in your head or by hand.
- WireTap Pro records any audio to your Mac computer.
- * FYI: learn how the radio spectrum works.
- RADIO NETWORKS & STATIONS
- …International…
- ABYZ News Links, media listings worldwide.
- JournalismNet's basic guide.
- M.I.T. radio locator guide: radio and news links for stations and audio feeds in the U.S. and around the world, "ownership"/licensing and technical info.
- Resonance FM: the art of listening, from London.
- United Nations: free News Service, site 1.
- United Nations: free News Service, site 2.
- United Nations: African coverage.
- United Nations: IRIN / Integrated Regional Information Networks, services sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
- World Radio Network: provides access to web streams of news and information from around the world.
- WorldSpace: subscription satellite network; sample links under their "Our Channels." See submission guidelines for the African Learning Channel at AirMedia.org.
- World Vision Radio: a Christian-based news magazine with a focus on "global issues and events affecting the world's poorest children and families."
- …National…
- ABC Radio Networks, owned by Disney.
- Air America Radio: liberal talk network on AM radio as well as XM satellite radio.
- AIROS / American Indian Radio On Satellite.
- APM / American Public Media.
- Broadcast Station Location page.
- FCC/Federal Communications Commission: find AM radio station frequencies and call letters across the country.
- FCC: find FM radio stations.
- Federal News Radio, WFED: world and national news with a focus on the U.S. Federal Government, from WTOP in Washington, DC.
- NPR / National Public Radio: produces and distributes Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Day To Day, Talk of the Nation, All Things Considered, Justice Talking, Living On Earth and Lost & Found Sound. SEE below for their News Code of Ethics & Practices.
- NPR's who's who on the air.
- NV1 / Native Voice 1: launched July 1st, 2006 as "the primary distributor of daily, weekly and special Native (American) programming created by independent producers, stations."
- Pacifica Foundation: community public radio dedicated to free speech. Producer and distributor for the news program, Democracy Now: The War & Peace Report.
- Pacifica: find their current programs at AudioPort.
- Pacifica: on-line archive of Pacifica and Democracy Now programs available.
- PRI / Public Radio International: distributor for Marketplace, The World, This American Life, Studio 360, National Native News, Sound & Spirit, The Writer's Almanac and To The Point.
- Sirius Satellite Radio: subscription digital radio services, offering over 100 radio stations/channels of news, information, entertainment and music.
- Westwood One: distribution home of radio news from CBS, CNN, NBC and others.
- XM Satellite Radio: subscription digital radio services, offering over 100 radio stations/channels of news, information, entertainment and music.
- …Regional…
- AIR station directory.
- KCRW, Santa Monica, CA …a service of Santa Monica College. Arguably among the most innovative stations in America, it's the home of NPR's To The Point, as well as ArtTalk, Bookworm, DnA/Design & Architecture, Left/Right&Center, Harry Shearer's Le Show, Minding the Media, and Politics of Culture.
- KFAI, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. "Radio Without Boundaries."
- KNBA, Anchorage, AK …operated by Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (KBC), a nonprofit, Alaska Native governed and operated media center.
- KUER, Salt Lake City, UT …a service of the University of Utah. Produces the weekday program, RadioWest.
- KUT, Austin, TX …a service of the University of Texas. Co-producing partner of NPR's Latino USA.
- KUYI, Hopi Radio.
- Neighborhood Public Radio, aka "NPR." Challenging it's namesake's corporatized influence, Neighborhood Public Radio provides localized service for the community of Oakland, California.
- WAMU, Washington, DC …a service of American University. The home of NPR's The Diane Rehm Show and The Kojo Nnamdi Show.
- WBEZ, Chicago, IL …Chicago Public Radio. The home of PRI's This American Life and the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
- WBUR, Boston, MA …a service of Boston University. The home of Here & Now, Inside Out documentaries, On Point and World of Ideas, as well as NPR's defunkt The Connection (archives at theconnection.org).
- WFMT, Chicago, IL …commercial fine arts radio. Development partner with public radio producer Steve Rowland for the documentary "Leonard Bernstein: An American Life."
- WGBH, Boston, MA …WGBH Educational Foundation of Boston. The home of The World from the BBC and PRI, as well as Sound & Spirit, and NPR's word game, Says You. 'GBH offers a regional community service at Massachusett's CIPR/Cape & Island Public Radio.
- WNMC, Traverse City, MI …from Northwestern Michigan College. Home of the half-hour homegrown program, Radio Anyway.
- …Local / NY metro only…
- EVR/East Village Radio. Purely Internet so it's unrestrained.
- WBAI 99.5 fm …operated by the Pacifica Foundation. Community public radio dedicated to free speech. Program features include CounterSpin as well as weekday morning broadcasts of Democracy Now.
- WBBR 1130 am, Bloomberg Business Radio …founded and owned by New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg.
- WCBS 880 am news radio …owned & operated by CBS Inc.
- WINS 1010 am news radio …owned & operated by CBS Inc.
- WNYC 93.9 fm + 820 am …operated by New York Public Radio. The home of NPR's On The Media with Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield, The Brian Lehrer Show, The Leonard Lopate Show, PRI's Studio 360 and archives of The Next Big Thing. Oh, and don't forget he masterful Joe Frank.
- PROGRAMS & PRODUCERS
- AIR's directory of members' websites.
- Alternative Radio: public affairs program and a "forum for controversy and debate."
- ACF NewSource/American Communications Foundation: "…assists the commercial broadcast news media in its coverage of subjects that are often under-reported because of staffing and budgetary restraints."
- • ACF offers opportunities for reporters to do field work (i.e. producing and limited reporting) for The Osgood Files on CBS Radio.
- American Routes: celebrating the melting pot that is American music & culture.
- CounterSpin, produced in New York City by Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting: a media watchdog program offering "a critical examination of the major stories every week, exposes what the mainstream media might have missed in their own coverage."
- Democracy Now: The War & Peace Report, public/civic journalism programming.
- Global Voices Radio.
- Great Lakes Radio Consortium, produced at Michigan Radio. "...committed to revealing the relationship between the natural world and the everyday lives of people." See submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- Hearing Voices: "where journalism meets John Cage."
- Here & Now, produced at WBUR/Boston: a midday national news magazine. See submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- High Plains News: a news service for the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains region. Submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- Homelands: "public interest documentary journalism."
- The Infinite Mind, produced by Lichtenstein Creative Media: "specializes in productions focusing on mental health, human rights and other social issues."
- Joe Frank: raconteur, radio instigator, marvel of auditory transportation.
- Justice Talking: weekly hour-long program that examines the role of the U.S. constitution in our lives. "Works with reporters to produce 6-minute sound-rich pieces that set-up debates between attorneys and advocates." Submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- Ken Nordine's Word Jazz, for linguistic and creative inspiration(!)
- Latino USA, in partnership with KUT/Austin and the Center for Mexican-American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. "The only national, English language radio journal of news and culture produced from a Latino perspective"
- • Latino USA: submit ideas and see their guidelines here.
- Living On Earth, weekly environmental news and information program from NPR.
- • Living On Earth: submit ideas and review guidelines.
- Marketplace, produced by American Public Media at the University of Southern California. Daily public radio financial news program.
- • Marketplace: contact one of the bureau chiefs for pitches and submission guidelines. See also submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- Media Rites, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural understanding through the arts, education and media projects.
- National Native News, "five minute, weekday program that covers the social, economic and cultural issues that affect every community, and helps radio listeners understand the interconnectedness between Native people and their non-Native neighbors." Submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- National Radio Project: home of Making Contact, a weekly international magazine/documentary-style public affairs program "committed to investigative journalism and in-depth critical analysis…. Utilizing voices and perspectives rarely heard in media, focuses on the …realities of politics, the connections between local and global events, and creative possibilities for people to engage in hopeful democratic change." ((Also see listing under Audio Tools, Techniques & Tutorials)). Submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- Native America Calling: "The National Electronic Talking Circle," a live call-in program "about issues specific to Native communities."
- New American Radio. Formerly a national weekly program; now a digital on-line archive in partnership with Wesleyan University. Features "commissioned and distributed works" for (among other things) "associational documentary, language explorations… and a primer of radio art-making in America."
- On The Media, produced at WNYC/New York. Weekly NPR media critique hosted by Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield. Submission guidelines at AirMedia.org.
- Open Source, a conversational program series. Developed by Christopher Lydon, the former host of WBUR's The Connection.
- OutQ, produced at Sirius Satellite Radio in New York City. Topical news and information programming for a national gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender community.
- Oyate Ta Olowan: Songs of the People. Radio documataries about Native Americans.
- Pulse of the Planet: "two-minute sound portrait of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound."
- Radio Diaries: site of documentarian and Columbia j-school adjunct professor, Joe Richman. Produces oral histories where people "document their own lives."
- • Radio Diaries: an interview with Joe Richman.
- Radio Nation, the on-air version of The Nation magazine.
- She Got Game, a production of WSHU in Fairfield, CT. Formerly a weekly show, now airs nationally as a series of occasional women's sports radio specials that "highlights all aspects of sports: the competition, the athlete, the industry and the culture." SGG "features stories, profiles and interviews with… athletes, offbeat adventurers…."
- Sound Portraits, David Isay's production company. Features full-length streaming audio of his sound-rich storytelling productions such as Sunshine Hotel and Ghetto Life 101.
- • developer of the public documentary project, Story Corps.
- • read a bio about David Isay.
- • see/hear a one-hour special with Isay on Democracy Now.
- Soundprint: radio documentaries, presented by Barbara Bogaev.
- Stories 1st, produced by MediaRites. Welcomes the personal narrative told in literary and audio art form.
- Studio 360, produced at WNYC/New York. A weekly national arts and culture program from PRI, submission guidelines are available by e-mail from a staff producer.
- The World, a co-production of the BBC, PRI and WGBH/Boston. Weekday afternoon news program featuring a more international perspective in comparison with NPR's All Things Considered.
- This American Life, confessional reality radio created by Ira Glass.
- • This American Life comic book reference guide ($5; click on the links for a free preview) explains how the show is produced, as well as (free) links on editing, how to download Pro Tools to your own computer, and various radio resources.
- This Way Out, internationally distributed gay and lesbian radio program. For additional gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GBLT ) programming, see OutQ on Sirius Satellite Radio, and the Queer Resources Directory.
- ThoughtCast. Think through ideas with "authors, academics and intellectuals" in an interactive audio program with online debate, hosted by Jenny Attiyeh. Her mission: to create "a bridge between the publications and pursuits of the intellectual world and a curious, informed, mainstream audience."
- Undercurrents, in partnership with Koahnic Broadcasting. Music from around the world.
- Weekend America, from APM/American Public Media.
- Weekend America's guidelines for pitching a story.
- WINGS / Women's International News Gathering Service
- ((for a list of public radio producers, see AIR's directory of members' websites.))
- PUBLIC RADIO INFORMATION
- ARAnet, audience research.
- BBC radio history, in brief.
- Current, news about and coverage of public broadcasting.
- David Giovannoni: lauded and reviled as the preeminent public radio consultant.
- Digital Dial-Up List: over 1,700 ISDN facilities worldwide.
- National Public Broadcasting Archives
- Prometheus Radio Project, "freeing the airwaves from corporate control."
- PRx / Public Radio Exchange, distribution for independent producers.
- Public radio is at a crossroads: commentary by Tod Maffin about the technological challenges to radio.
- Public Radio Fan: what's on public radio, anywhere, at any given time.
- Public Radio ISDN Directory, covers North America and Australia.
- PRPD / Public Radio Program Directors Association: "help(s) public radio programmers provide a valuable service to listeners.
- Schardt Media, "help(s) producers, programmers, and sound artists better understand where they fit into a broader environment."
- • Schardt Media research includes "Mapping Public Radio's: Independent Landscape — Key Findings, Critical Questions," published November 2004.
- Walrus Research: Audience 2010 is their study regarding the financial support of public radio by its listeners.
- RADIO INDUSTRY INFORMATION, General…
- Arbitron, ratings.
- FMQB / Friday Morning QuarterBack, trade publication.
- Hear2 blog: "audio entertainment strategy" addressing HD radio and satellite.
- HD / High Definition Radio.
- I Love Radio blog.
- Inside Radio by M Street, industry headlines and news.
- MT&R / Museum of Television & Radio.
- • MT&R events page of upcoming seminars.
- New York Festivals, media awards.
- New York Radio Guide, weekly industry news.
- New York Radio Message Board.
- Radio And Production Magazine.
- Radio Daily News.
- Radio business headlines and FCC Daily News.
- Radio history, at CyberCollege.
- Radio Ink, management & marketing.
- Radio Inside Scoop, from inside the Beltway.
- Radio Magazine, broadcast technology.
- RAIN / Radio And Internet Newsletter, daily industry news & commentary.
- Radio scanner info for Long Island and the Northeast U.S.
- R&R / Radio And Records trade publication: music charts and media news, now merged with Billboard.
- satellite radio: a digital history.
- satellite radio: how it works.
- satellite radio FAQs.
- satellite radio news @DBS Talk.
- satellite radio news @RU Sirius.
- satellite radio news @Satellite Blog.
- satellite radio news @Sky Report.
- Sirius news @Sirius Backstage.
- XM news @XM Fan.
- Talk Radio in the News.
- J O U R N A L I S M: The N E W S & The M E D I A
- MEDIA WATCHDOGS
- American Journalism Review, based at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland.
- Center for Digital Democracy, dedicated to ensuring greater public participation in public media.
- Columbia Journalism Review / CJR, based at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. A watchdog of the press in all its forms, from newspapers and magazines to radio, television, and cable to the wire services and the Web. Journalism Tools for research can be found under News Gathering & Reporting.
- • Columbia Journalism Review's breakdown of "Who Owns What" in media.
- Common Courage Press, a watchdog and publisher of "books for an informed democracy": on social justice, race, gender, feminism, economics, ecology, labor and U.S. domestic and foreign policy. Publisher of works by MIT linguist and historian, Noam Chomsky, among others.
- FAIR / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting: criticism of media bias, such as How Public Is Public Radio? (June 2004). "(An) anti-censorship organization (to) expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled. …FAIR believes that structural reform is ultimately needed to break up the dominant media conglomerates, establish independent public broadcasting and promote strong non-profit sources of information. Uniquely, FAIR works with both activists and journalists"."
- Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation. "…dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit focuses on three main priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity."
- Free Press, a non-profit media reform organization founded by author Robert McChesney. "…working to open, democratize and ignite media policy debates… (and) increase advocacy efforts in Washington connected to grassroots outreach across the nation…." Includes links to media ownership, policies and initiatives. Read there mission statements for additional information.
- • Free Press media ownership link.
- • Free Press radio link.
- • read their mission statements for additional information.
- Journalism.org's State of the News Media 2006. This is the radio portion of the annual report.
- Media Channel, founded and run by notable journalist and "news dissector," Danny Schechter. "A media issues supersite, featuring criticism, breaking news, and investigative reporting from hundreds of organizations worldwide." See their Journalists' Toolkit under News Gathering & Reporting.
- Media Matters, non-profit research organization. "Dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media."
- MediaTenor, analysis of media content internationally.
- News Watch: The Stories Behind The News, a project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism of the San Francisco State University Journalism Department. "A collaboration between the Native American Journalists Association, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the National Association of Black Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association."
- News Watch: a Media Guide to Islam.
- Online Journalism Review, produced at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. "…committed to covering the full range of journalistic issues in all media, but with a particular emphasis on the Internet…."
- PRESSthink, a blog by Jay Rosen at NYU. The "ghost of democracy in the media machine."
- Project Censored, a media service of Sonoma State University. "The news that didn't make the news…. Explore(s) and publicize(s) the extent of censorship in our society to stimulate responsible journalists to provide more mass media coverage of those issues and to encourage the general public to demand mass media coverage of those issues or to seek information from other sources."
- Rocky Mountain Media Watch: seeking "better news for a strong democracy."
- U.S. Congress Votes Database, by the Washington Post.
- >>Who owns U.S. media?
- • from the Center for American Progress.
- • from The Center for Public Integrity.
- • from the Columbia Journalism Review.
- • from FreePress.net.
- • from Now with Bill Moyers.
- • from Take Back The Media.
- • from The Nation's "National Entertainment State, 2006."
- Michael Wolff, media writer formerly at New York magazine, now writing for Vanity Fair. An opinionated media insider, his weekly news column, This Media Life, is archived through February 2004.
- NEWS TRACKING
- AlterNet, a project of the Independent Media Institute. "…a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism… (and) to improving the public's access to independent information sources…. News, opinion and investigative journalism on subjects ranging from the environment, the drug war, technology and cultural trends to policy debate, sexual politics and health issues."
- Alternative Press Review, "your guide beyond the mainstream."
- American Journalism Review: links to newspaper, magazine, radio, TV sites and resources.
- Arts Journal. Not just art; a Daily Digest of Arts, Culture & Ideas. A regular newsletter is available via e-mail.
- BBC News Editors' Blog.
- Center for Cooperative Research: an open-source history project featuring timelines and forums.
- Common Dreams, alternative press.
- Digital Media Wire archives.
- Disinformation: "information on current affairs, politics, new science and hidden information that seldom seems to slip through the cracks of the corporate-owned media conglomerates."
- DocuTicker: "a daily update of new reports from government agencies, NGO's, think tanks, and other(s)."
- Feed: news links.
- Global Voices Online.
- Health News Review, "supporting excellence in health and medical news reporting."
- Independent Media Center, national: a product of the WTO protests in Seattle. IMC is "a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, objective, and passionate tellings of the truth."
- Independent Media Center, New York.
- Independent Press Association: "promote(s) and support(s) independent publications committed to social justice and a free press."
- I Want Media: media news and resources, "a hub for everything media."
- J-Lab, Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland. Home of the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism, "an incubator for innovative news experiments that use new technologies to …actively engage in critical public issues."
- • J-Lab's Cool Stuff link to Elections and Politics: "…interactive exercises (to) help users get a better handle on the political process."
- Journalism listervs. Sign up for newsletters that address ethics as well as literary reporting, investigative journalism and other specialty areas.
- Media Bistro, a daily compendium of what s going on in media. For "anyone who creates or works with content."
- Media Rights, non-profit advocacy organization.
- The Nation, published by Columbia J-school professor, Victor Navasky. See link to Radio Nation in the section Programs & Producers above.
- NewJour, from the University of California San Diego. Electronic journals and newsletters.
- News America Media, a non-profit ethnic news service. "…the country’s first and largest national collaboration of ethnic news organizations, founded by the … Pacific News Service in 1996."
- • News America Media distributes multilingual polling "to bring the voices of ethnic audiences into national focus and organizes events to give ethnic media direct access to decision makers in government, business, academic and foundation/non profit worlds."
- Newseum: today's front pages.
- NewsLink: links to newspaper, magazine, radio, TV sites and resources.
- One World, an international news source. "As a value-based network...operating under transparent ethical standards" and an objective of accountability (see affiliation with MediaChannel.org under Watchdogs above).
- Peace and Justice Studies, at Tufts University. Alternate news and media sources.
- Poynter Foundation: a gallery of next-day newspaper front pages.
- Romanesko's Media News: Jim Romenesko's site, hosted by Poynter.org. A "news-junkie heaven."
- Salon magazine, a daily news source.
- The Week Magazine: "U.S. and international media."
- Tom Paine Common Sense: a self-professed "public interest journal," featuring political coverage" ideas, opinions, and analyses too often overlooked by the mainstream media."
- Utne Reader magazine, a compendium of news and reports from global alternative media sources.
- World Press Review: funded by The Stanley Foundation, "seeking a secure peace with freedom and justice, built on world citizenship and effective global governance" and featuring an Armed Conflict Wall Map.
- NEWS GATHERING & REPORTING
- A Journalist's Guide to the Internet, by Christopher Callahan, University of Maryland, College of Journalism.
- Citizen Journalism by Dan Gillmor, author of We The Media.
- CJR Journalism Tools: free research tools, a language corner, inflation calculator and more.
- CorpWatch, "holding corporations accountable."
- ePluribus Media, a civic journalism cooperative.
- FactCheck, from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. "Holding politicians accountable."
- Fair Use: Bound By Law, in comic book form from Duke Law.
- First Amendment Library
- >>see also the U.S. Constitution online
- Freedom of Information Center, Federal and State
- Gotham Gazette, published by the Citizens Union Foundation. Covers NYC news and policies.
- Grady Reporting links by Dr. Barry Hollander, journalism professor at the Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Georgia in Athens.
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- Internet Resources for News Librarians and Researchers: includes Usenet Groups, listservs and web links.
- Journalism in the Digital Age by John Pavlik, professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and Executive Director of the Center for New Media.
- Journalism.org: Tools for TV/Radio Journalists.
- Journalists' Toolbox, a service of the American Press Institute. Reporting tools and techniques: includes resources for research, statistics, fact checking and issues relating to news coverage.
- Journalists' Toolkit at Media Channel's site, founded and run by notable journalist and "news dissector," Danny Schechter. "Essential resources for the working journalist."
- LAMP / Latin America Media Project, "a resource guide… aimed at reporters and editors who cover Latin America."
- Media Law blog.
- Mervin Block: a teacher of broadcast news writing workshops who has written for the Big Three television networks and many news anchors.
- Mervin Block's "Tips" page.
- The News Accumulator from Surfwax.
- The Newsroom: "access to the world."
- NewsWise: information database.
- openDemocracy, offers debates and global views of culture and politics.
- John Allen Paulos, Professor of mathematics, Temple University. "Author of several best-selling books, including Innumeracy, A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper and A Mathematician Plays the Market.
- John Allen Paulos: his Who's Counting? column on ABCNEWS.com appears monthly.
- Power Reporting, in partnership with the Columbia Journalism Review. Research tools for journalists.
- Poynter Foundation: thorough examinations of the news business, and "Everything You Need To Be A Better Journalist." Tips for journalists, industry info and calendars.
- • Poynter's The Ethics of Civic Journalism.
- ProfNET Experts: free service linking PR sources to journalists.
- public information.
- RCFP / Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
- • RCFP links to an on-line First Amendment Handbook.
- • RCFP guide to FOIA/the Freedom of Information Act.
- • RCFP guide to shield laws and reporters' privileges, and more.
- Sree Sreenivasan, professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. An invaluable guide to the internet for journalists that addresses how to get the most out of your research and time.
- • as a general recommendation, see the links for "web" and Sree's Tips.
- • links from his "Smarter Surfing" class are available online.
- • additionally, see his Guides For (And By) Journalists.
- University of Iowa, Journalism Resources compiled by Karla Tonella, 1of2.
- University of Iowa, Journalism Resources, 2of2.
- VOA/Voice of America's Pronunciation Guide to names in the news.
- ELECTRONIC PRIVACY ISSUES
- Cryptome: publishes documents "…that are prohibited by governments worldwide, in particular material on freedom of expression, privacy, cryptology, dual-use technologies, national security, intelligence, and blast protection — open, secret and classified documents — but not limited to those."
- The Center for Democracy and Technology addresses issues of free speech, data privacy and government surveillance.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation's stated mission is to "protect... fundamental rights regardless of technology,… educate the press, policymakers and the general public about civil liberties issues related to technology, …and to act as a defender of those liberties."
- Electronic Privacy Information Center.
- Privacy.org: privacy news and information.
- ETHICS
- Ethics Advice for Journalists.
- Ethics Guide for Public Radio Journalism: Independence and Integrity II. From the CPB/Corporation for Public Broadcasting, "an overview of some of the most important ethical issues that face public radio, as identified by public radio journalists…. principles and standards for ethical practice, in keeping with public radio's commitment to the highest standards of journalism."
- Media law blog.
- • NPR's former ombudsman addresses the need for this guide.
- Fred Friendly Seminars at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. For any journalist, the lessons of Friendly's seminars are essential. Friendly's own dictum was "not to make up anybody's mind, but to open minds and to make the agony of decision making so intense that you can escape only by thinking." Features downloadable transcripts and PDFs as well as program samples. Of note: "Ethics In America — The Politics of Privacy (The Ethics of Journalism)," "The Other Side of the News," "Eye on the Media," "The Military and the News Media" and "The Constitution: That Delicate Balance — National Security and Freedom of the Press."
- NPR News, Code of Ethics and Practices.
- LEGAL INFORMATION
- AIR's Basic Legal Planning for the Producer of Original Programming or, I Wish I Had Thought of that Before We Started Production by Ernest Sanchez, Esq. ((NOTE: click and scroll down the page))
- AIR's The Law and Radio Producers: a Q&A with Spencer Weisbroth and Jon Beaupre.
- Media Law blog.
- PITCHING STORIES TO RADIO: Submission Guidelines
- AIR's Pitch Page.
- • All About Editors, in two parts.
- • pitching Marketplace — Savvy Up: The Business Angle on Public Radio ((audio downloads)).
- • station directory for pitching materials.
- • Q&A about pitches that work.
- BBC Producers' Guidelines and Editorial Values. Worth reviewing whether or not you file for the BBC.
- • here is their News Style Guide.
- • more info on "pitching the Beeb."
- CBC Outfront, sample pitches.
- IWPR / Institute for War and Peace Reporting: style guide.
- NPR's "how to" on submitting commentaries to Morning Edition is for MediaBistro members only.
- • Paul Ingles has several links regarding pitching to NPR.
- JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
- AIR / Association of Independents in Radio: join the daily listserv and stay on top of jobs industry-wide as they are announced.
- AIR'S How to Make $60,000 a Year Freelancing in Public Radio.
- AP / Associated Press Broadcast.
- AWRT / American Women in Radio & Television has mostly free listings for the following U.S. cities and regions:
- • Austin, TX
- • Boston, MA
- • Chicago, IL
- • Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
- • Houston, TX
- • Minneapolis/Twin Cities, MN
- • Philadelphia/Tri-State, PA
- • New York City, NY
- • Oklahoma City, OK
- • Sacremento, CA
- • San Antonio, TX
- • San Francisco, CA
- • Southern California: requires membership to access job listings.
- • Tampa Bay, FL 1.
- • Tampa Bay, FL 2.
- • AWRT's complete Careerline job openings nationwide are accessible upon becoming a member.
- BBC jobs.
- BEA / Broadcast Education Association Job Bank.
- CareerPage from the National Alliance of State Broadcasters Associations.
- CBC / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Outfront Resources lists freelancing opportunities.
- CCNMA / California Chicano News Media Association posts positions throughout the country.
- CPB / Corporation for Public Broadcasting Jobline: jobs available nationally.
- CraigsList, occasionally audio jobs surface for Pro Tools editors and such.
- Current: jobs exclusively in public radio and television.
- • Current's links to broader resources.
- Free Press, a non-profit media reform organization.
- Indeed, job search engine.
- IRE / Investigative Reporters and Editors: job center.
- Journalism Jobs, in association with the CJR/Columbia Journalism Review.
- Journalism Next: for minority journalists.
- Livingston Associates: search firm.
- Media Bistro: although primarily jobs in various print media, positions in radio may surface here occasionally. A free daily newsletter is available via e-mail subscription. Mission: "to provide opportunities (both on-line and off-line) for you to meet each other, share resources, become informed of job opportunities and interesting projects, improve your career skills and showcase your work."
- MPR / Minnesota Public Radio: jobs listed for placement throughout their network, which now also includes Los Angeles.
- NewsJobs.net
- News Radio Star: links for U.S. states and the world.
- Northgate Journalism Job Bank, published by UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
- NPR / National Public Radio jobs, internships & fellowships.
- NPR's Next Generation: radio training projects.
- NYU / New York University Journalism job links.
- RTNDA / Radio-Television News Directors Association: job hunting tips for radio & TV
- Reporter.org has assorted job links.
- TV & Radio Jobs.
- United Nations Radio features field mission assignments worldwide; see the Public Information link.
- VOA / Voice of America: U.S. government-operated broadcasts to foreign countries.
- U.K. journalism jobs.
- GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
- AIR/ Association of Independents in Radio. Join the daily listserv and stay on top of funding opportunities as they are announced.
- • AIR's fellowships & grants directory.
- • AIR's listing of radio awards.
- CPB / Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
- Council on Foundations.
- Ford Foundation.
- Foundation Center. Weekly RFP bulletin, which lists grants that are currently seeking applications (subscriptions available at the "newsletters" site).
- Fund For Investigative Journalism "gives grants ranging from $500 to $10,000 to reporters working outside the protection and backing of major news organizations."
- Guide Star: a database with thousands of foundations that can be searched by topic of interest (i.e. media, health care, education, etc.) and link to the foundation's web pages.
- ICFJ / International Center For Journalists: the Ford Environmental Journalism Fellowship sends "two fellows per year overseas for up to three months to train journalists and report on critical environmental issues"; The Knight International Press Fellowships send U.S. media professionals overseas to train as journalists and media managers.
- MacArthur Foundation.
- National Endowment for the Arts.
- National Endowment for the Humanities.
- NewsWise Guide to Journalism Grants and Fellowships.
- OneWorld Radio: funding sources and tips.
- Radio College scholarship listings.
- ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS: Radio
- AIR / Association of Independents in Radio. A non-profit member driven organization, AIR offers what is arguably the most prominent daily discussion listserv of people who are active and working in many aspects of public radio: a well connected, supportive and influential group comprised of reporters and producers as well as representatives from NPR and other organizations. Good links are here to radio awards and submission guidelines for many public radio programs and more.
- AWRT / American Women in Radio & Television. See their resource links to broadcasting associations across the country.
- BEA / Broadcast Education Association.
- CNAPR / Center for Native American Public Radio.
- IWMF / International Women's Media Foundation.
- NFCB / National Federation of Community Broadcasters. A grassroots alliance of public stations and producers which explicitly supports and advocates for independent, community voices within radio.
- • NFCB'S on-line legal handbook for public radio producers and reporters is available for sale.
- PRNDI / Public Radio News Directors Inc. PRNDI is "dedicated to improving public radio journalism" and the training and support of reporters, producers, editors and news managers.
- • PRNDI has a useful radio and journalism links page.
- RTNDA / Radio-Television News Directors Association & Foundation.
- WOMCOM / Association of Women In Communications.
- …Broadcasting Associations, by state/region…
- ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS: Journalism
- AAJA / Asian American Journalists Association.
- AHCJ / Association of Health Care Journalists.
- CIIJ / Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism, founded at San Francisco State University.
- • CIIJ's lengthy resource guide includes funders, research, blogs, jobs, news and ethnic media sources.
- CIMC / Chicago Independent Media Center.
- CPJ / Committee to Protect Journalists.
- Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma at the University of Washington, Seattle.
- IFEX/International Freedom of Expression eXchange.
- IFJ / International Federation of Journalists, "the world's largest organisation of journalists…. (R)epresents around 450,000 members in more than 100 countries."
- IJNet / International Journalists Network: "an online service for journalists, media managers, media assistance professionals, journalism trainers and educators and anyone else with an interest in the state of the media around the world."
- IPA-NY / Independent Press Association of New York, "promote(s) and support(s) independent publications committed to social justice and a free press."
- IWMF / International Women's Media Foundation.
- IWPR / Institute for War and Peace Reporting: "building peace and democracy through free and fair media."
- JAWS / Journalism And Women's Symposium: supports women's growth and empowerment in journalism.
- JEA / Journalism Education Association.
- J-History: moderated by David Mindich, chair of the Department of Journalism at St. Michael's College in Vermont. A discussion listserv about the "history of journalism and mass communication."
- NABJ / National Association of Black Journalists.
- NAHJ / National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
- NAJA / Native American Journalists Association.
- NAM / New American Media Trade Association: "…an ethnic media organization (of) print, broadcast (and) online (journalists) covering ethnic or minority communities in the United States."
- NLGJA / National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association: attends to fairness and accuracy in the reporting of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.
- Pew Center for Civic Journalism.
- Poynter Institute.
- RCFP / Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, provides free legal assistance to journalists and is a resource on issues of free speech and access.
- SEJ / Society of Environmental Journalists.
- SPJ / Society of Professional Journalists, national.
- COURSES OF STUDY, Audio Documentary…
- AIR's How to Fund a Radio Documentary.
- AIR's listing of programs at colleges & universities.
- Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Offers audio documentary workshops.
- Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism: workshop studies with radio department chair, John Dinges, former managing editor at NPR, and Rick Karr, a veteran NPR reporter/producer; documentary studies with award-winning journalist, Joe Richman; and Alex Blumberg, producer at This American Life.
- • get inside a radio documentary class with Alex Blumberg.
- Columbia University's Oral History Research Office presents an annual Summer Institute for Oral History, featuring award-winning radio documentary producer, Steve Rowland.
- Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Coursework in audio as well as print and other visual media.
- URN / Uganda Radio Network: download their PDF, Advanced Radio Journalism Course in Political Reporting, from the Institute for War & Peace Reporting.
- PODCASTING/Personal On Demand nicheCasting, a.k.a. AudioBlogging
- …so what is podcasting anyway?
- …Content…
- alt.NPR podcasts.
- BBC Radio.
- Conversations Network: online publisher of "spoken word events."
- Interactive Narratives: "informational and storytelling experiences designed and produced for the web… great design, visual journalism and rich-media content."
- ITConversations: "podcasts on information technology and business."
- MacWorld podcasts.
- New York Times.
- PodTech.
- Slate.
- Stanford on iTunes.
- …Directories, Aggregators & Search Engines…
- All Podcasts.
- BBC Annotatable Audio Project, for future consideration.
- blinkx.
- Blogdigger.
- Canadian podcasts, by Tod Maffin.
- DigitalPodcast.
- Doppler.
- Get A Podcast.
- indiePodder.org, Adam Curry's podcast directory.
- Juice podcast receiver, formerly iPodder.
- Melodeo, for PCs.
- NewsFire.
- NPR Podcast Directory.
- Odeo content directory.
- • Odeo "on money and podcasting."
- Penguin Radio Podcasting Directory.
- Podcast.com
- Podcast.net
- Podcast 411.
- Podcast Alley.
- Podcast Bunker.
- Podcast Empire.
- The Podcast Network.
- PodcastNYC.net
- Podcast Pickle, for audio and video podcasts.
- PodcastReady.
- Podfeed.net
- podlounge.
- podNova, podcast search engine.
- podscope.
- PodShow.
- PodZinger.
- Pubcatcher: directory of podcast feeds for public radio listeners.
- Public Radio Fan Podcast Directory.
- Singing Fish.
- Weblogs.
- Yahoo podcasts.
- …How to…
- audio blogging, from blogger.com
- create a podcast: a tutorial.
- creating a podcast in seven easy steps.
- Five Steps to Free Podcasting.
- Five Steps…alternate site.
- The Future of Media: workshops by Tod Maffin.
- How to create audio and video content for the iPod.
- How to create podcasts with GarageBand software.
- How to become a podcaster, from dotJournalism.
- How to make your own podcast, from Playlistmag.com
- How to podcast, from Engadget.
- How to podcast, posted at PodcastingNews.com
- How to podcast RIAA music under license.
- • see also: major labels opting out of podcasting.
- How to produce your own global radio show: podcasting tips from musicians.
- How to publish a podcast at the iTunes store: FAQ.
- How to publish a podcast at the iTunes store: technical specifications.
- iPod Hacks: mods, tips and tricks.
- Learning Podcasting, from Wise-Women.
- MacWorld "how to" guides.
- Podcast Factory from M-Audio.
- Podcast Generator from SoundForge.
- podcasting with a Mac using Audio Hijack, GarageBand, or Audacity; from MacWorld.
- Podcast Maker, for Mac.
- Podcast Rigs, for gearheads, mainly.
- Podcasting Tricks
- podPress: podcasting plug-in for use with WordPress free blogging.
- recording a podcast, for PCs.
- Start Your Own Podcast by Cyrus Farivar of MacWorld.
- Where to submit your podcasts: search engines & directories, from Robin Good.
- Wild Voice, free podcast hosting.
- …Information…
- Audio Blogging: "all about podcasting."
- Beyond Broadcast 2006: participatory public media.
- Blog Business Summit.
- BlogCritcs.org: To Broadcast or To Podcast — Report from the NAB Conference, May 2006.
- Blogging, Journalism & Credibility, from Harvard Law. Try a cache of this site.
- blogRelations: blogs, podcasts and tips.
- Broadcast & Podcast Gadgets Blog.
- Broadcast Your Podcast forum.
- Broadcasting 2.0: the future of broadcast technology; Canadian site by a broadcast research engineer.
- CyberJournalist: "tips, news and commentary… recognizing those who do great work and helping those who don't."
- Daily Source Code @Curry.com… the podfather.
- Doc Searles' IT Garage: do it yourself radio = podcasting.
- Garage Cinema Research: tools for becoming a media producer, from UC Berkeley's School of Information.
- Global Mobile Online: blog/podcast about wireless technology.
- How to Profit from Podcasting, from Red Herring ((free registration is required)).
- I Love Radio blog.
- iDon't
- iLounge iPod Book: everything iPod — everything. The Free iPod Book "…was recommended by The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg as the “free manual on getting the most from your iPod.” …200-plus-pages.
- iPod Blog.
- iProng: "news, commentary & reviews."
- Legal podcasting guide from P2Pnet.
- MacWorld: editors' notes blog.
- major labels opting out of podcasting, from PodcastingNews.com
- Marketing & Consumption Research by Dr. Markus Giesler, Assistant Professor of Marketing at York University's Schulich School of Business, Toronto, Canada.
- Media Bloggers Association: promotes blogs, bloggers and citizen's media.
- Media Law blog.
- Measuring podcasts, by Mitch Ratcliffe.
- Mobcasting blog.
- Mobil Podcasting Blog, for cellphone content.
- MP3 newswire.
- Paul Colligan's Blog "examines the reality of profitable podcasting."
- Podcast 411.
- Podcast Academy at Boston University.
- Podcast Alley.
- Podcast Central.
- PodcastFreeAmerica: information about making podcasts.
- Podcast Hotel: art meets commerce.
- Podcast Lab: "news and analysis of the podcast industry."
- Podcast Pickle.
- Podcast & Portable Media Expo.
- Podcast Roundtable blog.
- Podcast Solutions, authors' site.
- Podcast User Magazine.
- Podcasting Avenue blog.
- Podcasting — Desktop Radio: a marketer's perspective.
- Podcasting for non-profits.
- Podcasting group discussions at Yahoo.
- Podcasting: Hype Versus Reality, blog by public radio consultant John Sutton.
- Podcasting Legal Guide. This compendium includes copyright issues, the use of music, podsafe content, the history of podcasting thus far, "how to" links, and links to other legal information. presented by Creative Commons, an organization for "reasonable copyright" control.
- podcasting music: the legal issues, from Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc.
- Podcasting News blog.
- Podcasting: The Early Days.
- Podcasting tips and commentary blog by consultant Jason van Orden.
- Podcheck Review.
- podlounge.
- podNova, podcast search engine.
- PodZinger.
- Professor iPod, Dr. Michael Bull, "the world's leading -- perhaps only -- expert on the social impact of personal stereo devices," according to The New York Times."
- • Professor iPod, Dr. Michael Bull's site.
- A Recording Engineer's Guide to the Secrets of iTunes and iPod.
- SixBillion: online magazine for narrative journalism.
- StreamingMedia news.
- WebTalk Radio blog.
- WFMU's freeform radio blog and podcast suggestions.
- whyPod?: marketing advice.
- Will NPR's podcasts birth a new business model for public radio?, published at the Online Journalism Review.
- Women's International Podcasting Expo.
- WorldVibrations: "radio station and podcaster in a box."
- …RSS/Real Simple Syndication…
- Podcast RSS Buddy,for Mac.
- NewsFire.
- Podifier: software for generating RSS feeds.
- RSS and podcasting software for the Mac.
- RSS explained, by the Berkman Center at Harvard Law.
- RSS feeds.
- RSS for Journalists by Jonathan Dube, at Poynter.org
- …Services, including Advertising and Content Management, free and fee-based…
- >>Advertising
- Fruitcast:"advertising for podcasts."
- Kiptronic, "the place where you can find sponsorships for your podcast."
- Pheedo: "advertising solutions."
- Podtrac, "connecting podcasters and advertisers."
- RadioTail.
- >>Content Management & Hosting
- American Podcasting Network.
- Audible Wordcast podcasting service: measuring traffic and making money.
- BlogMatrix Podcast Hosting.
- ClickCaster.
- Drupal, content management.
- FeedBurner.
- FeedForAll: includes their proprietary podcasting tutorial.
- Feed Validator.
- Interactive Voices: how to create a podcast.
- libsyn / Liberated Syndication.
- MediaStorm: where sound, pictures and the Internet meet.
- NewsGator, for Mac.
- Pod2Mob mobile podcasting.
- Podcast RSS Feed Buddy for Mac.
- PodShowCreator, hosting services.
- SimpleFeed.
- vobbo, video blogging.
- Wild Voice, free podcast hosting.
- >>Software
- All Streaming Media: Windows-based recording software.
- Dropload. Free storage of any file up to 100mb for someone to pick up later: "mp3, movies, docs, pdfs." Or pay $50 a month for SendThisFile.
- Feeder, for Mac: "create, edit, publish RSS & iTunes podcast feeds."
- Skype, free calls: better than phone quality, perfect for audio production on a budget — get it.
- Softpedia: free downloads encyclopedia.
- A D D I T I O N A L INFORMATION
- R E C O M M E N D E D READINGS & MEDIA R E S E A R C H
- ((The titles below primarily address a free press and the stewardship of a free, informed and democratically-based society. Click here for I Want Media's recommendations.))
- The Media Monopoly: With a New Preface on the Internet and Telecommunications Cartels by Ben H. Bagdikian, Beacon Press 2000 (originally 1983).
- The Decline and Fall of Public Broadcasting: Creating Alternative Media by David Barsamian, South End Press 2001.
- The New New Journalism edited by Robert S. Boynton, Random House 2005.
- The New News Business: A Guide To Writing And Reporting by John Chancellor and Walter R. Mears, HarperPerennial 1995.
- Understanding Power: The Indispensable Chomsky by Noam Chomsky, New Press 2002.
- Public Radio and Television in America: A Political History by Ralph Engelman, Sage 1996. A biography of broadcaster Fred Friendly is due in 2006 from Columbia University Press.
- Breaking the News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy by James Fallows, Pantheon Books 1996.
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown & Company 2005.
- Custodians of Conscience by Theodore Lewis Glasser and James S. Ettema, Columbia University Press 1998.
- Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky, Pantheon 1988.
- Why We Fight: a documentary by Eugene Jarecki, Sony Pictures Classics 2005.
- The Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public Should Expect by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosensteil, Crown and Three Rivers Press 2001.
- Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network (American Subjects Series) by Matthew Lasar, Temple University Press 2000.
- Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores The Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner 2005.
- The Sound and the Story: NPR and the Art of Radio by Tom Looker, Houghton Mifflin 1995.
- Four Arguments For The Elimination Of Television by Jerry Mander, William Morrow & Co., 1978.
- Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media (Open Media Series) by Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols and Barbara Ehrenreich, Seven Stories Press 2002.
- Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times by Robert Waterman McChesney, New Press 2000/University of Illinois Press 1999.
- A Mathematician Reads The Newspaper by John Allen Paulos, HarperCollins BasicBooks 1995.
- Innumeracy by John Allen Paulos, Hill & Wang 1989.
- Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World by Edward W. Said, Vintage Books 1997 (originally Pantheon 1981).
- The Tuning of the World, reprinted as Our Sonic Environment and the Soundscape: The Tuning of the World by R. Murray Schafer, Knopf, 1977; Destiny Books 1994.
- Handbook for Acoustic Ecology by R. Murray Schafer and Barry Truax, World Soundscape Project 1978.
- Handbook for Acoustic Ecology updated CD-ROM by Barry Truax.
- Independence And Integrity II: A Guidebook For Public Radio Journalism by Alan G. Stavitsky, NPR/PRI/PRNDI 1995 & 2003.
- Radiotext(e) by Neil Strauss (Editor), Metatext Press 1993.
- Who Owns The Media? Global Trends and Local Resistances by Pradip Thomas and Zaharom Nain, Southbound in association with WACC and Zed Press 2004.
- The Last Empire Essays, 1992-2000 by Gore Vidal, Doubleday 2001.
- United States: Essays, 1952-1992 by Gore Vidal, Random House 1993.
- Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America by Jesse Walker, New York University Press 2001.
- Jesse Walker's commentary on Jack-FM as imitation iPod radio.
- Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Saul Wurman, David Sume and Loring Leifer, Que 2000.
- A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, New Press 1997.
- A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts by Howard Zinn, New Press 1997.
- The Future of History: Interviews With David Barsamian by Howard Zinn, Common Courage Press 1999.
- The Politics of History by Howard Zinn, University of Illinois Press 1990.
- The Twentieth Century: A People's History by Howard Zinn, HarperPerennial 1998.
- ((Radio 411: A Resource Guide for Audio Journalists & Producers…))
- © Tony Dec. Revised August 2nd, 2006.
- Suggestions for this site are welcome. If you come across any other links of interest and would like to share them here, write to TD2034 AT Gmail DOT Com.
- An adjunct professor of radio at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Tony Dec is a consultant, producer and editor for podcasts, broadcast programs and media arts projects. He was the principal editor of "Leonard Bernstein: An American Life," an 11-part public radio documentary that received the 2004 Peobody Award. A co-owner of podCandy inc., his experience includes podcasts for major U.S. magazines and arts organizations; music interview packages for Sirius Satellite Radio; in-flight music & talk shows for Sony Entertainment Programming; plus voice-over (Guggenheim Museum NY, Imus) and post-production editorial for radio and television (PBS, Lifetime), location recording (NPR, the CBC), and audio art exhibits. Tony’s work in public radio includes: news and cultural programming director as well as producer and anchor for NPR's Morning Edition on the Long Island Public Radio Network; producer and editor for a series about creativity and inspiration; and director of Not The News With Roger Rosenblatt. Additionally, he has authored online radio resource guides at Columbia University and RadioCollege.org, and is a member of the Association of Independents in Radio.
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