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RDR publishes brilliant, in-depth critiques by top audio folk of the best audio features, radio docs and storytelling podcasts, as voted by int ed board. Free! uowoajournals.org/rdr/

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 14/04/2026
🎶 Create Songs from the Commons! 🎶 WNYC’s Simon Close shares how the Public Song Project invites anyone (yes, YOU) to transform #publicdomain worksinto original songs with no fancy gear required. Let this Q&A inspire you to start creating👇 publicdomainreview.org/blog/2026/04... #publicdomainrev
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 31/03/2026
Blocking archives risks harming the public record. Some news organizations are restricting access to the #WaybackMachine over fears of AI scraping. Mark Graham explains why these concerns are unfounded. Get the story on Techdirt 🔗 www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/p... @mark.bsky.social #techdirt
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Preserving The Web Is Not The Problem. Losing It Is.
Recent reporting by Nieman Lab describes how some major news organizations—including The Guardian, The New York Times, and Reddit—are limiting or blocking access to their content in the Internet Ar…
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
There are different approaches to teaching #radio and #podcast documentary and reporting. Coming soon - a piece about a Paris-based workshop. But check out this from Rob Rosenthal -reflecting on differences between Slovenia and the US www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
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Tackling the Formal, Presentational Style of Reporting at Radio Slovenia
Top most on Matej Praprotnik’s mind is making sure reporters at Radio Slovenia are equipped to tell good stories. But when reporters, producers, and announcers are first hired, the only training they ...
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David Hendy @davidhendy.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
John Reith of the BBC: ‘a soul in torment’? My piece for the BBC looking back at the publication - 50 years ago this week - of the extraordinary ‘Reith Diaries’
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How the publication of private diaries fifty years ago this month changed forever the public image of the BBC’s first Director-General - John Reith.
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Submissions are now open for our Autumn 2025 issue. We welcome reviews of #radio and #podcasts, alongside essays, scholarly articles, and short pieces. Full details and guidelines: uowoajournals.org/rdr/submissi...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
We are looking for a new journal Co-Editor. Deadline 30 Sept to start Jan 2026. Opportunity for #documentary #radio, #audio and #podcast academics www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/news/7/
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RadioDoc Review has a vacancy for a new journal Editor
RadioDoc Review is looking for a new Co-Editor, to start January 2026 for a period of three years. RadioDoc Review is an open access, peer reviewed scholarly journal that recently …
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
What counts as a history of European radio documentary? Virginia Madsen reads Tereza Reková’s book European Radio Documentary: A History of the Format and its Festivals and asks hard questions—what kind of history is this, and what voices are missing? doi.org/10.14453/rdr...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
What happens when a podcast becomes the last chance for justice? In this conversational review, Caroline Graham & Kylie Stevenson unpack Dear Rachelle—and the ethics of true crime reporting when the case is still open. Read it: doi.org/10.14453/rdr... #truecrime #podcast
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
What does it mean to oppose a war your brother is fighting in? In her review of the Russian podcast Sisters, Iana Nikitenko listens to women caught in that impossible space—between loyalty, grief, and protest. Read now: doi.org/10.14453/rdr...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
What if podcasting isn’t just a way to share research—but a way to do it? Benjamin Ball reflects on making #City#Life for ABC and shows how audio can be its own scholarly method. Read now: doi.org/10.14453/rdr... #audio #methodology #research
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
What does Desert Island Discs do to women’s voices? Sofia Theodosiadou listens closely—to the structure, the music, the silences—and shows how identity is shaped in sound, not just words. Read now: doi.org/10.14453/rdr... #podcast #women #audio #DID
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
How do you teach radio documentary in a country without a tradition in the form? In Brazil, Eduardo Vicente & David K. Dunaway turned to Paulo Freire and Grundtvig, reshaping radio education through local pedagogy. Read: doi.org/10.14453/rdr... #radio #education #documentary
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
What does Anton Chekhov have to do with podcasting? A lot, it turns out. Lea Ann Redfern traces how Chekhov’s principles—brevity, honesty, audacity—can guide audio storytelling today. Read it: doi.org/10.14453/rdr... #podcast #Chekhov #radio
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
When the BBC cut Short Cuts, over 1500 listeners and makers pushed back. It wasn't saved—but the response tells a powerful story. In RadioDoc Review 10.1, the Save Short Cuts group reflects on what was lost, and what’s at stake. Read it: doi.org/10.14453/rdr...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
The new RadioDoc Review is out—Volume 10, Issue 1 (2025). Some truly great pieces in this one. Check it out 👉 www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/issue/15...
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RadioDoc Review | Issue: Issue: 1(10) (2025)
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hugh Chignell explores how BBC radio drama transforms stage plays, with Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler showcasing whispered intimacy and shared claustrophobia. Read here: www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Explore Yvette Janine Jackson’s Freedom, a collection of radio operas delving into Black history and struggle. Gabriel Mindel reflects on her genre-defying compositions and their resonance with 2020’s calls for justice: www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Jason Loviglio's analysis of Nice White Parents explores how white parental influence ironically undermined diversity in a NYC public school. Read here: www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Sophie Townsend’s Goodbye to All This chronicles her journey through loss, from her husband’s cancer diagnosis to life after his passing. Alyn Euritt reflects on how the podcast’s narrative and focus on community make it a profound exploration of grief: www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Emily Best's essay delves into Angela Carter's Vampirella, a radio sequel to Dracula. It’s a gothic collision of myth and logic, harnessing the medium’s raw power to elicit visceral fear. Read it here: www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/article/...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
🗣️ TRAUMA podcast explores seven disasters in Greece since 1999, sharing stories of survivors and victims' families. It reveals mistrust in the State and questions how trauma shapes Greece's national identity: bit.ly/4g0hAP1
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Heard something interesting? We're looking for in-depth reviews of factual narrative podcast and radio for RadioDoc Review. For more and to read past reviews see uowoajournals.org/rdr/
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
How can audio challenge historical silences? Weyland McKenzie-Witter explores audio praxis that blends oral history, sound design, and storytelling to amplify marginalized voices and rethink history. Discover the impact of podcasts on research & education: bit.ly/3O2gplV
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Beyond The Broadcast: Nello and The People’s Method
This article explores the development of an audio praxis that combines oral history, sound design, storytelling, and archival material to engage with and critically examine history. The author reflect...
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
🎙️ New article! 📝 @abigailwincott.bsky.social & Sven Preger explore fresh approaches to multilingual voices in radio journalism, challenging the norm of dubbing. Discover new ways to hear authentic voices and reflect our multilingual world. Read more: bit.ly/4esWhUV #Radio #Media
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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
🎙️ Celebrating 50 years of the International Features Conference, now the Audio Storytelling Festival! Join Simon Elmes as he explores the event’s legacy of dialogue, learning, and powerful feedback. Read more: bit.ly/3AzlGhS #AudioStorytelling #IFC50
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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · 29/10/2024
New issue of RadioDoc Review out on a new website and looking very nice. In-depth reviews of podcasts, articles about the craft of audio storytelling and assorted other bits and bobs www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/ #radio #podcast #audio
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