Introduction to Audio Documentary

Course Number: 
DOCST 135S.01 / 735S.01
Course Instructor: 
John Biewen
Location: 
CDS, Bridges 201
Days and Times: 
Tu 1:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

Recording techniques and audio mixing on digital editing software for the production of audio (radio) documentaries. Various approaches to audio documentary work, from the journalistic to the personal; use of fieldwork to explore cultural differences. Stories told through audio, using National Public Radio-style form, focusing on a particular social concern such as war and peace, death and dying, civil rights.