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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
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
130cp at 1000 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores diverse radio, audio and podcast forms and production as they are emerging in the contemporary online and broadcast context. Students work across a range of professional roles contributing their skills and output to either a series of programs composed of a variety of radio forms (features, comedy, talk-back, reportage, discussion, live music, performance), or towards a 'live' special event program for 2SER community radio station. Specialist studio/audio production is taught using 'Protools' and appropriate other softwares. Students also advance their skills in voice production and microphone techniques (also applicable to film, news broadcast, podcast, and other audio-visual forms). |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Note that your portfolio will have compliance and broadcast deadlines that are prior and separate to the final submission deadline.
Audio submissions are made via the Radio Lab DropBox and documentation submissions are made via turnitin on iLearn.
See 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.
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This Unit is structured using lectures, tutorial /radio lab /studio workshops and discussion sessions.
Please note the lectures begin in week 1 while tutorials begin in week 2.
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
RECOMMENDED READING
Abel, Jessica; foreword by Ira Glass. Out on the wire: the storytelling secrets of the new masters of radio, New York, 2015.
Ahern, Steve. Making Radio. Allen and Unwin: 2011
Alten, Stanley. Audio in Media. Belmont CA: Most recent edition is best. (The bible of audio production for those really serious about sound.)
Barnard, Stephen. Studying Radio. New York: 2000
Beaman, Jim. Programme making for radio. London & NY: 2006
Beaman, Jim. Interviewing for Radio. London & NY: 2011
Biewen, John. Reality radio: telling true stories in sound, Durham, 2017
Burns, Maureen et al. Histories of public Service Broadcasters on the web, New York: 2011
Chantler, Paul & Stewart, Peter. Basic Radio Journalism. 2003
Chignell, Hugh. Key Concepts in Radio Studies. Sage: 2009
Chignell, Hugh. Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Century: 2011
Crisell, Andrew & Guy Starkey. Radio Journalism, London: 2009
Crisell, Andrew. Ed. Radio (3 Vols). London 2009
Crook, Tim. The Sound Handbook. London. Routledge 2012
Dubber, Andrew. Radio in the Digital Age, Polity, London 2013
Emm, Adèle. Researching for the media: television, radio and journalism, London; New York 2014. Online resource.
Fleming, Carole. The Radio Handbook. London: 2010
Frangi, Anthony. Radio toolbox: everything you need to get started in broadcasting. Palgrave Macmillan 2012
Geller, Valerie. Beyond Powerful radio: a communicator's guide to the Internet age. Belmont CA: 2006
Griffen-Foley, Bridget. Changing Stations: The story of Australian Commercial Radio, Sydney: 2009
Hendy, David. Radio in the Global Age. Cambridge: 2000
Hicks, Wynford. English for Journalists. London & New York, 2nd Edition 2003
Keith, Michael. The Radio Station. London: Focal Press, 2000
Keeble, Richard. Ethics for Journalists. London & New York, 2001
Kern, Jonathon. Sound Reporting: the NPR Guide to audio journalism and production, Chicago: 2008
Kramer, Mark & Wendy Call (Eds). Telling True Stories, NY: 2007
Lingren, Mia, and Philips,Gail. Australian Broadcast Journalism. 3rd Ed. South Melbourne, 2013
Loviglio, Jason & Hilmes, Michele (Eds) Radio's New Wave: Global Sound in the Digital Age, Routledge: 2013
McLeish, Robert. Radio Production, 4th Edition, Oxford: 1999
Nuzum, Eric. Make Noise: A Creator's Guide to Podcasting and Great Audio Storytelling. Workman Publishing Company: 2020
Shingler & Wieringa. On Air: Methods and 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. London, New York, 2011
Talbot-Smith, Michael. Sound Assistance. London: 1999
Bonini, Tiziano; Monclus, Belen. Eds. Radio audiences and participation in the age of network society, New York, NY, 2015
Turner, Graeme. 'Politics, Radio and Journalism in Australia', in Journalism, Vol 10, no 4, August 2009
Journals of relevance (in library/electronic available access via multisearch):
https://ro.uow.edu.au/rdr/
Journal of Radio and Audio Media, (USA)
Australian Journalism Review (articles on all kinds of journalism)
Radiodoc Review online journal reviewing documentary radio/audio (international) https://ro.uow.edu.au/rdr/
NB: Other Readings may be distributed in class, or uploaded to iLearn, or via Leganto.
Online audio sites of interest
Arte-Radio (in French: radio arm of European cultural channel) https://www.arteradio.com
American Public Media Reports https://www.apmreports.org
Australian Broadcasting Corporation https://www.abc.net.au
ABCEditorial Policies https://edpols.abc.net.au
ABC Double J https://www.abc.net.au/doublej/
ABC Triple J https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/
ABC Radio Eye (Archived features and documentaries) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/radioeye/
ABC Correspondents Report https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/correspondentsreport/
ABC 360 Documentaries (ABC features and documentaries program, archived) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/
ABC Earshot (features and documentaries shows from 2015-) https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/
ABC RN https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/
ABC Local RadioSydney https://www.abc.net.au/radio/sydney/
Australian Communications and Media Authority https://www.acma.gov.au
BBC Sounds (UK) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds
ABC Newsradio https://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/
Commercial Radio Australia http://www.commercialradio.com.au
Community Broadcasting Association of Australia https://www.cbaa.org.au
Community Media Association https://www.commedia.org.uk
All The Best (storytelling features on fbi made by volunteers and students) http://allthebestradio.com
fbi (community radio station Sydney) https://fbiradio.com
2GB (AM talkback news station Sydney) https://www.2gb.com
Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva, award winning producers based in USA) http://www.kitchensisters.org/
Love + Radio (Groundbreaking podcast) http://loveandradio.org/
NOVA https://www.nova969.com.au/nova969
National Public Radio (NPR USA ) https://www.npr.org
Radio Lab (innovative US ideas radio show and podcast) https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab
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/
Radiotopia (USA site for cutting edge and creative audio storytelling) https://www.radiotopia.fm
Resonance FM https://www.resonancefm.com
SBS Radio https://www.sbs.com.au/radio/
2SER https://2ser.com
Serial (breakthrough podcast with season 1 based on re-examination of murder case) https://serialpodcast.org
Sirius satellite radio https://www.siriusxm.com
Story Corps (USA oral history and radio documentary project) https://storycorps.org
STown (Critically acclaimed podcast by the people who make This American Life and Serial) https://stownpodcast.org/
SYN (community station, based in Melbourne, under 25s) http://syn.org.au
The Heart (a podcast about intimacy) https://www.theheartradio.org/
Third Coast Radio Festival https://www.thirdcoastfestival.org
This American Life https://www.thisamericanlife.org
**Transom (a showcase & workshop for new public radio – VERY useful to students) https://transom.org
UBU Web radio http://www.ubu.com/sound/radio_radio/index.html
UN Radio https://news.un.org/en/audio-hub
Hearing Voices USA ‘best of Public radio’ Hearing Voices https://hearingvoices.com and https://exchange.prx.org/series/732-hearing-voices
The Wire http://thewire.org.au
WNYC (New York public radio station with live performance space) https://www.wnyc.org
World Service (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio
Remember that you can also access LinkedIn Learning online training videos via the library https://libguides.mq.edu.au/linkedinlearning
LinkedIn Learning offers a range of software, creative, and business training including courses on ProTools, AudioSuite plugins, mixing and audio theory.
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