What are the characteristics of a good radio story, narrative series, or interview show? What kinds of reporting projects make for good podcasts? This session is for the podcast-curious as well as seasoned audio professionals. We’ll learn to identify how various audio formats speak to audiences, how writing for the ear differs from writing for the page, and how to avoid impulses that can make audio stories harder to pull together (and harder for listeners to follow). Presenter Julia Barton is a longtime story editor for public radio and commercial podcasts. She recently completed a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, and was executive editor at Pushkin Industries, where she developed and edited shows including “Revisionist History” with Malcolm Gladwell, “Against the Rules” with Michael Lewis, and “The Last Archive” with Jill Lepore.
