Show, Don’t Tell - HowSound




Sound School Podcast show

Summary: On this HowSound, we listen to clips from Brian’s work that exemplify solid visual storytelling for radio — walking waste deep in ocean water for <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/02/16/133650679/climate-change-and-faith-collide-in-kiribati" target="_blank">Climate Change and Faith Collide in Kiribati</a>; recording a man in a wheel chair in a parking lot that doesn’t comply with the American With Disabilities Act for <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/415/crybabies" target="_blank">This American Life</a>; putting bad tape to work to create visuals in an <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114308722" target="_blank">economics story</a>; and some good-ole-fashion “shoe leather reporting” that yielded an excellent example of “show, don’t tell” for a piece on<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137518416/newark-budget-cuts-mean-less-police-presence" target="_blank"> police lay-offs</a> in Newark, New Jersey.<br> Have a look…. I mean…. Have a listen.<br> FYI, Brian’s a producer for <a href="http://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/staff" target="_blank">This American Life</a>. He got his start in radio through fellowships at NPR — <a href="http://www.npr.org/about/careers/fellowships/kroc.html" target="_blank">The Kroc Fellowship</a> and the <a href="http://www.thejohnalexanderproject.org/abovethefray.html" target="_blank">Above the Fray Fellowship</a>.<br>