Neal Augenstein wasn’t sure he’d ever return to podcasting. His first foray into the medium, a podcast for CBS’ 48 Hours in 2016 covering the trial of a man arrested and later convicted of murdering University of Virginia student Hannah Graham, was a departure from his career in radio reporting. He had followed the case…
#224 – David Jackson schools us on podcasting
David Jackson knows how to podcast. He’s been doing it for 11 years, far longer than most fans of the medium have known it existed. Jackson started his first podcast in 2005,looking up information in a pre-Google internet world and capturing his attention and curiosity. “I uploaded a file and saw it come down…
#221 – Follow the golden rule in podcast recording
It may seem like an obvious point, or counterintuitive, but the key to a good sounding podcast is giving it a listen in different locations. Chris Curran, a podcast producer and founder of Fractal Recording and the Podcast Engineering School among other endeavors, said that while having content worth listening to is the number one…
#218 – Podcast explores DC culture beyond Capitol Hill
Most reporters know the pain of having an interview that feels too good to cut down to a soundbyte, but what do you do with a 30-minute interview and a 40-second spot? If you’re Rachel Nania and Jason Fraley from Washington, D.C.’s WTOP radio station, you turn those interviews into a podcast. As the Living…
#217 – Levi breaks down big ideas for Curious Minds
Podcasting might not be as ubiquitous in Israel as it is in North America, but that isn’t enough of a challenge to dissuade Ran Levi. Not only is he the host of one of the only professionally produced podcasts in Israel, the Hebrew-language Making History, his Curious Minds podcast specializes in taking intimidating-sounding topics and…
#215 – Learning from the best of the best in sports
In newsrooms, it’s easy to shrug off the sports department. Bats, balls, bases, nets, hoops — that’s not serious journalism. It’s an unfair statement, as there are things to learn about time management, self-control, discipline and psychology that can be gained from talking with athletes, said Richard Parr, producer and host of the Best…