Third Coast Audio Library :: All

When radio producers and photographers team up on multimedia projects, it can often feel as if they come from different planets. Year: 2012

(aka: State of the Re:Union's Secret Recipe for Serious Place-based Storytelling... in Practically No Time!) Year: 2012

Imagine reporting in a culture that speaks a language your listeners don't understand, and covering issues your listeners don't totally care about - all in a country that doesn't even want you there in the first place. Year: 2012

(Or: We couldn't change the world, so we changed radio.) Year: 2012

Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Art program director Stephanie Pereira gives a primer on how to bring an audio-centric Kickstarter project to life. Year: 2012

Okay. So you don't have months to craft a perfect story. You have hours. But don't throw away everything you've learned at Third Coast just because you're on a tight deadline. Year: 2012 Producers: Robert Smith

Our digital age has catalyzed a kind of chemical reaction: the fission of radio into two related but distinct media, Audio and Radio. Year: 2012

Over the past year, we've seen several major scandals cutting to the heart of journalistic and documentary ethics. Year: 2012

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. Year: 2012 Producers: Marianne McCune Jonathan Mitchell Natalie Kestecher Gregory Warner Joe Richman Samara Freemark Sue Jaye Johnson Katie Mingle

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 / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Year: 2012 Producers: Yowei Shaw Allison Swaim Laurence Grissell Brian Reed Habiba Nosheen Katie Mingle

This hour: Storied pasts and double lives. Year: 2012 Producers: Sarah Lu Nick van der Kolk Brendan Baker Nate DiMeo Katie Mingle

In early 2012, Third Coast teamed up with the neighborhood-centric website EveryBlock, and issued a wide-open invitation to make radio. Year: 2012

Drawing from radio and beyond, Jad Abumrad shared the stories, sounds, people and projects that have most inspired him over the years, and talked about some of the creative challenges he's faced (and embraced) along the way. Year: 2012

Ira Glass brought the first day of the 2012 Third Coast Conference to a close with an audio night cap, by sharing his favorite moments from the year's Third Coast winners and other stories. Year: 2012

This hour: people who start out as bitter enemies and end up in places you could never predict. Year: 2012 Producers: Anna Sussman Mignon Aylen Jasmyn Belcher Morris

Each week on Wireless Nights , pop star Jarvis Cocker prowls the dark, finding stories of the night people. Year: 2012 Producers: Laurence Grissell

There are two main things that happen when you go to the doctor - you deal with your health concerns and you fill out a small mountain of paperwork. Year: 2012 Producers: Gregory Warner

When Yowei Shaw was in college, her parents' relationship began to change. Year: 2012 Producers: Yowei Shaw

Each year, over 100 million tons of iron ore, coal, limestone and other products travel through the Great Lakes navigation system on huge cargo ships. Year: 2012 Producers: Allison Swaim Cecilia Vaisman

While traditional street photography usually catches strangers passing by in a public space, the photographer Michele Iversen has been catching strangers passing by in their own private spaces, without their permission. Year: 2012 Producers: Jonathan Mitchell

A decade ago, WNYC's news team spent days, months, and then years reporting on the World Trade Center attacks and their aftermath. Year: 2012 Producers: Emily Botein Marianne McCune

Ever noticed it's the hard decisions that are often the easiest ones to make, and the inconsequential ones that can twist you into a knot? Year: 2012 Producers: Natalie Kestecher

In 1982, the Guatemalan military massacred the villagers of Dos Erres, killing more than 200 people. Year: 2012 Producers: Brian Reed Habiba Nosheen

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!" Year: 2012 Producers: Joe Richman Samara Freemark Sue Jaye Johnson

We have Gold! We have Silver! And Bronze! And Honorable Mentions, Directors' Choice, Best News Feature and Best New Artist! Year: 2012 Producers: 2012 Winners