Category Archives: Resources

Another Site We Like

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Lars

Stumbling around the Interwebs looking for articles on radio’s role in the Arab Spring uprisings, I came across Radio Survivor. It’s been around since 2009 and has many of the same goals as ROTD: Radio Survivor attempts to shed light … Continue reading →

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Ambience — it’s not just for restaurants

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Lars

A student recently asked: Can you explain the best way to handle ambient sound in a recording?  Should I use it throughout (should) I open the piece with it or is there ever an appropriate time to put it away? … Continue reading →

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Writing into actualities

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lars

For reporters unused to writing for radio the hardest part of a script is often the sentence that comes right before a sound bite, or (as we call it) an actuality. Print journalists never have to deal with this, but … Continue reading →

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Music resources on the web

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lars

This just in from Chiara: Hi Lars! I can’t recall exactly who asked this in class today, but I know someone was looking for good music sources on the web and wanted to point to this site: http://vimeo.com/forums/topic:15630 If you … Continue reading →

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The art/craft of radio

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lars

In February of 1989, Bob Malesky hired me as Senior Producer on a relatively new NPR program: Weekend Edition Sunday with Susan Stamberg. As low program on the totem pole of NPR’s major newsmagazines, WESUN had to fight for hard … Continue reading →

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Tape syncs

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Lars

In the previous post I said it’s desirable to avoid the bad audio quality of phoners whenever possible. Here’s another way to do this. The process known as a tape sync (the Canadians call it a double-ender) starts with the … Continue reading →

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This Digital Life

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Lars

We live in an analog world but all our recording tools are digital. That’s the central message of a seminar I used to present on transferring old vinyl and cassettes to the computer, and it applies to this class as … Continue reading →

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