Journalists as guide dogs, not just watch dogs
“What effect does the current news cycle have on your mood?” is the question Jeremy Druker, the Executive Director in Transitions (TOL) and Meenal Thakur, Project manager & solutions journalism trainer posed to the audience. Depressed, hopeless, powerless, anxious. Those are some of the most repeated responses not only within the journalist
Radio & Podcasting – the Cain & Abel of audio content
Radio and podcast are siblings whose relationship tends to be rather complicated. Using the metaphor of Cain and Abel, Mike Fitzpatrick, the Director of Mediafitz, an audio and talent development company, states the two brothers do not always cooperate as they could. While radio - the older brother - is worried being upstaged
An insight into Czech radio stations
Martina Rihova introduced one of the most known radio stations in the Czech republic – Evropa 2, which has been on the market since the 60s. “We have news on our programme, but just because of the license,” she pointed out at the beginning when asked what the station is about. Evropa
The News Agents Loosen up a Tie
Creating a successful new daily podcast requires a specific combination of different skills and assets. „You cannot bulls*it chemistry.“ says Dino Sofos, executive producer of The News Agents. About a year ago Dino Sofos came up with an idea – creating a daily news podcast with a human touch. There has been enough
Cool tools for your radio station from the world of Podcasting
Podcasting is largely based on the traditional radio format, but how can radio learn from podcasting? James Cridland - radio futurologist and editor of Podnews, informed an eager session about the tools and tricks mainstream radio can take from the medium that 40% of the population is listening to. Transcripts, remote recording software,
