Joe Richman
Joe Richman (@RadioDiaries) is a Peabody Award-winning producer and reporter, and the founder of Radio Diaries.
In addition to leading the production of many historical documentaries, Richman pioneered a new model for public radio: working with ordinary people to document their own lives. Past award-winning productions include: Teenage Diaries, Prison Diaries, My So-Called Lungs, New York Works, Thembi's AIDS Diary, Mandela: An Audio History, Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair, and Teen Contender. Before Radio Diaries, Joe worked on the NPR programs All Things Considered, Weekend Edition-Saturday, Car Talk, and Heat. He is also a Ferris professor of journalism in the Humanities Council at Princeton University.
producer
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election, Radio Diaries produced this five-part series featuring newly discovered archival tape of Nelson Mandela, his supporters, and detractors.
In South Africa more than five million people are living with HIV/AIDS, including a young woman named Thembi Ngubane.
Laura Rothenberg is 21 years old, but likes to say that she's already had her mid-life crisis. Laura has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disorder that affects the lungs and other organs.
On the night of May 7th, 1951, a thousand people gathered in Laurel, Mississippi, to witness the execution of Willie McGee, a black man convicted of raping a white woman.
Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"
As an 19-year-old raised in the foster care system, Melissa took NPR listeners along when she gave birth to her son Issaiah.
A woman shares her secret concoction to relieve arthritis pain: nine gin-soaked raisins daily. Down the hall, two residents meet, court, and decide to get married.
This hour what you see, is not always what you get.
This hour: the drama of sport, the history of sport, the sound of sport and more...
For every action there is a reaction. This week we look at consequences, both micro and macro.
This hour: Identical twins -- separated at birth, separated by belief and joined by matching outfits.
This hour: the story (and the story behind the story) of Willie McGee.
This hour: a man transformed by illness, a house full of paintings left behind by an old friend, and a surprisingly complex story of old people in love.
This hour: girls, boys, and sleepover reconnaissance.
This hour: people living in the in-betweens.
The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition.
Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts Best of the Best: The 2012 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition.
This hour: the golden years.
This hour: the strange, storied, hodgepodge history of radio.
This hour, “I do” or “do I?” the calculus for marriage, for better and for worse.
In a country where women’s lives are intensely restricted, Majd Abdulghani dreams of becoming a scientist. Meanwhile, her parents want to arrange her marriage.
This hour, some of the winners of our annual Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
Featuring...
Without further ado... here are the eleven extraordinary stories reflect the finest work in the narrative audio industry & push the boundaries of audio storytelling, selected by these 20 judges, and in the categories of... Best New Artist, Radio Impact, Best News Feature, Audio Unbound, Best Documentary: Short, Best Documentary: Non-English Language, Best Serialized Story, Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze), and Directors’ Choice:
Producer Centenarians in Lockdown
When the 1918 flu pandemic broke out, Joe Newman was 5 years old. Today, he's 107. He lives in a community for seniors in Sarasota, Fla., with his fiancée, Anita Sampson.
presenter
Documenting somebody else's life is one of the hardest challenges producers face in their work. Over an extended period of time relationships intensify, stories often change drastically, and the line between personal and too personal blurs easily.
Documenting somebody else's life is one of the hardest challenges producers face in their work. Over an extended period of time relationships intensify, stories often change drastically, and the line between personal and too personal blurs easily.
This session explores "found narration" - archival tape, interviews, audio diary entries - and sound that can all be used to perform the job of the narrator. What do you gain and what do you give up when you throw away the script?
Do it yourself! This session is geared toward non-professionals and young people who want to learn more about telling stories for radio.
How real does reality need to be?
Who needs the Academy Awards when you have the Third Coasties?
So, you've got your assignment. You've done your research, you've collected your tape, and now it's time (oh god) to write. In this panel discussion, moderated by Robert Krulwich, we examine the Everest and K-2 of story telling: How to Begin and (assuming you can get past that one) How to End.
Discover the backstory to this year's TC/RHDF Competition winners!
judge
This year we honored the best audio work in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Best News Feature, Radio Impact and Audio Luminary.
This year we gave awards in the following categories: Best Documentary (Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention), Directors Choice, Best New Artist, Public Service and Lifetime Achievement.
participant
November 7-9, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago
October 28-30, Chicago
November 1-3, Chicago
2006 Third Coast Conference
October 26-27, Holiday Inn, Chicago
host
November 7-9, Holiday Inn Mart Plaza, Chicago