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Seminar: The Art of the Radio Essay

Seminar: The Art of the Radio Essay

2 SPACES LEFT - EMAIL ASAP IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THIS SEMINAR

Instructor: Janis Jaquith
Cost: $55 Members | $60 Non-Members
Saturday, June 23, 2012 | 9:00am-1:00pm

Ever heard those personal commentaries on NPR stations and wonder how it's done? Learn the techniques of this performance art: how to grab the listenerby the lapels; how to create a mini-movie in the minds of thousands oflisteners; how to NOT sound like you're reading from a script when, ofcourse, you are!

At least two students from last session's class have already had their essays aired on the radio! Listen to them (links below):

Charlotte Crystal

Douglass Hopkins


Janis Jaquith’s radio commentaries have been broadcast on NPR stations since1997. She has been a sporadic commentator for the PRI radio show "Marketplace," and NPR's "Day to Day." For six years, she was a columnist for The Daily Progress. Her VPA award-winning column now appears inCharlottesville’s newsweekly, The Hook.

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