Produce a business news podcast: Phoenix, March 20

The Particulars
Instructor: Mark Moran,
news director for Phoenix
public radio station KJZZ
Location: Walter Cronkite School
of Journalism and Mass Communication, Room 352
Address: Arizona State University
555 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix
When: 1:30-5:30 p.m. March 20

Open to SABEW registrants only
Hotels:
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Sheraton Phoenix Downtown
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Inn
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This hands-on session will teach you how to record and produce a business news podcast. It is part of the “Become a Multimedia Business Journalist” track from March 18-21, which is scheduled before, during and after SABEW’s annual conference at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix.

The podcast session will be held from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 20, during SABEW’s annual conference. Guided by Mark Moran, news director for Phoenix public radio station KJZZ, attendees will visit a local business, record audio and create a podcast. Bring your own audio recorder or borrow one from the school. Previous experience with audio recording or podcast production is not required.

The class is limited to 20 participants who will work in teams of two.

This session is open only to those attending SABEW’s annual conference. Register: Podcast. Registration for SABEW is also required; click here.

AGENDA for “Produce a Business News Podcast” March 20

1:30-2:30 p.m.: How to capture audio– Mark Moran

2:30-3:30 p.m.: In the field at an area business recording audio

3:30-4 p.m.: How to edit audio–Moran

4-5:30 p.m.: In the lab editing audio into a podcast

Other free sessions in the track at the Cronkite School include, before SABEW’s conference:

“Produce a Business News Video in a Day” on March 18,
“How to Look Natural On Air” on March 19

And after SABEW:

“Take Compelling Business News Photos” on March 21.

Space in all sessions will be limited, and preference for the before- and after-conference sessions will be given to SABEW registrants through March 1. To register for the SABEW conference, click here.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Mark Moran

Mark Moran is the news director for KJZZ, Phoenix’s public radio station. He has reported for national and international news agencies, including the BBC, CBC and Voice of America.

Moran recently won two first-place awards from the Arizona Associated Press in the categories of Best Use of Sound and Sports Reporting.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Please do not register unless you are sincere about participating. Our workshops are often oversubscribed. Signing up and not participating deprives someone else of the opportunity.

This seminar is sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.

Participants can choose to take some or all of the sessions. Anyone who completes at least three of the four sessions will receive a “Circle of Achievement” award certificate from the Reynolds Center, denoting his or her participation in the multimedia sessions.

If you have any questions about it or the center, please e-mail Executive Director Linda Austin or call 602-496-9187.

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About the Author

The Reynolds Center, created through generous grants from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation of Las Vegas and operated by ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, is dedicated to improving the quality of business and economics coverage through training programs for business reporters and editors.