Looking for Music?

Here are some sites where you might be able to find music:

1. Free Music Archive
2. Internet Archive: Music & Archives
3. Opsound
   

Sign the dotted line

As the end of the semester approaches, I'd like to request that each of you create a Google document in which you list all of the work you intend to do for the rest of the semester. Please base it on our discussion last week and the document I've shared with the class. I would like the document you create and share with me to serve several purposes. Think of it as a contract between you and me for the work you are committing to do for the remainder of the semester, as channel we can use to communicate about your progress toward meeting your goals, and as a place for you to reflect upon and evaluate the work you've done.

At a minimum, I'd expect you to update the document once a week. In your updates please list work you've done, audio you've listened to, plans for writing, recording and production, and any questions or comments you have for me related to your work in this course. The level of involvement and effort you put in to communicating with me through this document will have a significant bearing on your grade for the course.

Looking ahead, a final component of this document/contract will be a reflective self-assessment in which you evaluate the work you've done and how successful you were in meeting your originally listed goals. In a real sense, you will be grading your own work. 

Please prepare and share your draft version of this contract/document before the weekend.

Audio Feature Exemplars

We will be talking about audio feature stories in class in preparation for the upcoming assignment. Until then, please pay a visit to the following sites to find some examples to listen to.

National Public Radio's All Things Considered
BBC's Newshour
National Public Radio's This American Life
National Radio Project's Making Contact

The Yes Men

I'm always late to learn about these things. Looks like this film made a bit of noise in 2009:

The Yes Men Fix The World film has an official website and the team can be followed on twitter.

Something interesting for those attracted to mischief in the service of social change is the Fix the World Challenge for students. Work of contest winners will appear on an upcoming Yes Med DVD.