2012 Third Coast Conference
October 5-7, Orrington Hotel and Campus of Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
These Are a Few of Jad Abumrad's Favorite Things
Drawing from radio and beyond, Jad Abumrad shared the stories, sounds, people and projects that have most inspired him over the years, and talked about some of the creative challenges he's faced (and embraced) along the way.
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- 55:09
Radio 2.0
(Or: We couldn't change the world, so we changed radio.)
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- 01:12:59
Own Your Thing (Day 1)
Independent producers have always had to fend for themselves, but today the building blocks for independent success - creating great work, reaching real audiences, making money, controlling your destiny - are falling into place in new ways.
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- 01:16:39
How to Rock the Funky Story
Here's a conversation about the essence of story. Any story.
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- 01:25:31
Kickstarter for Radio 101
Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Art program director Stephanie Pereira gives a primer on how to bring an audio-centric Kickstarter project to life.
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- 01:03:48
Knock Knock: Introducing the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs
In early 2012, Third Coast teamed up with the neighborhood-centric website EveryBlock, and issued a wide-open invitation to make radio.
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- 01:03:16
Own Your Thing (Day 2)
Independent producers have always had to fend for themselves, but today the building blocks for independent success - creating great work, reaching real audiences, making money, controlling your destiny - are falling into place in new ways.
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- 01:11:49
Radio Producers are from Venus; Photographers are from Mars
When radio producers and photographers team up on multimedia projects, it can often feel as if they come from different planets.
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- 01:16:52
AuRa: The Chemistry of Sound
Our digital age has catalyzed a kind of chemical reaction: the fission of radio into two related but distinct media, Audio and Radio.
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- 01:21:08
The Story as Walkabout
Smartphones and other gadgets have detached our listening experiences from the radio, and are making another kind of attachment possible - to where the stories actually take place.
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- 01:18:18
2012 Pitch Perfect: The Art of Editorial Persuasion (Day 1)
Now a bonafide Third Coast tradition... this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
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- 41:21
Parachuting In
(aka: State of the Re:Union's Secret Recipe for Serious Place-based Storytelling... in Practically No Time!)
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- 01:11:25
Late(ish) Night with Ira Glass
Ira Glass brought the first day of the 2012 Third Coast Conference to a close with an audio night cap, by sharing his favorite moments from the year's Third Coast winners and other stories.
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- 47:09
Sure-Handedness: Radio That Knows What It's Doing
The best audio work has a feeling of mastery about it.
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- 01:17:20
2012 Pitch Perfect: The Art of Editorial Persuasion (Day 2)
Now a bonafide Third Coast tradition... this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
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- 01:12:18
Making Radio Against Most Odds
Imagine reporting in a culture that speaks a language your listeners don't understand, and covering issues your listeners don't totally care about - all in a country that doesn't even want you there in the first place.
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- 01:15:51
Whose Story Is It?
Over the past year, we've seen several major scandals cutting to the heart of journalistic and documentary ethics.
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- 01:15:05
The Quick and the Deadline
Okay. So you don't have months to craft a perfect story. You have hours. But don't throw away everything you've learned at Third Coast just because you're on a tight deadline.
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- 01:17:10
- Robert Smith