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Producers Intensive 2003
AIR is pleased to offer complete recordings of two highly popular and practically valuable Intensive sessions.

Savvy Up: The Business Angle on Public Radio: Celeste Wesson - MPR's Marketplace Productions
Marketplace and The Savvy Traveler are always looking for new voices, especially contributors with distinctive voices who 'get' the show. What makes an idea Marketplace-y? What is a "Savvy" story? Bring your pitches, yellow pads and laptops. Find out what clicks with national vehicle producers and helps you produce a successful feature. Also learn how to write for the shows and what production and performance style each is looking for. We hope to work through at least one piece for each vehicle.
First Half (1.15.00). Download: RealMedia [18mb]
Second Half (25.00). Download: RealMedia [6mb]
Playing at the Margins: Views from Inside & Outside: Jay Allison - Transom.org
Nikki Silva / Davia Nelson - Lost & Found Sound
Jonathan Kern - NPR
Peggy Girshman - NPR
Working within the daily boundaries of style and content is vital steady work, but it's not where the excitement is. The hard decisions come, for both producer and acquirer, when we approach the edges. This session will bring together NPR editors with outside producers to talk about where those edges are, how to push them... and each other. Please bring samples of your most provocative work for discussion.
First Half (1.17.24). Download: MP3 [36mb]
Second Half (1.19.13). Download: MP3 [37mb]

Note: The sessions were recorded onsite for personal use by AIR member attendees David Shih and Jeremiah Moore, respectively. AIR is grateful to David and Jeremiah for making these files available to us.