New Media Writing: Storytelling ENGL 4010 | Summer 2016 Calendar

Week One

6.28Course Introduction

Ice Breaker Story Pitches

Read: Out on the Wire (OW): 1-76; Sound Reporting (SR): xv-7 & 210-231 (“Producing”); “You Asked: What Are Podcasts?” | Listen: 99% Invisible, “99% Noise”; Invisibilia,

“How to Become Batman” | Watch: “Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad On Storytelling With Sound” | Create: Soundcloud Account | Download: Audacity

6.30Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Story AssignmentsRead: OW: 77-209; SR: 8-24 (“Fairness”) & 313-334 (“Beyond Radio”); “The Politics

of Podcasting” | Listen: Kitchen Sisters, “French Manicure: The Long Shadow of Shirley Temple” | Explore: Audacity | Compose: Audio Response #1

Week Two

7.5Primary & Secondary Research

Equipment Workshop Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Read: SR: 39-72 (“Reporting”); 99 Ways to Tell a Story (99): 1-81 | Listen: 99% Invisible, “The Sound of Sports”

7.7Primary & Secondary Research

Audacity Workshop Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Read: SR: 73-91 (“Field Producing”) & 195-209 (“Booking”); “The Do’s and Don’ts of Gathering Ambient Background, or Harvesting ‘Wild Sound’” | Listen: Radiolab,

“Talking to Machines” | Compose: Individual & Group Work Logs

Week Three

7.12Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Storyboarding Workshop Introduce Field Journal

Read/Listen: “How to Reimagine a Sound in Ten Easy Steps” | Read: 99: 82-199 | Listen: Rhetoricity, “What Isn’t Rhetoricity”

7.14Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Storyboarding Workshop Read: SR: 25-38 (“Writing for Broadcast”) & 92-119 (“Story Editing”) | Listen:

Reply All, “Hack the Police”| Compose: Individual & Group Work Logs

Week Four

7.19Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

WorkdayRead: SR: 232-247 (“Production Ethics”) | Listen: Serial, “The Alibi”

7.21Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Workday: AssessmentRead: SR: 300-312 (“Production Ethics”) | Listen: Start Up, “How Not to Pitch a

Billionaire” | Compose: Individual & Group Work Logs

Week Five

7.26Storytelling: In-Class Analysis

Workday: ProductionRead: Sandy Tolan, “The Voice and the Place” (Drive)

7.28Workday: Assessment Compose: Individual & Group Work Logs

Week Six

8.2Workday: Post Production Discuss Field Journal

8.4Workday: Final Assessment Compose: Individual & Group Work Logs

English 4010 | New Media Writing: Storytelling