Category: Media

20th June 2018

Reasons not to start a podcast

Anyone can make a podcast, but that doesn’t that everyone should

Categories Media/Podcasts

29th December 2017

Podcast Studies

Podcast Studies is a thing and we should embrace it

Categories Media/Podcasts

19th April 2016

Do you do interweb?

If you’re in radio now it’s likely you’ll also be talking and thinking about what you do online. We don’t live in a bubble and listeners will be active in social spaces and so should radio. Now, of course the rules around what makes radio great still apply. It’s still about making radio that works as radio and makes people...

Categories General/Media

5th April 2016

Being Passionate

A few things have prompted me to write something about work experience and the one thing you need to get into the media: Passion. One thing I’ve noticed over the years about successful people in the media is that they all love what they do. Maybe you’ve noticed how people who work in radio have been lamenting the fact that...

Categories General/Media/Students

8th January 2016

TV and the radio

There was a time when this is how we saw radio studios. it was a webcam bolted to the wall that might update every few minutes, or if we were lucky it was a live stream. It was rarely in-sync with the audio but that wasn’t the point we could SEE RADIO HAPPENING… and that was exciting, or at least was...

Categories Media/Radio

14th October 2015

Radio gets back to the future

BBC Radio is finally joining the move to be digital first. If, like me, you have Sky TV you’ll have seen the trails for a few years now pushing the fact the channels make some of their programmes available online first.  Audiences like control and this seems to be a good way to give it to them. Netflix lets audiences...

Categories Media/Radio

3rd April 2015

Was Serial Special?

 As I’ve already posted, I am fascinated by Serial. Not just the podcast itself, but the reaction to it. A few months ago I set up a google alert to keep a track of stories, posts and other news about it, and whilst the number returns is smaller than it was there’s still a couple of stories a week that add...

Categories Media/Podcasts

26th February 2015

Making radio a must watch

For a long time TV has know a lot about the power of emotional connection. There have been whole shows built around it, putting everyday people front and centre and sharing their stories. Daytime TV is full of this kind of stuff. From Jeremy Kyle to DIY SOS, people who need help or just a thank you have been made...

Categories Media/Radio