Radio Documentaries Production

Objectives:

To offer an understanding of radio documentaries, and train students to make engaging content: covering everything from ideation and researching the right sources, to execution and production of a complete documentary.

Course outline:

What is radio documentary?

 The importance of radio documentaries.

 Choosing the idea: Why this idea? Will it be of interest to the audience? How to tackle the topic?

• Researching sources: Where to find sources and how to fact-check information.

• Information gathering and the scenario-building stage.

• Information processing: Identifying participants, guests, the required archival material and music.

• Interview recording and editing.

• Writing conclusions.

• Voiceover and elocution.

• Obstacles and challenges.

Target audience:

Documentary enthusiasts, aspiring production journalists and those looking to improve their storytelling skillset.

Journalism, media, arts and social sciences graduates, as well as non-academics and beginners with a passion for radio and storytelling.