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The Radio Program at Salt.
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"SALT IS LEARNING BY DOING. Radio students have time to explore stories in-depth to uncover the core of what makes them engaging and to learn how to produce those stories so an audience wants to listen.Working independently and with the group, it's an intense experience. The outcome is audio producers prepared to create professional pieces on their own."

{ Patty Wight // Radio Instructor }

THE COURSEWORK »
01. FIELD RESEARCH:
In consultation with their instructors, students develop their own research topic early in the semester based on their interests and the viability of pursuing the topic in the context of Maine social life. Students are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethical behavior with their subjects and to develop a collaborative working relationship with their research partner(s). Students present their field research on a weekly basis and discuss their goals and challenges with fellow students and faculty. The Field Research course is fundamentally integrated with the Advanced Documentary Skills course.

02. ADVANCED DOCUMENTARY SKILLS, RADIO:
The focus of SaltŐs radio program is storytelling with sound. Our approach borrows from the fields of journalism, oral history, sound art, and documentary. Through a variety of hands-on applications, students learn an assortment of radio production skills, including field recording, interviewing techniques, writing for radio, digital audio production, and more. Over the course of the semester, students produce a promo, a vox pop, and two sound-rich narrative features on subjects of their own choosing. The class is organized as a production team with students working as both producers and editors. We listen to professional and student-produced radio work every class to prompt discussion and to develop an ear. Graduates of the radio program leave Salt with a CD portfolio of their work and a comprehensive understanding of how to tell stories with sound.

03. DOCUMENTARY PERSPECTIVES

[ If you DO NOT hold a degree from a four-year institution, you enroll as an undergraduate student at Salt and receive credit for the following classes from University of Maine Farmington. (16 graduate credits)

If you DO hold a degree from a four-year institution, you enroll as a graduate while at Salt and receive credit for the following classes from University of New England. (9 graduate credits)

Whether enrolling as an undergraduate or a graduate student at Salt, you will follow the same rigorous course of learning and will be held to the same expectations. ]