21 Things RadioActive Learned At Third Coast
KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media recently spent three days in Chicago with 550 of the world's most talented radio makers at the 2014 Third Coast International Audio Festival.
“I washed my hands next to [NPR health reporter] Alix Speigel,” said youth producer Madeline Ewbank. "Once [former Planet Money reporter] Alex Blumberg passed so close to me that I could've tripped him. Not gonna lie, I seriously considered it.”
“It was amazing!” said youth producer Nina Tran. “Bias aside, it looks like radio is the new frontier for storytelling, and where it's headed right now is really quite unique. You can come from essentially any background and end up in radio.”
“I'd like to think that I absorbed some of the pure radio skill permeating the conference,” Ewbank added. "And some inspiration to achieve the level of radio greatness of all the people I could've potentially tripped.”
Read on to find out what RadioActive learned at Third Coast:
8 best nuggets of advice 4 podcast recommendations
3 Third Coast sessions you should listen to
6 questions on our minds since Third Coast
