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Man About Town: We check in with Chicago Pride’s nightlife and society columnist Terrence Chappell. He talks about a calendar competition that he recently won that benefits teens living with HIV.
Campaign to Prevent Pregnancy: If you’ve been traveling around the Chicagoland area, chances are…
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Ohh, those drunken tales of embarrassment, hilarity and straight-up craziness. The Blackout Diaries, a live comedy show, recounts these tales to an audience at the Lincoln Lounge every Saturday night. Hosts Brian Babylon and Molly Adams are joined by the Puterbaugh Sisterz in-studio. These funny ladies talk about the Blackout Diaries, which they help produce each week, and the “exploding” storytelling scene in the city.
And try not cracking a smile when these two start laughing—it’s tough!
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Man About Town: Terrence Chappell, nightlife and society columnist for Chicago Pride tells us some dos and donts of social networking.
Critics for a Minute: In light of Roger Ebert’s death, Luis offers his critique on a few of Chicago’s legendary media men. Shantell was lucky enough…
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Storyteller of the week: Martha is working on a story about females who inspire her. #vocalo #communitymedia #storytelling #women (at Vocalo 89.5 FM)
Storyteller of the week: Rocio is working on a piece about Proyecto Odisea that offers free Spanish-language college level humanities courses in Chicago. #vocalo #storytelling #publicmedia #education (at Vocalo 89.5 FM)
Storyteller of the week: Maria is working on a piece about cook county jail and the psychology of Little Village. #storytelling #littlevillage #cookcounty #jail #community (at Vocalo 89.5 FM)
Storyteller of the week: Ashton is working on a piece on visually impaired & blind chefs. @vocalo #storytelling #publicmedia #blind #cooking (at Vocalo 89.5 FM)
Storyteller of the week: Grant is working on a piece about mental health advocate Helen Morley and recent closings of mental health facilities. #vocalo #storytelling #mentalhealth #publicmedia (at Vocalo 89.5 FM)
Storyteller of the week: Mimi is working on a piece on Chitown Soccer in Pilsen. #vocalo #storytelling #soccer #publicmedia (at Vocalo 89.5 FM)
We’re recruiting 8 to 10 community-minded folks to participate in Vocalo’s free storytelling workshops. The classes will be taught by multimedia professionals from Chicago Public Media (Vocalo/WBEZ) and will take place at 848 E Grand Ave at Navy Pier, every Saturday from 12-4pm.
Selected participants will come together to identify current events/community issues that impact our communities-at-large. In this season of the workshop, we will produce stories to be pitched to Vocalo shows. We’ll work with this group to craft unique stories for radio and/or digital platforms.
In addition to learning about principles in journalism, audio production, and digital distribution-participants will have the opportunity to have their work featured on Vocalo.org 89.5 FM.
Do you think you have what it takes?
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Sam Zelitch
Why did you want to become a Vocalo Storyteller?
Radio storytelling has always been an important part of my life. But mostly the $3,000 cash prize.
Your piece in 20 seconds:How easy is it to be a serious (not ironic) fan of classical music? Is it any harder than being a serious (not ironic) classical musician? My piece interweaves these two narratives: the lonely classical music fan alongside the never lonely musicians of Chicago’s Spektral Quartet.
Why did you decide to tell this story?Next to rap and country, classical music may be the most misunderstood genre of music. No one’s going to magically gain an appreciation of classical music by listening to my piece. But they might want to come to a concert with me. (That’s the real reason I did this story — to get dates.) (And the $3,000 cash prize.)
In what ways are you a better storyteller and/or producer?
I’ve become a much better interviewer. I’ve cut the word “awesome” out of my vocabulary. I’m less afraid to not know what I’m doing. I finally understand what an equalizer does. And, next time, I won’t leave my editing till the last minute. Promise.
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#Storytellers practicing reading a script to the mic. And Sam, well just being Sam. :)
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How not to conduct an interview :)
This is the sound of a man losing focus.
Last weekend I interviewed a Serbian music student about her experience in the audience at the Spektral show. Today I listened to the WAV file and realized that her answers are almost unusable — and it’s completely my fault. She gave general, yes-or-no answers because I asked general questions, most of them yes-or-no. And it’s clear I wasn’t listening. (I sound like a cheezy dude talking to a girl at a bar — and she’s totally not interested.)
Anyway, let’s hope you and I both learn from this example.
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