How to make a great podcast
All you need to produce a great podcast is a laptop, a microphone and a brilliant idea waiting to be heard. This one-day Masterclass will cover all of the basics needed to create a professional-sounding podcast on a limited budget. It’s important to have all the appropriate skills to make your concept a reality - skills like presenting, editing, recording and writing content.
The Guardian Australia’s go-to podcasting expert, Miles Martignoni, will take you through this comprehensive one-day course, covering tips on presenting and interviewing for audio, giving advice on how to create storytelling formats, and walking attendees through editing techniques. You’ll also learn how to approach online community engagement and build distribution networks, giving your work the best chance of being heard. Whether you’re thinking of a panel show about current affairs or something more offbeat, like audio food reviewing, this workshop will have you covered.
This course is for you if...
You want to learn how to make a podcast
You’re a journalist wanting to create an audio project
You’re a videographer who wants to extend their skill set to include audio production
PLEASE NOTE: Please bring laptop to use in class. A course preparation document will be provided ahead of class.
Course description
The course will move through every stage of creating a podcast, from how to refine your initial concept to creating the audio and getting it out there. There will be time for questions and tailoring some extra information depending on the interests of the class.
Topics covered on the day include:
Ideas formulation: deciding on the theme of your podcast and writing a plan
How to host: presentation and interviewing techniques
How to write for audio
Equipment: what you need and where to get it
The A-Z of recording and editing
Distribution: knowing your audience, building a community and networking
Attendees should have strong computers skills. Some experience using audio editing software is recommended, but not a necessity. You will leave this Masterclass with the ability to plan and produce a professional-sounding podcast.
Tutor profile
Miles Martignoni teaches Advanced Radio Broadcasting at Macquarie University and has taught Journalism and Online Media at Sydney and Wollongong Universities as well as at the Australian Film, Television and Radio School. He has produced radio at the ABC and trained hundreds of students in community radio at 2SER as the Volunteer and Training Manager and delivered training seminars at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia’s yearly conference. He has his Honours in Media from Macquarie University and a Graduate Diploma in Radio Broadcasting from AFTRS.
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Sydney
Friday 9 September
Melbourne
Wednesday 16 November
Details
Sydney
Date: Friday 9 September
Times: 10am-5pm
Location: Level 2, 19 Foster Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
Price: $299
Event capacity: 20
Dress code: There is no dress code for Masterclasses. Please wear whatever you feel comfortable in
Melbourne
Date: Wednesday 16 November
Times: 10am-5pm
Location: The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
Price: $299
Event capacity: 20
Dress code: There is no dress code for Masterclasses. Please wear whatever you feel comfortable in
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