In this workshop, we will delve into approaches for producing interviews that are cohesive and satisfying to listen to and conduct.
About this event
One of the most important and challenging elements of making podcasts is the interview. In this workshop, we will delve into approaches and techniques for producing interviews that are cohesive and satisfying to listen to and conduct. We'll turn to examples from contemporary audio documentaries, construct a narrative toolbox, and develop our own blueprint for interviews.
Topics covered:
Story formats for audio storytelling
How to construct a narrative arc for interviews
Pre-interviewing
Organizing questions for sensitivity and fluidity
Rules of thumb for day of interviewing
Sayre Quevedo is an artist and journalist. He works across mediums to tell stories about intimacy, identity, and human relationships. Quevedo began as a reporter with Youth Radio in Oakland, California at the age of 15 in 2008. Since then his work has been featured on NPR, Marketplace, BBC Short Cuts, Love Me on the CBC, McSweeney's and Radio Atlas.
In 2018 his piece 'Espera' received the Third Coast/RHDF Directors' Choice Award and his other piece 'The Quevedos' was nominated for a Best Audio Documentary award by the International Documentary Association (IDA). The following year he won the 2019 Third Coast/RHDF Gold Award for Best Documentary for 'The Return' . It was also nominated for a Best Audio Documentary award by the IDA, his second nomination two years in a row.
Quevedo was the Fall 2019 Podcaster-In-Residence for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and an Associate Producer for The Daily at The New York Times and NPR's Latino USA and a Producer for VICE News.
Image Description: A blue poster with a photo of Sayre Quevedo sitting in an empty room in the middle. Quevedo stares at the camera, wearing a white floral shirt and earrings. On the top right corner, in bold and italic letters, says ‘Interviewing for Podcasting.’ In smaller but same style letters, on the bottom left corner says ‘Sayre Quevedo Fri, December 2, 2022 1:00pm-4:00pm ET - online’ in three lines. On the bottom right corner is OHMA’s logo.
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