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September 2020
Podcasting 101
DATE: September 24, 5-6:30pm MST | PRICE: $15 | INFO: You have a great idea for a podcast, but where do you begin?? This workshop guides you through the foundational questions you need to answer before setting out -- from figuring out if your podcast idea has legs, to setting a budget, to choosing the equipment you’ll need to take your idea from start to finish.
Find out more »October 2020
Producing during a Pandemic
DATE: October 1, 5-7pm MST | PRICE: $15 | INFO: Lacy Roberts, managing producer at Brooklyn-based Transmitter Media, offers tips and best practices for experienced audio producers working in the time of COVID.
Find out more »October 2021
Storytelling for Podcasts
This class focuses on non-fiction narrative shows - the documentary-style, often serialized, story-driven podcasts like Serial, Missing Richard Simmons, and Wind of Change that are known for telling expansive, immersive stories. The best ones leave listeners feeling like they’ve been on a journey, and maybe even with a new perspective on the world. So how do podcasters create that experience? What are the choices that go into structuring a narrative show that keeps listeners hitting the play button every episode?…
Find out more »November 2021
Storytelling for Podcasts
This class focuses on non-fiction narrative shows - the documentary-style, often serialized, story-driven podcasts like Serial, Missing Richard Simmons, and Wind of Change that are known for telling expansive, immersive stories. The best ones leave listeners feeling like they’ve been on a journey, and maybe even with a new perspective on the world. So how do podcasters create that experience? What are the choices that go into structuring a narrative show that keeps listeners hitting the play button every episode?…
Find out more »Talking to the Media
In this online workshop, long-time journalists Courtney Cowgill and Anne Bailey discuss practical tips for conveying your story effectively to the media. You’ll learn best ways to contact journalists, what to do when a reporter calls for an interview and what information television, radio and newspaper journalists need from you to best tell your story. Through practice and feedback, we'll also help you become more comfortable with being interviewed, both on and off camera. *UM employees and UM School of…
Find out more »Storytelling for Podcasts
This class focuses on non-fiction narrative shows - the documentary-style, often serialized, story-driven podcasts like Serial, Missing Richard Simmons, and Wind of Change that are known for telling expansive, immersive stories. The best ones leave listeners feeling like they’ve been on a journey, and maybe even with a new perspective on the world. So how do podcasters create that experience? What are the choices that go into structuring a narrative show that keeps listeners hitting the play button every episode?…
Find out more »December 2021
Podcasting 202: Marketing Your Show
So, your podcast is awesome. But there are more than 2 million podcasts and 48 million episodes today. Your show needs to stand out amongst the rest. In this course, I'll share my tips and tricks for getting your show out to the world. We'll discuss getting featured on Apple Podcasts, pitching your show for in-app placement, using social media to effectively market and reach potential listeners, pitching to blogs and for editorial placement, and how you can get mentioned…
Find out more »March 2022
Storytelling for Podcasts
This workshop focuses on non-fiction narrative shows – the documentary-style, often serialized, story-driven podcasts like Serial, Missing Richard Simmons, and Wind of Change that are known for telling expansive, immersive stories. This class will be most useful for audio producers who have some experience and the ambition to create a narrative podcast for the first time, folks working in narrative who want to get geeky about craft, and journalists from different mediums who would like to transition into narrative audio. If…
Find out more »April 2022
Behind the Mic: Shared State Listening Party
Peek behind the scenes of the Shared State podcast at this listening party and Q&A. Join the Shared State podcast team for a discussion of their stories about the complex people and beliefs that shape Montana in the current political climate. The Montana Media Lab’s Mary Auld will be joined by award-winning Shared State hosts and editors Nick Mott and Mara Silvers and reporters Shaylee Ragar, Eric Dietrich and Aaron Bolton. Learn about the collaboration between newsrooms that made Shared State possible, and how…
Find out more »Social Media 101
Social media is a powerful tool for spreading the word about your organization or business, but where should you start? Ric Sanchez, social media manager for The Athletic, will teach participants the basics of creating a successful social media strategy. The online class will cover how to choose social media platforms, how to identify an audience, and how to engage followers. Workshop attendees will receive feedback on a sample social media post they create during the workshop. *UM employees and…
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