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Audio reporting resources Date: 04/05/23

AIR, https://airmedia.org:a global community of independent audio producers. A lot of the content is free; other material is for members only. Some of the offerings include:

-Resources for freelancers, including workshops and webinars exploring technical skills, ideas and inspiration, training, craft of storytelling, sound design and more.
-One-to-one mentoring sessions with an audio expert
NPR Training, https://training.npr.org: free articles from the public radio network about mixing audio, demystifying microphones, radio interviewing, voicing stories, how to edit audio interviews and how to start a podcast, and more.
The Open Notebook, www.theopennotebook.com: a nonprofit that provides tools and resources to science, health and environmental journalists of all skill levels. Tools include:

-Workshops
-Mentoring programs
-Articles, including this one: Getting started in freelance audio journalism

The Transom, https://transom.org: Administered by Atlantic Pubic Media, this is a hangout space for people in public media, a provider of workshops and place to find articles about tools, techniques and ideas. Here are just a few of the available articles:

-The Art of the Radio Feature
-Equipment guide
-Recording cellular phone calls
Poynter Institute, https://www.poynter.org: A nonprofit that helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers. Here are two examples of free, online, self-guided courses for beginners to audio.

Radio Boot Camp, https://radiobootcamp.org: This organization is a comprehensive virtual school for all things audio. Three-hour online workshops cost $100 each.
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism’s Advanced Media Institute, https://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu: You do not have to be enrolled to get the benefits. Check these out.
-A free online guide about recording interviews remotely
-One-month online courses on podcasting, sound design