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Andrea Seabrook
April 15 2013Andrea Seabrook’s podcast Decode DC approaches political reporting from a fresh angle and we like the way it sounds. She quit a pretty good job in order to do this. In her Transom Manifesto, she tells us how and why she got to this point. She lays out her principles and measures her work against them.
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Jonathan Groubert
February 2013Jonathan Groubert's incredibly instructive Transom Manifesto takes you through the life cycle--from birth to death--of "The State We're In," an hour-long radio show that achieved the rare feat of success not only in Europe where it was produced but here in the U.S. as well.
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Brian Storm
November 2012In his Transom Manifesto, Brian Storm compares three versions of the same story about a New York City Seltzer Man--one for radio, one for TV, and one by MediaStorm. This is a great multimedia storytelling exercise, highly recommended.
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The Kitchen Sisters
September 2012In their Transom Manifesto, The Kitchen Sisters chronicle their use of imagery and offer testament to keeping your eyes open while working with your ears.
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Jad Abumrad
July 2012In his Transom Manifesto, Jad Abumrad reflects on the birth of Radiolab, the ways we discover things without realizing it, the difficulty of changing, and the burdens of geniushood. You can hear early mock-ups, seminal conversations, inspirational moments, and thoughts about what to do next. Check it out.
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Phyllis Fletcher & Robert Smith
June 2012Phyllis Fletcher and Robert Smith convince you to give up long-form documentary and take up the news spot. It's creative work, they say, and you'll get famous! Seriously, this is required reading for reporters and editors. We have compiled their advice and conversation into the downloadable PDF of the Transom Review. Get a copy for your newsroom.
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The Goggles
May 2012If you’re wondering about possible scenarios for multimedia narratives of the future, well, the Goggles actually created one. This issue of The Transom Review chronicles what they learned in making their sublime web piece, “Welcome to Pine Point.”
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Jesse Thorn
April 2012This is one the most popular manifestos in the history of Transom. We've compiled it into our downloadable Transom Review PDF file, and we promise it's worth your time to read, and may even live up to its title: "Make Your Thing: 12 Point Program for Absolutely, Positively 1000% No-Fail Guaranteed Success."
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Radiolab: An Appreciation by Ira Glass
November 2011We've compiled Ira's revealing analysis of Radiolab along with the following discussion into our current issue of The Transom Review. As ever, there's a downloadable PDF for your offline pleasure.
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Invitation: PRPD Benediction by Jay Allison
October 2011Jay Allison's "benediction" from this year's Public Radio Program Directors Conference, with both a downloadable MP3 audio file and a PDF of the speech.
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