{"id":5425,"date":"2020-11-03T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T22:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=5425"},"modified":"2020-11-08T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T00:26:21","slug":"audio-storytelling-a-standout-among-digital-platforms-producer-tells-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2020\/11\/03\/audio-storytelling-a-standout-among-digital-platforms-producer-tells-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporting and Writing 2 Students Learn Audio Storytelling Do\u2019s and Don\u2019ts from a Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The plethora of digital platforms offers plenty of storytelling opportunities. But for one versatile journalist who visited with Reporting and Writing 2 students, there\u2019s nothing quite like one of the oldest mediums \u2014 audio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yumi Araki, a multi-platform journalist based in DC, shared her perspective with students at Prof. Adam Glenn\u2019s weekly virtual session via Zoom on Oct. 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Araki, raised in Japan and educated in the United States, outlined her career path for students. After graduating from Columbia Journalism School in 2014, she worked as a Washington, D.C.-based reporter for Japan\u2019s largest newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, covering the 2016 election. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She then turned radio to as a producer at the nationally aired news show On Point from Boston\u2019s National Public Radio affiliate, and later managed a growing stable of podcasts for one of the nation\u2019s top think tanks, the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her talk, Araki focused on her passion for audio storytelling, describing how it allows the audience to hear directly from news sources and to absorb difficult concepts through auditory analogies and creative storytelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen I was on the campaign trail and [trying to get] over the buzz of the election, I would listen to podcasts to transport myself out of that space and get somewhere else,\u201d Araki said, in explaining her own drive to produce in the medium. \u201cAudio is really, really good at being able to take you out like that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Araki used part of her 45-minute visit to offer students some do\u2019s and don\u2019ts for writing for sound and sound editing, as well as on professional networking. She also took questions on techniques for at-home recording during the pandemic and the four-part docuseries<\/a> on Japan\u2019s current events that she recently hosted for Singapore\u2019s national broadcaster, CNA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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