Radio Curriculum

FIRST COURSE, FIRST GRADING PERIOD  —  9 weeks



Table of Contents

Week 1 Radio Then and Now: Old Time Radio and Contemporary Youth Radio
1.1.0 “Sounds Like Old Time Radio”
Week 2Focus on Sound: How to Use Microphones and Minidiscs
1.2.0 “Microphones — The Basics”
1.2.1 Handout: “Recording Checklist”
1.3.0 “Minidiscs — The Basics” 
Week 3Plagiarism and On-Air Attribution, Interviewing
1.4.0 “Who Said That?”
1.4.1 Handout: “Keep It Honest Vocabulary” and “Ethics of Attribution and Avoiding Plagiarism”
1.5.0 “Introduction to the Interview”
Week 4Focus on Sound: Ambience
1.6.0 “Ambience”
1.7.0 “Lost & Found Sound”
                       
          
Week 5 News, Writing for the Ear
1.8.0 “All That’s News”
1.8.1 Handout: “What Is News?”
1.8.2 Handout: “News Vocabulary”
1.8.3 Handout: “My Radio News Script”
1.9.0 “Writing for the Ear”
1.9.1 Handout: “Rules of Writing for the Ear”
Week 6Focus on Sound: Introduction to the Digital Audio Workstation
1.10.0 “How to Use a Digital Audio Workstation,”
1.10.1 Handout: “Getting to Know the Digital Audio Workstation”
1.11.0 “The Nature of Sound” 
1.11.1 Handout: “Sound Vocabulary”
Week 7News: News Wrap
1.12.0 “The News Wrap”
1.12.1 Handout: “Creating a News Wrap”
Weeks 8-9

End-of-Term Project: “Produce a News Wrap”
1.13.0 “Radio Broadcast I, First Term Project: The News Wrap”

Presentation of Term Project

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