Spring 2017:        Class meetings: Wednesdays 6 pm-8: 30 pm Cabell 268

Instructor:              Elliot Majerczyk

Email: em8x@virginia.edu

Office hours: Wednesdays after class

Course description:

Students will learn the components of radio and podcast production including: interviewing, story development, script writing, interview techniques, remote recording and digital audio recording, editing of sound, mixing, and final production for broadcast. Students will critically analyze the components of radio/podcast features. In addition, the students will gain an understanding of the basic components of the physics of sound.

 The course includes a lecture component and lab time where the instructor will consult with students on their projects. Students will have several practice and production assignments including short (30 seconds) and longer formats (around 4 minutes). By the end of the course, students will have acquired a working knowledge of radio/podcast production, sound recording, editing, and mixing for broadcast.

Course requirements:

1. Purchase of “Hindenburg Journalist” editing software.  (Should be around $95). Hindenburg Journalist can be downloaded and is compatible with Mac OSX or Windows. It can be loaded onto three different computers. http://hindenburg.com/  (so the cost might be shared among two or three students). 

Tutorials online: http://hindenburg.com/support/tutorials/

2. Students must bring to class a laptop (Windows XP/Windows 8 or higher, or Mac OSX 10.4 to 10.9; (CPU minimum Pentium 4 and Ram minimum 1 GB) with "Hindenburg Journalist" downloaded, an external mouse, portable USB flash drive, and over-the-ear headphones (not ear buds).

3.  Download a free audio editing software called Audacity. It can be downloaded for Mac or Windows.  We will be working with it in class:  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

4. All sound assignments should be in the form of a Mono .mp3

Required reading:   

Radio: An Illustrated Guide (price is $2.00) It can be downloaded from this link: https://store.thisamericanlife.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RADIO%3AANILLUSTRATEDGUIDEPDF

“The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music” Lesson 1 and 2. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound

Spring 2017:        Class meetings: Wednesdays 6 pm-8: 30 pm Cabell 268

Instructor:              Elliot Majerczyk

Email: em8x@virginia.edu

Office hours: Wednesdays after class

Course description:

Students will learn the components of radio and podcast production including: interviewing, story development, script writing, interview techniques, remote recording and digital audio recording, editing of sound, mixing, and final production for broadcast. Students will critically analyze the components of radio/podcast features. In addition, the students will gain an understanding of the basic components of the physics of sound.

 The course includes a lecture component and lab time where the instructor will consult with students on their projects. Students will have several practice and production assignments including short (30 seconds) and longer formats (around 4 minutes). By the end of the course, students will have acquired a working knowledge of radio/podcast production, sound recording, editing, and mixing for broadcast.

Course requirements:

1. Purchase of “Hindenburg Journalist” editing software.  (Should be around $95). Hindenburg Journalist can be downloaded and is compatible with Mac OSX or Windows. It can be loaded onto three different computers. http://hindenburg.com/  (so the cost might be shared among two or three students). 

Tutorials online: http://hindenburg.com/support/tutorials/

2. Students must bring to class a laptop (Windows XP/Windows 8 or higher, or Mac OSX 10.4 to 10.9; (CPU minimum Pentium 4 and Ram minimum 1 GB) with "Hindenburg Journalist" downloaded, an external mouse, portable USB flash drive, and over-the-ear headphones (not ear buds).

3.  Download a free audio editing software called Audacity. It can be downloaded for Mac or Windows.  We will be working with it in class:  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

4. All sound assignments should be in the form of a Mono .mp3

Required reading:   

Radio: An Illustrated Guide (price is $2.00) It can be downloaded from this link: https://store.thisamericanlife.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=RADIO%3AANILLUSTRATEDGUIDEPDF

“The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music” Lesson 1 and 2. http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/sound