Intro to Podcast Production: Tell Stories That Inspire
Gathering Research
A course by Gilly Smith , Journalist and Writer
About the video: Gathering Research
Overview
“It's time to dig deep into the world of podcasting to fine-tune how you want to tell your stories. In this lesson, I'll guide you through finding your own canon and curating a list of podcasts in your own field. You'll subscribe, follow, and study how the best podcasters create their communities. I will uncover how I research and use Google to find my subject. ”
In this video lesson Gilly Smith addresses the topic: Gathering Research, which is part of the Domestika online course: Intro to Podcast Production: Tell Stories That Inspire. Convey important ideas that connect deeply with your target audience by learning to plan, produce, and edit your own podcast from scratch.
Partial transcription of the video
“Gathering Research In this lesson, we'll dig deep into the world of podcasting to find out how to tell your stories. You'll create a library of podcasts, curating a canon of podcasts in your own field. You'll subscribe and follow the podcasters who you have found and watch how they create a community in their field. Then, I'll show you how I use Google to research my subject, digging deep. I'll show you how I have created my canon of podcasts about food and about sustainability. Basically, all the podcasts I need to be listening to so that I'm keeping up to date with who's saying what about...”
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Course summary for: Intro to Podcast Production: Tell Stories That Inspire
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Gilly Smith
A course by Gilly Smith
Gilly Smith is an award-winning food journalist, author, and podcaster who got her start as a TV researcher. In the field of journalism, she discovered the accessibility of radio, which naturally led her to the world of podcasting. After being commissioned to produce and host the delicious. podcast, she realized she had found a platform where she could interview her role models and share her ideas. She eventually created her own podcast, Cooking the Books, which won The Guild of Food Writers' Food Broadcast or Podcast Award in 2022.
Gilly has also produced popular shows such as Leon’s How to Eat to Save the Planet, Philip Lymbery’s The Big Table, and Borough Market’s podcast. As a prolific author, she has written over a dozen books, including Taste and the TV Chef, How to Start and Grow a Successful Podcast, and the biographies of Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver. In addition, she hosts training sessions and retreats on podcasting to help others find and share their voice.
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