The Power of Podcasting for Storytelling

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6 h
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Source
  • From www.futurelearn.com
Conditions
  • Free Access
  • Fee-based Certificate
More info
  • 2 Sequences
  • Introductive Level
  • Starts on October 28, 2018
  • Ends on November 11, 2018

Course details

Syllabus

What topics will you cover?

  • Introduction to telling stories using audio
  • The elements of a podcasting narrative and how to combine these elements authentically
  • The software and hardware involved in producing a podcast
  • Writing a narrative to suit audio
  • The common pitfalls
  • Different genres of podcast
  • Introduction to finding good talent
  • The process of being discovered and heard by an audience

Prerequisite

This course is for anyone who is interested in creating a podcast, or learning more about podcasts. It might also be useful for people working in media and communications.

Instructors

Siobhan McHugh
My podcasts include the award-winning Phoebe's Fall, Wrong Skin (with Fairfax Media), Heart of Artness. I founded RadioDoc Review to critique podcasts. As A/Prof I research and teach podcasting at uni

Grace Stranger
Grace Stranger is a recent graduate of Journalism at the University of Wollongong, Australia. She is currently working as a freelance podcasting producer and as a social media content manager.

Editor

Wollongong University is a large university in Australia with about 22,000 students. It is a public university whose campus is located in the city of Wollongong in New South Wales about 80 km south of Sydney.

Platform

FutureLearn is a massive open online course (MOOC) learning platform founded in December 2012.

It is a company launched and wholly owned by The Open University in Milton Keynes, England. It is the first UK-led massive open online course learning platform, and as of March 2015 included 54 UK and international University partners and unlike similar platforms includes four non-university partners: the British Museum, the British Council, the British Library and the National Film and Television School.

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