
Start from the Beginning (2019)
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The Third Coast Pocket Conference is the start of your next great story — featuring sessions from Third Coast Conferences and more. Subscribe to learn about creating audio stories from some...

Most people can recount the facts of their situation, but how do you get them to tell you an actual story? Interviewing for narrative calls...

Can you make the move from audio to film, without leaving audio behind? At the 2019 Third Coast Conference, Jasmin Mara López ( Silent Beaut...

You know about reading between the lines, right? Well good sound design can make you dance between the lines. And when you’re talking about...

Sex sells, sure, but who gets to cash in on it? How can journalists honestly and accurately cover sex workers without sensationalizing or fu...

We’ve all heard the old adage: Everyone needs an editor. Whether you’re working in print, film, or narrative audio — you need someone to che...

The audio industry is changing -- and your role as a leader might well be changing with it. Making the transition from reporter to editor, f...

What does truth look like when everything around us seems to hold the strange gasps of fiction? At the 2019 Third Coast Conference, this pan...

What does it feel like when artists challenge conventional radio and allow their lived experiences to inform their work? In their 2020 Third...

At the 2019 Third Coast Conference, Johanna Zorn took the stage to share her experiences and her lifelong love of radio. 20 years ago, Johan...

Data has power but also serves power, which means it can be profoundly hard to navigate and understand. At the same time, the difference bet...

Hosted by AIR (Association of Independents in Radio), this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills...

Hosted by AIR (Association of Independents in Radio), this session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills...

Hurricane Maria. The Pulse Nightclub massacre. Charlottesville. Philando Castile. Uproar over racism at the University of Missouri. Adrián F...

Some stories start out small, but turn out to be much, much bigger. Have you ever asked the question: “...is my short news spot better suite...

On the first night of the 2019 Third Coast Conference, all 800+ attendees gathered for a series of short, provocative talks. To view the vis...

Because of the situation with COVID-19, we are releasing the rest of the 2019 Third Coast Conference sessions here tomorrow. Sign up for our...

Swirling beneath every single one of this year’s breaking stories and major crises is work and labor: not only of the people in the headline...

We're BACK with a new season of the Third Coast Pocket Conference! This season: the 2019 Third Coast Conference . Inspired by the energy of...

At the 2018 Third Coast Conference, Kaitlin Prest , audio artist, radiophile, creator of The Heart from Radiotopia and The Shadows from the...

Just as our eyes work together to create a sense of depth perception, so too do our ears... And yet, so few radio and podcast productions ta...

Behind many audio stories, there’s stacks of paper and documents full of text. Old interview transcripts that predate recording technology....

What does it mean for a podcast or radio story to be “innovative” or “experimental”? Is it in the writing? The structure? The use of sound?...

Using found reels of an old wire recorder from the 1950's, interdisciplinary artist Alison S. M. Kobayashi created her performance piece, "S...

We make stories for the ear, but there’s no escaping the highly visual nature of the work we produce... No other medium allows its audience...

At AIR's Bitchin' Pitchin' Panel, three producers each pitch directly to a panel of editors to give them a shot at selling their story, whil...

At AIR's Bitchin' Pitchin' Panel, three producers each pitch directly to a panel of editors to give them a shot at selling their story, whil...

What are provocations? Imagine that you’re hashing out an issue you care deeply about in audio with a friend - except this time, it's live i...

Individual podcasters working with slim budgets and strained resources share how they create their best work while trying to grow audiences...

Individual podcasters working with slim budgets and strained resources share how they create their best work while trying to grow audiences...

True crime podcasts are everywhere. But in 2018, we listened to one murder mystery series that stood out in extraordinary ways. It’s called...

Whether you’re a longform documentary maker, or reporting a short news spot, you need to have a deep understanding of the people and places...

Building a radio story often means hours (Dozens? Hundreds?) of tape, reams of written notes, photos, links, and research... It is very easy...

Podcasting has shaken up the way public media reporters & journalists tell stories - in some deeply exciting and innovative ways! How can au...

Come hang with journalists Leila Day and Hana Baba , co-hosts of The Stoop Podcast: stories from across the Black diaspora. Born out of the...

How can audio storytelling translate to — and interact with — media like photography and print, and platforms like public installations and...

In June of 2018, ProPublica released a piece of audio that would come to define one of the most critical news stories of the year: the separ...

Two moments are colliding: An oppressive politics of hate and repression, and a boom in narrative storytelling. So how do we use one to conf...

We're kicking off this season of the Pocket Conference with the closing event of the conference: the Awards Ceremony for the 2018 Third Coas...

On this episode we’re bringing you another session from the 2018 Audiocraft Conference in Sydney, Australia. While there's often talk about...

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In this session from the 2017 Third Coast Conference, sound artist and designer Stephan Moore demonstrates his approach to sound design. He...

Often, the first question a show or editor will ask you when you pitch them an amazing story is whether your subject is "a good talker." But...

Is traditional “objectivity” in journalism on its way out? In this session from the 2017 Third Coast Conference, NPR editor Alicia Montgomer...

After a lifetime in the system, Noel Anaya got unprecedented permission from family court to record the hearing where he’d age out of foster...

Imagine opening your work to the possibilities of drama and fiction that can bring a rich, more expansive story to life. Think of the elemen...

Performance art and audio journalism probably don’t seem like they have much overlap. But Multimedia-maker Sook-Yin Lee and audio artist Ver...

Turning the mic on yourself is not easy. Baring your heart and soul for anyone to hear can be a bit terrifying. At the 2017 Third Coast Conf...

Madeleine Baran and Samara Freemark of APM Reports' In the Dark , love the intimacy of radio and the power it has to transport us into other...

AIR’s Bitchin' Pitch Panel puts three people directly in front of a panel of editors, where they pitch their stories and everyone gets insig...

AIR’s Bitchin' Pitch Panel puts three pitchers directly in front of a panel of editors, where they sell their stories and everyone gets a li...