Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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Since 1973, the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies has taught students from all over the United States and around the world to become skilled documentarians and storytellers. At the core of Salt is a 24/7 15-week experience. Motivated individuals from all walks of life come to Salt to focus on documentary storytelling, develop new skills, and build expertise. Our faculty members are working documentarians and teaching professionals who help provide a strong foundation for students to make their best work. 

Series

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59 Pieces

The SaltCast was a bi-weekly podcast produced from 2008-2010, aimed at pulling back the curtain on radio storytelling. From fieldwork and recording techniques to narrative and ethics, Saltcast explored the ins-and-outs of radio production. If you want to hear more Salt radio work, including that produced by more recent students, check out http://www.prx.org/group_accounts/1185-salt !


Pieces

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Take to the seas in song with "shantyman" bob Webb.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 06:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Marjorie Richard keeps company with a life-size, cardboard cut out of her son as she waits for his return from the war in Iraq.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, SALTcast Podcast, and WBEZ


  • Added: Dec 19, 2006
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 3
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While making a new life in Portland, Maine, Sudan is never far from Marwa Abdalla's hopes and dreams.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:35
  • Purchases: 1
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You can cheat a polygraph exam, but you can't cheat the examiner.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 06:30
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Some eleven year-olds sell lemonade for extra cash. Jennifer Rubenstein uses extortion, sort of.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:55
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Inside and outside the wrestling ring, Keith Dinsmore gets knocked down and back up, again and again.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:04
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Trading mix tapes with strangers is a work of passion with members of Esther's Mix Tape Collective.

Bought by WBHM, KTNA, WMPG, WILL, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 5
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Boxers at the Portland Boxing Club spend months and years preparing for eight minutes in the ring.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 06:46
  • Purchases: 5
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Spend a night on the road with Dan Furst, a designated driver for hire.

Bought by KUT, KFAI Minneapolis, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:39
  • Purchases: 3
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What's better than one accordion player? Four accordion players and a percussionist. Meet The Maine Squeeze.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Here and Now, and WMPG


  • Added: May 24, 2006
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 3