By Darren Johnson
Campus News
This Week in Podcasting, I try to do something different with the Real Journalism podcast and I think it works — I record in first-person, as if I am attending a Thanksgiving dinner at someone’s house. The characters I meet are a conglomeration of all of the people I’ve met at family dinners over the years. Don’t worry — I’m not referring to you in particular (or am I?).
Names have been changed to protect the smug and smarmy, the trashy and cheap. And, for the first time in awhile, I use ambient noise in this podcast to create mood.
But not all of the background noise is computer-generated. Another interesting thing happened while I was recording: I had my car window open and a local elementary school was just letting out, so there are lots of children’s noises in the background, as well; totally appropriate for a podcast that will send you back in time — to that dysfunctional family gathering in 1983…
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Have a listen! No commercials, no tracking, no spam. Have a great Thanksgiving!
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