Thanks for joining this month’s listening challenge! You’re taking part in Press Play: AIR’s Listening List, our 2026 monthly audio challenge designed to help you explore bold, independent storytelling with a year of great listening. Once you’ve completed the challenge, use this form to tell us what you heard and how it landed. Select responses may be featured in AIR’s newsletter or social posts (with your permission). At the end of the year, the top three participants with the most completed challenges and the fastest average time will receive a free AIR membership or renewal.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a 2027 Ambies Judge. Please fill out the below application and someone from our team will be in touch. The first round of judging begins in November. The second round will begin in December and go until the first week of January. Planning to submit your own podcast to the Ambies? You can still serve as a judge. Judges will not be assigned to evaluate any category in which they have submitted an entry.

AIR is embarking on a major initiative to bring college and university students and recent alums into the fold, so we can support them in their audio careers throughout their lifespan. We need you to make this initiative a success! We're seeking AIR Ambassadors who would like to connect with university department heads, instructors, and alumni organizations; to speak to classes and extra-curricular groups; and to organize in-person events on campus and virtual meetups. Please fill out this form to connect us with your alma mater. For more information, contact elaine@podcastallies.com...

We are pleased to open the Archive of Documentary Arts Collection Awards for 2025. The deadline for Round 1 is October 14, 2025.   CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Collection Awards have recognized excellence in documentary since 2015, and we are pleased to open submissions again in 2025. We are accepting m…

Join us on September 30th at Pilot Project Brewing in Wrigleyville for our next Happy Hour! We'll be there from 6-8pm. Address is 3473 N Clark St, just by the Addison Red Line stop.

Real pay for real stories! Pay Transparency Project (PTP) is a community-driven database that offers nonfiction video professionals timely insight into constantly evolving hiring trends and pay parity practices. Submit your anonymous rate to help build a more transparent future for our industry. Learn more at paytransparencyproject.org. While all submissions are periodically checked, note that each submission will automatically appear in our database. Time to complete: 2-5 minutes (max) Interested in becoming a partner? Let us know. If you need assistance, please reach out!...

Healthcare, legal, accounting, and community: built for creators, freelancers, and independent professionals. Individual proprietors don't get the same access to healthcare, legal, or accounting support as full time employees do. We want to fix that.

The Hofstra LA Semester offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience the West Coast and all it has to offer. Live, work, and study in Hollywood — the entertainment capital of the world.

This is a live performance of the romantic western, "The Courtship of Mona Mae" audio drama!

Subscribe to our Newsletter Every week, we share our favorite grants, gigs and jobs along with updates on resources to help you get the most out of your independent audio career. Add your email address here to subscribe: Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name * City * State * Visi…

Whether you're a musician or not, if you're curious about making music for projects, this is for you! In this class with the famed Breakmaster Cylinder, you'll write music that is immediately usable, but also serves as a structure you can obsess over and polish later. Don't worry if you're feeling blocked or frozen, this class will help you experiment and get out of your own way so you can start writing scores.NOTE: This class will be limited to 15 students.

Donations to AIR strengthen our ability to advocate for fair compensation, grow opportunities, establish new partnerships, and invest in the remarkable community that is AIR’s member network. Our ability to learn from, respond to and work on behalf of our members is everything. Our programs actively expand the field by training a new and diverse generation of editors and leaders and building a network of skilled producers, engineers, sound designers and editors. Your donation makes our work possible.

Membership Benefits and Discounts Type Professional Development AIR offers a range of services and resources to support individual audio and media makers. Our members continually remind us that the most significant benefit of belonging to AIR is the intangible feeling of community they experience th…

Whether you're a musician or not, if you're curious about making music for projects, this is for you! In this class with the famed Breakmaster Cylinder, you'll write music that is immediately usable, but also serves as a structure you can obsess over and polish later. Don't worry if you're feeling blocked or frozen, this class will help you experiment and get out of your own way so you can start writing scores.NOTE: This class will be limited to 15 students.

AIR's Listening Booth features audio pieces made by members of the AIR community. Please fill out this form to submit a piece to be featured in an upcoming AIR newsletter. The information you submit will be what is used for the feature. This is for AIR Members only! Please indicate who on your team is an active member and link to their talent profile. Not a member? Join now! AIR's weekly newsletter comes out on Wednesdays. Subscribe at https://airmedia.org/community/newsletter

AIR's Listening Booth features audio pieces made by members of the AIR community. Please fill out this form to submit a piece to be featured in an upcoming AIR newsletter. The information you submit will be what is used for the feature. This is for AIR Members only! Please indicate who on your team is an active member and link to their talent profile. Not a member? Join now! AIR's weekly newsletter comes out on Wednesdays. Subscribe at https://airmedia.org/community/newsletter

If you're looking for a productive way to use your free time, consider volunteering with AIR's Advocacy team to move the needle on fair and equitable practices in audio! Below are examples of focus groups and virtual water coolers that you can participate in or lead, but we're open to any and all ideas, so please share them with us. We'll be in touch with those who express interest. Questions? Please reach out to our Advocacy Program Manager, Giulia Hjort, at giulia@airmedia.org. Thank you for supporting AIR and contributing to our advocacy efforts! Note: here is an example of a virtual...

Donations to AIR strengthen our ability to advocate for fair compensation, grow opportunities, establish new partnerships, and invest in the remarkable community that is AIR’s member network. Our ability to learn from, respond to and work on behalf of our members is everything. Our programs actively expand the field by training a new and diverse generation of editors and leaders and building a network of skilled producers, engineers, sound designers and editors. Your donation makes our work possible.

Subscribe to our Newsletter Every week, we share our favorite grants, gigs and jobs along with updates on resources to help you get the most out of your independent audio career. Add your email address here to subscribe: Subscribe * indicates required Email Address * First Name * City * State * Visi…