Summary: Some stories start out small, but turn out to be much, much bigger. Have you ever asked the question: “...is my short news spot better suited to become a multi-part podcast series!?” Jason Moon, reporter with New Hampshire Public Radio, discovered the answer was yes with the story that became Bear Brook, a podcast about murder in a small New Hampshire town and the invention of forensic genetic genealogy. Along the way, he learned a few things: like how writing for longform podcasts is different than writing for short news spots, how inserting yourself into a story can sometimes be a good thing, and how spending precious minutes developing characters in your story isn’t a pointless detour after all. In his 2019 Third Coast Conference session, Jason Moon shared what learned along his journey from public radio beat reporter to longform podcast producer. Note: Sessions are presented twice at the Third Coast Conference (once on Friday, once on Saturday). In this episode, you will hear the Q&A from both presentations of the session. Want to keep the conversation going? Follow Jason Moon on Twitter @jasonmoonNHPR. Images / slides referenced in this session (click here to view full folder): - 5:29 - Seven minute story script - 10:50 - Structuring for longform A / Structuring for longform B - 15:37 - News feature writing example script - 16:20 - Longform writing example script - 23:30 - Character description from 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' by John le Carre - 47:30 - Bear Brook edit process A - 48:00 - NHPR group edit - 49:20 - Bear Brook edit process B The 2019 Third Coast Pocket Conference season was co-produced by Neroli Price and Isabel Vázquez. <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
