Podcasting and News

Wayne MacPhail

Week Seven

What’s a Podcast?

Radio- Time- Broadcaster+ Web+ Interaction PODCAST

Who’s Making Them?

• 25,000+ podcasts worldwide

• Anybody with a mike and a computer

• Mainstream Media• BBC• CBC• NPR

• No need for broadcast license or transmitter

Customization Killed the Radio Star

How Do You Listen?

AnywhereAnytimeAny How

RSS Feed

How Podcasts Differ

• Replayable

• Skipable

• Interactive

• Chapters

• Images

• Show Notes

Chapters and Images

Podcast Structure

• Network sting

• Intro music/signature

• Bills

• Segments and segues

• Calls to action

Software

•Audacity

•iTunes

•Levelator

Software

Audacity

Amadeus Pro

Adobe Audition

curiosity cast

Buzz Out Loud

rabble radio

Frankie Venon Vigil

Hardware

• Microphone(s)/Mixer

• Mixer

• Portable recorder

• Closed headphones

• Desktop/laptop

The Cheap Routeunder $300 at worst

• Microphone ($9)

• MP3 headphones (free to $30)

• cheap used PC (free - $250)

• Ubuntu (free)

• Audacity (free)

Distribution