COM-227 Writing for Literary Podcasts

In this applied learning course students will write, edit and create podcast content associated with the FLCC literary journal. Students with creative writing, communication, digital media, or visual art backgrounds will benefit from building skills required in podcasting, such as content generation, scripting, interviewing and revising content. The course will particularly attend to the writing and revision skills necessary to support a literary journal. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

COM-227

Prerequisite

ENG 101

Lecture Contact Hours

3

Lab Contact Hours

0

Other Contact Hours

0

Department

• Humanities

Grading Scheme

• Letter

SUNY Gen Ed Credit

• Yes

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Fall

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Apply basics in using recording equipment, recording audio files, and editing with audio editing software.
2. Explicate a variety of digital and text-based media in a manner demonstrating understanding of the rhetorical situation of individual publications.
3. Apply interview skills in order to collaboratively create audio and text content appropriate for use in the FLCC literary journal.
4. Integrate feedback from classmates and professor through workshops, conferences, and written comments when revising scripts and podcast projects.

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COM 227: Writing for Literary Podcasts

Department

Humanities

Course Description

In this applied learning course students will write, edit and create podcast content associated with the FLCC literary journal. Students with creative writing, communication, digital media, or visual art backgrounds will benefit from building skills required in podcasting, such as content generation, scripting, interviewing and revising content. The course will particularly attend to the writing and revision skills necessary to support a literary journal. This course carries SUNY General Education The Arts credit.

Credit Hours

3

Contact Hours

Lecture	3
Lab	0
Other	0

Grading Scheme

Letter

Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered

Fall

Prerequisites

ENG 101

SUNY General Education Course

• The Arts

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Apply basics in using recording equipment, recording audio files, and editing with audio editing software.
2. Explicate a variety of digital and text-based media in a manner demonstrating understanding of the rhetorical situation of individual publications.
3. Apply interview skills in order to collaboratively create audio and text content appropriate for use in the FLCC literary journal.
4. Integrate feedback from classmates and professor through workshops, conferences, and written comments when revising scripts and podcast projects.

Topic Outline

Unit 1:

Skills: Mastering basics in using equipment, recording, and editing. Understanding accessibility.

1. Artifact: Audio postcard or other audio artifact

2. Readings may include:

1. Excerpts from Tools for Podcasting

2. 'Butt cut what?' A glossary of audio production terms : NPR Training

3. Put your audio to the test: Know when to use it or lose it : NPR Training

4. How to mix: 8 steps to master the art of mixing audio stories : NPR Training

5. Student And Teacher Podcasters: Here's What You Need To Know About Music : The Students' Podcast

Unit 2:

Skills: Explicating a literary text for a specific audience, developing interview questions, speaking on air

3. Artifact: Journal contributor spotlights including clips of authors reading poems or stories, an explication of a text, and short Q&A with authors

4. Readings may include:

1. Excerpts from Tools for Podcasting

2. Catch audio problems in radio interviews — before they happen : NPR Training

3. Marking scripts can help you sound more natural on the radio : NPR Training

4. Campfire tales: The essentials of writing for radio : NPR Training

Unit 3:

Skills: Preparing for an audio interview, developing questions, fact-checking and editing a script

5. Artifact: A longer interview with a journal author or local artist/cultural worker, created collaboratively as a team

6. Readings may include:

1. Excerpts from Tools for Podcasting

2. Before the first question: How to prepare for an audio interview : NPR Training

3. If you want people to trust your reporting, attribute your sources : NPR Training

4. Triage your fact-checking: a method (and board game) : NPR Training

5. How to decide what to cut (or not) in an interview : NPR Training