The Fritt Ord Foundation's seminar for student newspapers 2019: podcast

February 12 2019
"We've jotted down more today than for a long time. There is a lot to learn from the speakers as well as the other seminar participants", report Lars and Gabriel, who recently launched a podcast at Nord University in Bodø.
Journalist Ida Karine Gullvik talks about the work with the podcast "The Movement" from the Free Trade Union (FriFagbevegelse).

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On Friday, 15 February 2019, Fritt Ord hosted its annual full-day seminar for student newspapers and student media.

The purpose of the seminar was to offer a new understanding of new journalistic disciplines and to exchange experiences with other student media. Previous seminars have examined topics such as photojournalism, the reporting genre, the transition from paper to digital media, and student media as a forum for public debate. This year, the seminar focused on the podcast genre.

More than 30 participants from student newspapers and student media all across the country participated in the seminar. This included editors, journalists and radio journalists from e.g. Universitas, Studvest, Radio Revolt, Volda Student Radio, Student Radio in Bergen, the Social Scientist and Tuntreet.

At the seminar, participants learned more about:

  • What distinguishes different types of podcasts from radio documentaries to current affairs podcasts
  • Podcasts as a reporting format
  • Multimedia journalism – how can radio journalists and journalists who write work together to present interesting cases?
  • How has the podcast genre developed over time in Norway?

Ingerid Salvesen, a journalist with a background from the financial daily Dagens Næringsliv, the recipient of the Fritt Ord Foundation’s Oxford grant and programme host for the foreign affairs podcast “The World!” talked about the making of a good news and current affairs podcast.

Ida Karine Gullvik, a journalist with a background from Klassekampen and NRK, currently programme host and producer of the podcast “The Movement” from the Free Trade Union, talked about what characterises a good podcast.

Full programme:

8.30 a.m. – 9 a.m. Registration and coffee

9 a.m. Welcome – opening – introductions

10 a.m. How does one make a good news and current affairs podcast? Ingerid Salvesen

11 a.m. Podcasts as a narrative format – between a radio documentary and written report. Ida Karine Gullvik

12 p.m. Lunch

1 p.m. About the Fritt Ord Foundation’s grant schemes for journalism projects. Universitas talks about its latest Fritt Ord-funded projects.

1.30 p.m. Pitchen – the key to realisation

2.15 p.m. Group work

3 p.m. Plenary debate

3.30 p.m. Closing

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