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Tips to Elevate Your Reporting and Storytelling from Ira Glass

Tips to Elevate Your Reporting and Storytelling from Ira Glass

Update: 2024-06-04
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Ira Glass of This American Life is a master audio storyteller. He's equally skillful at laying out the mechanics of creative storytelling and reporting, too. Rob unearthed a presentation Ira made back in 2001 at a radio conference that is signature Ira and brimming with incredibly helpful tips on writing, structure, reporting, and scoring. A good listen for audio 

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