The 383 Podcast Experiment

It is a new semester for COMSTRAT 383 and 21 students are embarking on their first podcast production experiment. For this first segment, they were broken up into teams of 2-3 students and tasked with creating a 3-5 minute clip around the topic "For the Love of Influencers." The goal was for them to come up with their story outline, story map, and script before using Anchor for production and editing. They were given the freedom to choose their style (interview, banter, call-in, etc.) and encouraged to explore the podcast creation space. 

COMSTRAT 383 Media Strategies and Techniques for PR is a writing class at Washington State University in The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication led by clinical associate professor Rebecca Cooney. There are 25 students in the class and this fall we tried a new assignment - creating a podcast segment. The prompt was simple - "create a 3-5 minute podcast segment about things college students care about." Students worked independently or in small teams to decide on their topic, create a story outline, story map, and script and then record their segment. This podcast is the result of their compiled work with a few additions and transitions to help pull it all together.

Note - students were encouraged to take risks and be unfiltered so listener discretion is advised!

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by the students are theirs and theirs alone. They opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect policy, position, or opinions of Washington State University or The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.