2023 - January

Podcasting and Audio Storytelling

Course Number: JOUR-UA 202, section 1

Day & Time: Mon – Fri | 1:00pm – 3:30pm (January 3 - 20, 2023)

Location: Online

Instructors: Julia Furlan, Meg Cramer

Important Enrollment Information: Ten spots in this course will be funded through a Spotify scholarship designed for people from groups who are underrepresented in podcasting. Please complete this application by Friday, November 11, 2023 to be considered for the course. Students will be notified of selection decisions in late November.

We plan to offer this class again in Summer 2023. If you would like to be notified when the class is offered in the future, please complete this form and we’ll contact you.

Please note that applying for a Spotify scholarship does not preclude you from enrolling in one of the five remaining spots in the course if they are available. You can still enroll in the course or add yourself to the waitlist while also submitting an application for the scholarship.

Questions? Email the undergraduate adviser for the Journalism department, Andrea Brown Murga, at andrea.brown@nyu.edu.

Graphic for January 2021 podcasting course. Prerequisites: None.

Podcasting has revolutionized audio, allowing new voices and forms to be shared more widely than ever before. This course will provide a comprehensive overview of podcasting. Drawing speakers from throughout the audio industry, the course will address some of the central questions in podcasting: How do you develop an idea, analyze its place in the industry, and create a show? How do you make that show something people want to listen to? Whose voices are you uplifting and why?

Students will propose new shows early in the course, and refine their ideas in light of the information imparted by the speakers. By the end of the course, students will have produced 3 minutes of a show pitch introducing their idea, which they will present to industry leaders in a panel.

Notes: This 4-credit course is open to any and all undergraduate students at NYU, regardless of their home college or school, class standing, major, etc. For students pursuing a journalism major or minor, this course counts as an elective.