Creative
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting Book, PodcastingFor...Project, Radio Production, Recording, Social Media
Sound Recording and Microphones – Interview with Willis McBrier
Broadcast and communications engineer turned lecturer in creative media, Willis McBrier talks audio recording
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Analytics, audiences, Creative, Media, Personal, Social Media, Twitter
What do you want to say? First know your audience
My communications mantra hasn’t changed much over the years. I have found it serves me well.
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AR, Business, Creative, creativity, Creativity Podcast, Innovation, Investment, Media, VR
Podcast: Producing virtual reality
Virtual reality on the podcast this time. Davy Sims talks to three people creating a VR and an immersive media industry in Northern Ireland. Dee Harvey is a producer as is Phil Morrow who runs the production company RETìníZE and Nigel McAlpine who runs Storyfx and Digital Catapult in Belfast.
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Creative, creativity, Creativity Podcast, Interviews, Investment, Journalism, Media, music, Music I like, Oh Yeah
Podcast: Stuart Bailie – Trouble Songs
Music journalist Stuart Bailie’s new book Trouble Songs will be officially published in May, but it’s already starting to stir conversations and commentary. He takes on difficult stories from our history since the mid-1960s at the place where music meets social and political change and through interviews and analysis tries to understand and explain what happened. It will be in the shops around now, but you can also order it on the web at TroubleSongs.com
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Business, Creative, creativity, Creativity Podcast, Innovation, Investment, Journalism, Media, Podcasting, Tech Business
Maxine Mawhinney’s “The Moment” and Gareth Quinn of Digital DNA
Innovations and new ventures in this episode of the podcast (with the really clever name). From TV to YouTube and celebrating collaboration with Digital DNA Belfast. Maxine Mawhinney's The Moment and Digital DNA in Belfast
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Business, Creative, creativity, Creativity Podcast, Innovation, Interviews, Investment, Media, Podcasting
Podcast: Episode 5 – Matthew Scott Founder and CEO of Navada Group
Matthew Scott is the CEO of Navada Group. Navada HQ is in Newcastle Upon Tyne, but it has a presence in Belfast, London, New York and about to open an office in Sweden. But the founder is from Bangor. He lives there now in preparation for a major development expected to be announced officially in June.
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AR, Creative, creativity, Creativity Podcast, Innovation, Investment, Media, Podcasting, Technology, VR
Podcast: Episode 3 – Deepa Mann-Kler artist and VR developer
Deepa talks about her journey from being a teenage photographer, studying social policy at the LSE in London, moving to Belfast to work as an equality officer in the city, becoming an artist and now a creator of virtual reality and immersive experiences.
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Books, Creative, Journalism, Personal, Technology
Digital – Archive, Analogue – Decoration. Is a paperback analogue or is it just a thing?
The convenience: at one time I owned more than 5,000 of those vinyl albums. At one time or another the total, 10,000 would be a close approximation. I own none now. Precisely zero. Gave them all away. They took up so much room. But I have begun to buy books again. Paper books.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting
FutureLearn Courses
Its website says "FutureLearn aims to pioneer the best social learning experiences for everyone, anywhere." With leading educational partners from around the world, it offers hundreds of courses. "Podcasting" isn't one of them, but there are a few relevant courses that might interest a podcaster. Not everyone uses music in their podcasts and not all of this taster course will be relevant to podcasters, but I thought someone might find Music Copyright and Me useful.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting, Podcasting Book, Radio Production, Social Media
Podcasting for Journalism Students Second Edition – Free Copy
I have thought about distributing this through the podcast, but as people expect an audio file, not a PDF, I decided it was better to post this PDF here and allow anyone to download it ... for a short time at least. Podcasting for Journalism Students bookIt is available on Kindle and as a paperback The book is for young, trainee, or student journalists not specialising in broadcast media. It is an introduction to “making content”, podcasting and broadcasting whether you want to understand production on a professional level or simply because you want to create podcasts for fun or add something useful to your CV.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting, Podcasting Book, production course, Radio Production
Radio and podcast production – week 2
“Having an intention is really important. The intention [of The Radio Stuff Podcast] was and is to connect radio lovers around the world and share great ideas and be as positive about the radio industry as we can. It's really about following our curiosities and talking to interesting people.” This section asks you to identify the purpose of your podcast. If you like, leave it for now and come back once you have read the rest of the book. The purpose will always be central to whatever you do.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting, Podcasting Book, production course
Radio and podcast production – week 1
This is an introduction to radio and podcast production. Radio and audio podcasts are not exactly the same thing, each have unique factors, but there is a shared core to their production.
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Creative, Interviews, Journalism, Podcasting Book, PodcastingFor...Project, Radio Production
Episode 21 – The story so far
As we reach episode 21 … this is the story so far. Now the podcast is part of a project with two books Podcasting for Communities and Podcasting for Student Journalists. Along with this blog they are a guide for anyone who wants learn to produce podcasts or community radio. I’ve looked at production strategies such as structure, technical challenges, organising a production team, podcast platforms, community management and purpose
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Creative, Journalism, Radio Production
Some recent listening
I have been listening to a lot of good stuff recently and I should share more often. For now I'm going to mention two, one a BBC Radio Drama the other a long standing US podcast.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting, Radio Production
“From Airwaves to Earbuds” – research on podcasting by Knight Foundation
A report by the Knight Foundation about podcasting and on-demand radio “From Airwaves to Earbuds”. With Knight Foundation partners, both public broadcasters, supported by grants, and for-profit companies, which received investments from the Knight Enterprise Fund who provide insight into the fast growing area of podcasting.
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Creative, Interviews, Podcasting Book, PodcastingFor...Project, Radio Production
No Such Thing as a Fish – recording and editing
Talking to Alex and Freddie of the QI Elves about No Such Thing as a Fish, not only because I’m a fan, but because of the technical and production approach they take. I wanted to know how they do what they do.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting Book, PodcastingFor...Project
Maxine Mawhinney talks about interviewing
As an anchor on the BBC News channel, Maxine Mawhinney probably spends more time interviewing than anything else. The interviewees will be in the studio or remote – somewhere else in the country or really, anywhere in the world. Maxine shares tips on interviewing and presenting.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting For Communities, PodcastingFor...Project
Why should communities podcast?
About 20 years ago some of us had our first experience building websites with Angelfire and Geocities. They gave ordinary untrained people their first chance to be creative on the […]
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting Book, PodcastingFor...Project, Radio Production, Social Media
Olly Mann interview
It’s more than 10 years since Olly Mann began podcasting. He is now one of the most prolific and popular podcasters in the UK. He and Helen Zaltzman started Answer Me This when hardly anyone recognised the word podcast.
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Community, Creative, Journalism, News, Podcasting Book, Radio Production
“Podcasting for Community Organisations” and “Podcasting for Journalism Students”
Two boos to accompany the Podcasting For series.
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Creative, Journalism, Podcasting Book, PodcastingFor...Project, Radio, Radio Production, Social Media
Interview – Larry Gifford of The Radio Stuff Podcast
Internationally known broadcaster and trainer Larry Gifford talks to Davy Sims about the principles of podcasting.
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Business, Creative, music, Music I like, Oh Yeah
Here’s to Stuart Bailie the man who made Oh Yeah
Stuart Bailie the founding father of Belfast's Oh Yeah centre hands over to a new CEO. Oh Yeah is a unique place were music is created, celebrated, remembered and the business around I taught. But it has only been one achievement of the man who might have invented the word "Britpop".
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The most wonderful thing I have ever heard …
Driven away from morning radio current affairs in this run up to the referendum by lies, exaggerations, appalling condescension and guesses presented as fact, I am re-discovering podcasts. Here are some favourites that have brightened my mornings and evenings now that Today and PM are abandoned.
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Creative, Journalism, Technology
Some more stories on journalism and change to follow
I spend a lot of the week looking for stories about journalism, technology that supports it and how it's all changing
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Creative, Journalism, Radio Production
Trying out Anchor – Radio by the people
I came across Anchor last week. I read it was "Twitter for radio". That combines my two favourite platforms. First impressions - excellent. Welcomed by a "real person" with a "real message" and found a couple of other people who I know from Twitter.
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Creative, Journalism, News, Radio Production, Social Media
How is technology impacting on Journalism? This week Snapchat and paywalls
This week the Wall Street Journal publishing on Snapchat and the move of The Independent to online only,
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Business, Creative, Interviews, Tech Business
Pilot Podcast – Martin Gilchrist
My first interviewee for this podcast series is Martin Gilchrist. We met in The MAC in Belfast. The MAC is a popular and accessible arts centre in the city. Popular with people interested in the arts, of course. But also a place where people involved in tech and startup businesses hang out sometimes.
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Creative, Journalism, News, Radio Production
Some links for DBS (and any other ) Journalism Students
I was talking to my Journalism students today and yesterday about the impact of technology on journalism and how journalism is changing. Although I’m supposed to be teaching radio production, […]
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Creative, Interviews, Journalism, Radio Production
Recording on location
There is no set way to record an interview away from the studio. Each place has its own challenges and opportunities. Sometimes you have to go out; if the interviewee […]