2. A lot of story hunting is Asking yourself Hmm, Why is this interesting?
3. El Vez A new show was happening at TeatroZinzanni (a press release arrived at my desk) There are several ways to tell the story. I chose to tell the story of a character Behind-the-scenes with El Vez Questions: Who is he and Why does he do what he does? Print story vs. audio vs. audio slideshow
4. Jackie Sometimes you find a story while hunting for a different story I was hunting for a story about a Tattoo Expo I came across Vyvynn Mastectomy tattooes How many different ways could I have told this story? What questions come to mind? Jackie: Print vs. audio slideshow.
5. “Write what you know.” Sometimes your own life can lead you to some good, rich stories. Latino/a guilt. The story. What questions were asked? Could this have been an audio slideshow?
6. But it was different for Ricardo Martinez, a federal judge in Seattle. He's also the son of farmworkers and his mother at one time also cleaned houses. "I can remember her coming home and talking about the houses she'd been in. And there was like this envious tone to it. How big the houses were, the bathrooms." He's always felt an unease when it's come to hiring people. Part of it has to do with a deeply-ingrained do-it-yourself sensibility. And part of it is, well, he has a hard time articulating an explanation. Martinez, an affable man, is seated in his luxurious judicial chambers, recalling an incident from years ago, but still vivid. It was the weekend and he was out mowing the front lawn of his Eastside home. And he saw a Latino gardener at his neighbor's house, also mowing the lawn. They proceeded to small talk in Spanish. "And he said to me, 'Who do you work for? I've never seen you.' And I hesitated. It took me a couple of seconds and I said, 'No, actually, I live here.' " He felt a similar anxiety on a different occasion when his wife, Margaret, hired some housecleaners through an agency. The first few people who arrived at the house were white. "Nothing. I'd see them and I'd say, 'Hello,' " Martinez says. "But then came a husband and wife. They were Mexican. "I thought about my mom. They were self-conscious talking to me. And I'm getting this feeling of, 'Oh, this feels bad.' " Coming from humble origins has pushed him to succeed, he says. "To prove you're just as good as anybody else."
7. Sometimes it’s about taking yourself – your audience – into a different world Ask yourself: Who is out there doing something interesting? Who do you want to meet? What do you want to know? What “world” do you want to discover? Holiday magic.
8. “Drama” that emerges from “real world events.” There’s the “news.” And then there’s the story behind the news. George Shangrow. What are the different ways to tell this story? How to tell this story as an audio slideshow?
9. Remember: Good audio can create intimacy; scenes What can good visuals do? Think of ambi/nat sound? Interviews required? “Sounds” that take you there.
