Podcasting is one way a researcher/academic can make their work accessible to mainstream audiences outside of their fields of study. It is also a way of meeting a like-minded community. This workshop is intended for researchers thinking about or already engaging in podcast-making and explores the practice of getting to a good podcast interview both as an interviewee and an interviewer. What are the steps needed, practically to prepare oneself for the studio? During the past 2 years, I’ve worked with The Conversation Canada to create four seasons of the successful podcast, Don’t Call Me Resilient. The pod takes a critical race lens in it’s content but also process. We seek to acknowledge the past harms of media in service of the colonial project. In other words, the way we make podcasts -- including the choices we make about what and who to include in a podcast can help (or hinder) the re-centring of marginalized voices.
Vinita is a journalist, educator and media innovator. She's reported internationally from New York, Mumbai and Johannesburg and has worked in both big and community media, including: the New York Times Magazine, Savoy, VIBE, the Village Voice and WBAI Radio. She's a leader and a mentor both in the newsroom and the classroom and has taught at Toronto Metropolitan University, The New School, and the National University of Rwanda.
Lygia Navarro is a magazine, audio and multi-media reporter and editor. Her particular interest and expertise is in Latin America and Latine/Latino/a/x stories in the United States. She also covers stories on mental health, the environment, immigration, human smuggling, trauma, the intersection of politics and the arts, 2SLGBTQ+ communities, food, and music. She is currently editing at Palabra, the online outlet of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.