Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0270 - Music Journalism for Radio

In this course, we will learn how to produce music pieces for public radio. We will first learn the basics of radio journalism, including reporting, recording, scriptwriting, production, and the effective use of music and ambient sound. Students will then produce three music-related pieces, including a vox pop, a music reviewm a CD review, and a short documentary feature in a style consistent with public radio. Students will also gain a working knowledge of sound editing techniques using ProTools or another software. In addition to regularly workshopping students' projects in class, we will discuss weekly reading and listening assignments that introduce students to creative public radio pieces focusing on music. Students can borrow digital recorders, microphones, and other equipment from Media Services.

Independent Work Prerequisite: Prior college-level coursework in writing, journalism, media production, or ethnomusicology/anthropology is required or with permission from professor. Students are expected to spend approximately 9 hours weekly one work and preparation outside of class time.