Claire Schoen has been creating media programming for documentary, educational, and advocacy projects for more than 25 years. As a producer/director, she has made over 20 long-format radio documentaries as well as several documentary films and audio tours. As a sound designer, she has recorded, edited, and mixed sound for film, video, radio, Web story, museum tour and theater productions. She has also taught documentary radio production at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. You can hear more of her work at claireschoenmedia.com.
Survivors
By Claire Schoen
Tens of thousands of inmates in American prisons live in total isolation. They don't see anyone. They don't talk to anyone. They are completely alone, sometimes for years, in a cell the size of a small bathroom. (more)
Making a Scene: The Use of Verite to Show, Not Tell, Your Story
By Claire Schoen
A well-crafted scene, heard on the radio, opens a window onto a new world and allows the listener to fly right in. Claire Schoen explores the process of creating scenes -- showing real people living their lives -- for an audio documentary. (more)
