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MMCC2160 – Radio and Podcast: Creation

2020 – Session 1, Weekday attendance, North Ryde

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General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit Convenor, Lecturer, Tutor
Helen Wolfenden
Contact via helen.wolfenden@mq.edu.au
10 HA, 193E
Radio Facilities Manager and Technical demonstrator
Peter Ring
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
40cp at 1000 level or above
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

Introducing students to the radio broadcasting industry, this unit has a large practical component for radio and podcast. Its main aim is to enable students to produce creative and or journalistic work, including content suitable for broadcast on Sydney station, 2SER.

Students gain a broad understanding of program making and sound production media, with attention to public, commercial and community radio forms. The unit also introduces students to the rapidly expanding realm of podcasting and online radio.

The workshop component of the unit concentrates on techniques of recording and producing pre-recorded sound 'stories'. Through hands-on production classes in the radio lab, students learn to develop skills in interviewing, story construction and voice presentation, and learn to research, record, mix, and write for radio and podcast.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: apply critical and conceptual skills in radio research and production.
  • ULO3: integrate a range of operational, technical and media industry/journalistic skills related in particular to audio/radio production and program making.
  • ULO4: evaluate creative and professional media practice, with an emphasis on production of radio industry audio content.
  • ULO2: demonstrate a range of communication and expression skills.
  • ULO5: collaborate and plan strategically, and develop team skills to produce a range of creative and journalistic outputs.

Assessment Tasks

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General Assessment Information

NOTE: Bookings for recorders will close three weekdays (Monday to Friday) before the assessment deadline.

Audio submissions are made via the Radio Lab DropBox and documentation submissions are made via turnitin on iLearn.

Please refer to iLearn for detailed assessment briefs and turnitin links. 

Late Penalty 

As per Arts Faculty Guidelines: late assignments will lose marks on a 2% per day basis. Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, (a) a penalty for lateness will apply – two (2) marks out of 100 will be deducted per day for assignments submitted after the due date – and (b) no assignment will be accepted more than seven (7) days (including weekends) after the original submission deadline.

Delivery and Resources

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This Unit uses Lectures and Workshop/Tutorials.

Please Note: Lectures commence in Week 1. Tutorials/Workshops commence in Week 2.

Please attend all classes.

Technical assistance and demonstrations are given in tutorial/workshops and students need to be able to attend these throughout the semester. The Radio Facilities Manager, Peter Ring, will be assisting with this instruction.

 

REQUIRED READING

A selection of readings on radio (historical aspects, forms, specialist skills etc), are allocated to each week and detailed in the Unit Schedule (see iLearn). Readings are accessed via Leganto http://libguides.mq.edu.au/leganto 

NOTE that you MUST access Leganto via the block in iLearn in the first instance. This is how the system verifies you as a student in this unit.

 

REQUIRED EQUIPMENT

  • One set of good quality closed or semi-closed headphones (for hygiene reasons these are compulsory for each student).
  • At least one portable memory device to use to take home/transfer audio and audio projects.

 

RECOMMENDED READING

(most of these are available in the Macquarie University library)

Abel, Jessica. Out on the wire: the storytelling secrets of the new masters of radio with foreword by Ira Glass. New York 2015.

Alten, Stanley. Audio in Media, Tenth Edition, Wadsworth, Boston: 2014 

Barkho, Leon. From Theory to Practice: How to assess and apply impartiality in news and current affairs. Uni of Chicago Press: 2013

Barnard, Stephen. Studying Radio. New York: 2000

Beaman, Jim. Programme making for radio. London & NY: 2006

Beaman, Jim. Interviewing for Radio, 2nd Ed. Palgrave Macmillan: 2011

Biewen, John & Dilworth, Alexa. Reality Radio - Telling True Stories in Sound, Duke University Press: 2010

Chantler, Paul & Stewart, Peter. Basic Radio Journalism: 2003

Chignell, Hugh. Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Century, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan: 2011

Crisell, Andrew & Guy Starkey. Radio Journalism, London: 2009

Crisell, Andrew. Ed. Radio (3 Vols). London: 2009

Cunningham, Stuart & Turnbull, Sue. The Media and Communications in Australia, 4th Ed. Allen & Unwin: 2014

Dubber, Andrew. Radio in the Digital Age, London NY, Polity: 2013

Fleming, Carole. The Radio Handbook. London: 2010

Frangi, Anthony. Radio Toolbox: Everything you need to get started in broadcasting in the Digital Age. Macmillan Education, Australia: 2012

Gordon, Janey. Community Radio in the Twenty-first century, Peter Lang: UK 2012

Griffen-Foley, Bridget. Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio: 2009

Hausman, Carl et al. Modern Radio Production. Production, Programming, and Performance. Belmont CA: 2006

Hendy, David. Radio in the Global Age. Cambridge: 2000

Jukes, S. McDonald K. Starkey, G. Understanding Broadcast Journalism, Routledge, 2018

Keith, Michael. The Radio Station. London: Focal Press, 2000

Kern, Jonathon. Sound Reporting: the NPR Guide to Audio Journalism & Production. Chicago & London: Uni of Chicago Press, 2008.

Kramer, Mark & Wendy Call (Eds). Telling True Stories, NY: 2007

McLeish, Robert. Radio Production, 4th Edition, Oxford: 1999

Loviglio, Jason & Hilmes, Michele. Radio's New Wave: Global sound in the digital era, Routledge: 2013

Mundy, John & White, Glyn. Laughing matters : understanding film, television and radio comedy. Manchester Uni Press: 2012

Nuzum, Eric. Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling. Workman Publishing Company: 2020

Patching, Roger & Hirst, Martin. Journalism Ethics: Arguments and cases for the twenty-first century: Macmillan 2013

Phillips, Gail and Mia Lindgren. Australian Broadcast Journalism. South Melbourne: 2013.

Shingler & Wieringa. On Air: Methods & Meanings of Radio. London: 1998

Squier, Susan. Ed. Communities of the air. London: 2003

Starkey, Guy. Radio in context. London: 2004

Street Sean. The Poetry of Radio. The Colour of Sound, Routledge: 2013

Talbot-Smith, Michael. Sound Assistance. London: 1999

Winer, Ethan. Audio Expert: Everything you need to know about audio. Taylor and Francis: 2012 

 

Radio stations/programs, and audio sites of interest online which include examples of feature and interview content.

American Public Media Reports https://www.apmreports.org  

Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.abc.net.au

ABC Editorial Policies https://edpols.abc.net.au 

ABC Pronunciation Guide https://www2b.c0.abc.net.au/abcpronunciation-external/

ABC RN Features (extracted from across programming) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/features/

ABC Radio Eye (features and docs, now as an archive) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/radioeye/

ABC RN 360 Documentaries (ABC features and documentaries program - 2014/archived) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/

ABC RN Earshot (documentaries, lot of freelancer stuff here) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/

ABC Triple J https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/

ABC Triple J (national current affairs/interviews/features program for young people) https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/

ABC Correspondents Report https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/correspondentsreport/

ABC RN https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/

ABC Radio Sydney https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/

Australian Communications and Media Authority https://www.acma.gov.au

ABC Newsradio https://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/

BBC (UK) Audio https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds

Commercial Radio Australia http://www.commercialradio.com.au

Community Broadcasters Association https://www.cbaa.org.au

Community Media Forum Europe http://www.amarceurope.eu/tag/cmfe/

Download This Show (popular podcast on latest technology) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/downloadthisshow/

2GB https://www.2gb.com

Love + Radio (groundbreaking podcast) http://loveandradio.org/

Macquarie Sports Radio (formerly 2UE) https://www.sportsradio.com.au

NOVA 96.9 https://www.nova969.com.au/nova969

National Public Radio (USA) https://www.npr.org

NPR Next Generations (helpful NPR training resource) https://nextgenerationradio.org

Radio Lab (groundbreaking American radio show about big ideas) https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab

Radio LaB (University of Bedfordshire community radio station) https://www.studentradio.org.uk/stations/radio-lab-97-1/

Radio-Locator https://radio-locator.com

Radioinfo (subscribe to keep in touch with latest jobs etc in Australia) https://www.radioinfo.com.au

ABC Radio Australia https://www.abc.net.au/radio-australia/

Resonance FM https://www.resonancefm.com

**Story Corps Sound Portraits https://storycorps.org

SBS Radio https://www.sbs.com.au/radio/

**2SER https://2ser.com

**Serial (2014 cult American podcast based on a crime investigation and attracting huge audiences and an international following) https://serialpodcast.org

Sirius Satellite Radio https://www.siriusxm.com

STown (Critically acclaimed podcast by the people who make This American Life and Serial) https://stownpodcast.org/

The Truth Podcast (radio movies, radio drama) http://www.thetruthpodcast.com

ABC Australia: The World Today https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/worldtoday/

The Heart (podcast about intimacy) https://www.theheartradio.org/

Third Coast Radio Festival (a showcase of diverse audio) https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org

**This American Life show https://www.thisamericanlife.org

**Transom (showcase for new public radio (very useful to students, highly recommended!) https://transom.org

UBU Web radio http://www.ubu.com/sound/radio_radio/index.html

UN Radio https://news.un.org/en/audio-hub

USA Public radio Hearing Voices https://hearingvoices.com

The Wire (community radio: current affairs, broadcast from 2SER) http://thewire.org.au

WNYC New York public radio station https://www.wnyc.org

World Radio Network https://www.wrn.com

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Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

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Changes since First Published

Date Description
14/02/2020 Time deadline for the Radio or Podcast Feature assessment has been amended from 2pm to 9.59am.