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Watch Inside Salt Stories -- a video produced by Salt writer Danielle Connor.
THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE »
Hear what some of our students have said about their time at Salt.
"SALT IS AN INTENSE AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT TAKES YOU OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND ALLOWS YOU TO EXAMINE A STORY IN-DEPTH.
As a writer and editor, I can safely say I wouldn't be where I am today without my experience at Salt. Thanks to my training at Salt, I am able to cover almost any story with confidence, and I never forget that I can always dig deeper and look closer. Salt put me years ahead in my career. The months of intense focus and fieldwork helped me accomplish things that would have taken years had I completed just a straight journalism program."
{ Brandi Neal // Writing Student }
"SALT IS A TASTE OF WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.
Your days are divided between the field, the classroom, and yes, the computer. You gather material, you share your findings, you toil over how to best tell the story. With your deadline days away, you may find yourself returning to your subjects just to get in one last question or because you've begun to realize how much you'll miss them. Salt then becomes the aftertaste, the experience that stays with you and propels you toward other creative endeavors."
{ Juliet Werner // Writing Student }
"SALT IS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE and one that has helped bring me to where I am now - a photojournalism graduate student at Boston University. On the surface, Salt is a competitive, demanding, unique, high-level program that, I think, is one-of-a-kind in the country. Students learn the basis for what it means to be a documentarian and how to better your craft (photography, writing, or radio) technically and conceptually. The attendance is small and select, so classes and training are hands-on and direct.
My fellow Salties/Saltys/Saltines (as you will come to identify yourselves) provided constructive criticism and, consequently, we pushed each other to do better, which ultimately produced more in-depth, substantial concluding documentaries. My semester-mates were uber fun, loads of laughs, and, I like to think, the best group that went through Salt! We were pretty tight and a bunch of us remained in Portland after for the few years that followed. Salt was my introduction to Maine and a great way to see the state that I have grown to love.
On a deeper level, Salt is an experience that teaches you not only about documentary studies, but also about what is key to producing effective documentaries - a meaningful human connection. I felt this in my documentaries with my subjects, in my training with my classmates, and in my academics with my instructors. Salt creates an intimate community of people, all passionately committed to working for the same thing - to essentially tell stories through images, words, and sounds by making human connections. That is what makes Salt so powerful and special."
{ Whit Fox // Photography Student}
"SALT IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED ENTRY PATHS INTO THE FIELD OF RADIO.
Its alums are incredibly privileged to have the technical skills, the foundation of extended class discussions, and the invaluable alumni network to propel them into a successful career."
{ Elizabeth Chur // Radio Student }
Hear what some of our students have said about their time at Salt.
"SALT IS AN INTENSE AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCE THAT TAKES YOU OUT OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE AND ALLOWS YOU TO EXAMINE A STORY IN-DEPTH.
As a writer and editor, I can safely say I wouldn't be where I am today without my experience at Salt. Thanks to my training at Salt, I am able to cover almost any story with confidence, and I never forget that I can always dig deeper and look closer. Salt put me years ahead in my career. The months of intense focus and fieldwork helped me accomplish things that would have taken years had I completed just a straight journalism program."
{ Brandi Neal // Writing Student }
"SALT IS A TASTE OF WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.
Your days are divided between the field, the classroom, and yes, the computer. You gather material, you share your findings, you toil over how to best tell the story. With your deadline days away, you may find yourself returning to your subjects just to get in one last question or because you've begun to realize how much you'll miss them. Salt then becomes the aftertaste, the experience that stays with you and propels you toward other creative endeavors."
{ Juliet Werner // Writing Student }
"SALT IS AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE and one that has helped bring me to where I am now - a photojournalism graduate student at Boston University. On the surface, Salt is a competitive, demanding, unique, high-level program that, I think, is one-of-a-kind in the country. Students learn the basis for what it means to be a documentarian and how to better your craft (photography, writing, or radio) technically and conceptually. The attendance is small and select, so classes and training are hands-on and direct.
My fellow Salties/Saltys/Saltines (as you will come to identify yourselves) provided constructive criticism and, consequently, we pushed each other to do better, which ultimately produced more in-depth, substantial concluding documentaries. My semester-mates were uber fun, loads of laughs, and, I like to think, the best group that went through Salt! We were pretty tight and a bunch of us remained in Portland after for the few years that followed. Salt was my introduction to Maine and a great way to see the state that I have grown to love.
On a deeper level, Salt is an experience that teaches you not only about documentary studies, but also about what is key to producing effective documentaries - a meaningful human connection. I felt this in my documentaries with my subjects, in my training with my classmates, and in my academics with my instructors. Salt creates an intimate community of people, all passionately committed to working for the same thing - to essentially tell stories through images, words, and sounds by making human connections. That is what makes Salt so powerful and special."
{ Whit Fox // Photography Student}
"SALT IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED ENTRY PATHS INTO THE FIELD OF RADIO.
Its alums are incredibly privileged to have the technical skills, the foundation of extended class discussions, and the invaluable alumni network to propel them into a successful career."
{ Elizabeth Chur // Radio Student }