2014 Third Coast Conference
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November 7-9, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things: Up With Bad
Founding producer of This American Life Nancy Updike on the inspiration she finds in the power of vice, foible and inappropriateness on radio, podcasts, TV and in books.
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- 01:08:29
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Making News Stories Good Stories
Guess what? You can tell great stories on the news, too.
- 2014
- 01:20:01
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Turning Investigative Reporting into Artful Radio
When done well, investigative radio stories have the power to change the world.
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- 01:26:30
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Public-powered Journalism
Learn how sharing the mic and megaphone can expand your beat, your stories, and your craft.
- 2014
- 01:11:09
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Journalism and Storytelling: Frenemies?
How real does reality need to be?
- 2014
- 01:23:43
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The Amazing Radio Vertikalisator
Inspired by a Lego time machine her son built, Iceland-based independent producer Rikke Houd created a tool to help producers take advantage of the vast space radio offers.
- 2014
- 01:10:25
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Sound Design 101
Brendan Baker and Kaitlin Prest pull back the curtain on the alchemical process of combining stories and sound.
- 2014
- 01:18:04
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Three Shows/Three Techniques
NPR reporter Alix Spiegel incites a riot among audio producers... in praise of stealing others' storytelling techniques and adapting them to create a style of one's very own.
- 2014
- 01:13:20
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Late(ish) Night with Al Letson
Al Letson brings our first Conference day to a close with an audio night cap.
- 2014
- 47:29
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Leave No Trace
There's a slip of paper hanging in Dave Isay's office at StoryCorps with a quote scrawled across it: "A good craftsman leaves no traces."
- 2014
- 01:20:10
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Audio Code Switching: Tackling Race on the Radio
We need to talk about race - with humanity and humor.
- 2014
- 01:16:51
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2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 1)
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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- 01:13:32
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2014 Getting to Yes: The Art of the Pitch (Day 2)
A bonafide Third Coast tradition! The second installment of this session once again pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story.
- 2014
- 01:12:17
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HowSound Live! Part I
Discover the backstory to this year's TC/RHDF Competition winners!
- 2014
- 01:22:08
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HowSound Live! Part 2
Discover the backstory to this year's TC/RHDF Competition winners!
- 2014
- 01:17:49
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Finding Your Visual Voice
How do you take your storytelling instincts and translate them into the land of photography?
- 2014
- 01:31:43
Own Your Thing (Part 2)
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
- 2014
- 01:19:49
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Own Your Thing (Part 1)
More than ever you can own your podcast - make it, distribute it, sell it. How is it done?
- 2014
- 01:16:58