Sound World: Digital Audio for Your Web site and more
Developed by: TechSoup
Type of resource: Web article
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Brief introduction to audio formats and links to software and tutorials.
Dhttp://www.techsoup.org/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=
494&topicid=2
Minidisc Guide Guidelines & Recommendations
Developed by: Transom.org
Type of resource: website
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
Guidelines and Recommendations on whether & how to use MiniDiscs for recording and interviewing
Dhttp://www.transom.org/tools/recording_interviewin
g/200306.minidisc.html
Audiofeeds.org tutorial
Developed by: Audio feeds.org
Type of resource: Online tutorial
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This short tutorial looks at what a podcast is and how to set one up.
Dhttp://audiofeeds.org/tutorial.php
Creating a Podcasting Show on Windows
Developed by: Zef Hernel
Type of resource: PDF
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Zef Hemel produced this detailed how-to manual on how to create podcasts using Windows, as opposed to Macintosh, using free and open source tools. Available in PDF and a website with user comments, the manual provides screen shots, tips, and encouragement on recording using windows, sound editing, RSS feeds and web hosts for pod casts. Very accessible language for non-technical folks.
Dhttp://www.zefhemel.com/upload/CreatingAPodcasting
ShowOnWindows.pdf
How to Create Podcasts with a Smartphone
Developed by: Andy Carvin
Type of resource: Web article
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Andy Carvin talks about "mobcasting" - pod casting using a mobile phone for citizen activism and journalism. He developed this tutorial on how to record and transmit podcasts using a "smartphone" - a mobile phone with internet access.
Dhttp://www.andycarvin.com/archives/2005/01/tutoria
l_how_to.html
How to Create Your Own Podcast: A Step by Step Tutorial
Developed by: Electronics and Gadgets' Corey Deitz
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
About Electronics and Gadgets' Corey Deitz gives a simple podcast overview and step by step instructions on podcasting, using plain language, including recording audio and saving in mp3 files, creating an RSS file to facilitate your podcasts reaching others, and file validation.
Dhttp://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.h
tm
How to podcast with Skype
Developed by: Vitamin
Type of resource: Web article
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Josh Owens shows you how to record quality audio using Skype on a PC and Mac.
Dhttp://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/blogs/podcast
ing-with-skype
Podcast Tutorial and Intro
Developed by: Audio Activism
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This Audio Activism guide to podcasting covers a wide range of tools and technical levels, with links to other resources and handy tips for newcomers to podcasting. The tutorial takes into consideration Linux, Windows and Mac operating systems for producing podcasts. The tutorial includes podcast creation, sharing and reception.
Dhttp://www.audioactivism.org/?p=37
Podcasting Overview
Developed by: Wikipedia
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Wikipedia offers an overview article on podcasting, defining this publishing method for audio and video programs via the internet. The overview includes information about aggregators, where syndicated web content such as podcast files are grouped so that one can select those of interest, as well as "tagging", to be able to label and find the podcasts you want.
Dhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
Digital Audio Production
Developed by: OneWorld
Type of resource: MS Word files
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
This workshop kit for trainers includes introductions to digital editing, encoding,
Cool Edit and Sound Forge. Part of the Multimedia Training Kit.
Dhttp://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/audi
o.shtml
DarkIce
Developed by: Tyrell Hungary
Type of resource: WebSite
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
DarkIce is an IceCast, IceCast2 and ShoutCast live audio streamer. It takes audio input from a sound card, encodes it into mp3 and/or Ogg Vorbis, and sends the streams to one or more IceCast, ShoutCast and/or IceCast2 servers. In combination with IceCast, it is an excellent tool to generate online radio stations.
Dhttp://darkice.sourceforge.net/
ICECAST
Developed by: ICECAST
Type of resource: WebSite
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Icecast is an audio broadcasting system that streams music in the Ogg Vorbis format, and is available under the terms of the GNU GPL. In combination with DarkIce, it is an excellent tool to generate web radio.
Dhttp://www.icecast.org/
BBC Training: Radio
Developed by: BBC
Type of resource: Web article
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
The BBC offers a series of on-line radio courses which cover all aspects of technical and operational radio skills. There are four courses focussing on the use of Cool Edit Pro (also available in shareware but with fewer features), which range from recording basics to editing to mixing down. The courses do require a broadband connection and are of ten to fifteen minute duration.
* getting started with Cool Edit Pro - recording, saving and playing audio
Dhttp://www.bbctraining.com/radio.asp
NGO-in-a-Box: Audio and Video edition
Developed by: Tactical Technology
Type of resource: Software downloads and resources
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
"The Audio and Video edition of NGO-in-a-Box is a toolkit that lowers the entry level for NGOs, non-profits and media activists wanting to use audio and video for social change. It is a collection of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) tools, documentation and tutorials that introduce you to the world of FOSS and the low-cost technology that is transforming the balance of forces in the realm of media production."
Dhttp://audiovideo.ngoinabox.org/
Independence and Integrity II: The Updated Ethics Guide for Public Radio Journalism
Developed by: Corporation for Public Broadcasting: Dr. Alan G. Stavitsky and Jeffrey Dvorkin
Type of resource: PDF guide
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This guide provides an overview of some of the most important ethical issues that face public radio, as identified by public radio journalists. It offers principles and standards for ethical practice, in keeping with public radio's commitment to the highest standards of journalism.
Dhttp://www.cpb.org/radio/ethicsguide/
Radio Talkshows for Peacebuilding - a guide
Developed by: Search for Common Ground
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
A short guide for radio presenters/producers and others in how to do talk shows in a way which helps reduce rather than increase conflict. You need to register (for free) to download the guides.
Dhttp://www.radiopeaceafrica.org/index.cfm?lang=en
BBC News Styleguide
Developed by: BBC Training & Development
Type of resource: website
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
Avoid clichés and improve your journalism with this PDF version of the BBC News Styleguide. The Guide gives practical suggestions on many aspects of journalism style, including abbreviations, clichés, reported speech - and how to avoid irritating your editor.
Dhttp://www.bbctraining.com/pdfs/newsstyleguide.pdf
"Voices of Youth" Training Guidelines
Developed by: OneWorld
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
The Moab, UT-based Voices of Youth project has developed a handbook for youth radio production training. This easy-to-read resource for documentary production was written by Project Director Bruce Hucko, a photographer who brings an artistic eye and ear to radio sound design, recording and interviewing skills.
Dhttp://snipurl.com/b7b4
How to Write a Radio Serial Drama for Social Development: A Script Writer's Manual
Developed by: Johns Hopkins University School of Health
Type of resource: PDF (long)
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This book by Esta de Fossard is a "practical manual for script writers preparing radio serial dramas for development projects. It will be useful both for novices and experienced script writers who have not yet written drama that educates as well as entertains."
Dhttp://www.jhuccp.org/pubs/fg/3/3.pdf
Interviewing for Radio
Developed by: BBC Training & development
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
A guide to preparing for interviews for radio, including live studio interviews and vox pops.
Dhttp://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=25
55&cat=2772
MMTK Radio Browsing Unit
Developed by: OneWorld
Type of resource: MS Word files
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
Using the "radio browsing" approach, community radio stations give their listeners access to a wealth of information from the Internet. This workshop kit offers materials which trainers can use as the basis of face-to-face workshops. The handout will be of value to anyone wanting to learn about radio browsing.
Dhttp://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/radi
obrowsing.shtml
Producing Content for Radio
Developed by: MMTK
Type of resource: MS Word files
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
Developed by AMARC and aimed at trainers in community radio, this workshop kit covers topics including interviewing, presenting and editing.
Part of the Multimedia Training Kit.
Dhttp://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/radi
ocontent.shtml
Radio Drama Techniques
Developed by: from Alan Beck, Lecturer in Drama at the University of Kent, UK
Type of resource: web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Visit this website for tips on how to produce a radio drama, advice on how to use radio equipment to create different sound effects and much more!
Dhttp://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/technique/index.html
Reporting Human Rights and Humanitarian Stories
Developed by: Produced by Jo-Anne Velin
Type of resource: website
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Produced by Jo-Anne Velin
with Human Rights Internet & The International Centre for
Humanitarian Reporting
This handbook is aimed to help journalists report on issues around human rights.
Dhttp://www.hri.ca/doccentre/docs/handbook97/
Microphones and sound for radio
Developed by: BBC Training & Development
Type of resource: web site
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
Learn about microphones, sound levels and ways to get the best recordings.
Dhttp://www.bbctraining.co.uk/onlineCourse.asp?tID=
2508&cat=2772
Minidisc for Radio
Developed by: BBC Training & Development
Type of resource: web site
Target audience: General, Trainers
Cost: Free access
A course for radio programme makers in using the minidisc recorder for interviews, vox pops etc, featuring an interactive 5-minute guide to using the Sony MZ-R55 mindisc model.
Dhttp://www.bbctraining.co.uk/onlineCourse.asp?tID=
5514&cat=2772
"Community Radio - The people's voice"
Developed by: ABC Ulwazi
Type of resource: PDF files
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
A "How to" guide for radio practitioners working in community media.
Dhttp://www.abculwazi.org.za/jsp/published_cr.jsp?p
g=published_cr
How to do Community Radio: A Primer for Community Radio Operators
Developed by: Louie Tabing, for UNESCO
Type of resource: Primer
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This UNESCO-supported primer builds on the experience of Tambuli, which in the past ten years has grown from one community radio to a network of 25 stations. Often located in remote rural areas, these stations are “operated in the community, for the community, about the community and by the community”. The handbook features basic community radio concepts, including equipment, finances and programming. It also brings in aspects of community radio ethics, councils, and codes of conduct. The document is online as a PDF file (327 Kb; 70 pages)
D http://portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/file_download.php/
9f3aef45c6447010890b417095e3a27cCom_radio.pdf
Using Community Radio for Non-Formal Education
Developed by: Commonwealth of Learning
Type of resource: PDF
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Community radio can be a powerful medium for non-formal education. This short guide introduces the possibilities, looks at the strengths and weaknesses of the medium, and gives tips on getting started.
Dhttp://www.col.org/colweb/webdav/site/myjahiasite/
shared/docs/KS2001-02_radio.pdf
Writing for Radio
Developed by: Mike Meckler
Type of resource: Web site
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
This site is intended to help radio journalists improve their skills as writers and anchors. Topics covered range from writing copy to improving on-air delivery, and the site include a glossary and links to external resources. Although not directly aimed at community radio, http://www.newscript.com should be of value to practitioners in the area.
Dhttp://www.newscript.com/
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