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GUIDE – Tips on Developing an Audio Essay (TIB or StoryCorps Approaches)

NOTE: The tips below are from a calendar entry for my Fall 2013 sections of WRTG 3020, but they should be helpful to anyone planning to compose an audio essay. …

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GUIDE – Listening to Radio Essays About Personal Experience

OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES Listen to “This I Believe” radio essays Listen to StoryCorps radio interviews Start using exploring personal experiences Share your responses to TIB and StoryCorps samples TIPS FOR …

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EXAMPLES – This I Believe Audio Essays by First-Year Writing Students

These samples were produced by students in classes taught by my colleagues at CU. From Nancy Hightower’s WRTG 1150: Gender in Media Tech Nation: An Introspective Wiki on Technology and …

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ASSIGNMENT – Personal Narrative Audio Essay (lower division)

Below is an audio essay assignment I used in WRTG 1150 (First-Year Writing and Rhetoric) around 2010 and in WRTG 2090 (Writing for Digital Media) around 2011. I’ve since modified …

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ASSIGNMENT – Personal Narrative Audio Essay (upper division)

NOTE: I used the assignment below for my Fall 2010 sections of WRTG 3020. This is an archived version of the assignment, which I’ve since transformed into a Digital Storytelling …

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