The Power of Podcasting for Storytelling (FutureLearn)

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The Power of Podcasting for Storytelling (FutureLearn)
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This course is for anyone who is interested in creating a podcast, or learning more about podcasts. It might also be useful for people working in media and communications.
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The Power of Podcasting for Storytelling (FutureLearn)
Discover all things podcasting: learn how to plan, write and publish your own podcast. Explore the power of the podcast. Podcasting has become an increasingly popular way to tell stories, the number of podcasts grows each year. There are now over half a million podcasts according to Apple.

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On this course you will explore exactly what a podcast is and why it’s so powerful for storytelling. You’ll develop your own plan for a podcast, produce a script, and finally investigate different platforms for publishing your brand new podcast.
What topics will you cover?

- Introduction to telling stories using audio

- The elements of a podcasting narrative and how to combine these elements authentically

- The software and hardware involved in producing a podcast

- Writing a narrative to suit audio

- The common pitfalls

- Different genres of podcast

- Introduction to finding good talent

- The process of being discovered and heard by an audience


What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to..

- Identify ideal conditions and environments for recording audio

- Discuss podcast narrative and genre

- Experiment with layering audio, music, silence and sound effects to create an experience

- Describe experiences podcasting or listening to podcasts

- Investigate how and where audio works best

- Record and share a podcast with fellow learners

- Produce a podcast and publish the podcast on a discoverable platform



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Course Auditing
49.00 EUR
This course is for anyone who is interested in creating a podcast, or learning more about podcasts. It might also be useful for people working in media and communications.

MOOC List is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.