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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Sep 5

@rdreditor.bsky.social is looking for a new journal Co-Editor. Deadline 30 Sept to start Jan 2026. Opportunity for #documentary #radio, #audio and #podcast academics www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/news/7/

RadioDoc Review has a vacancy for a new journal Editor

RadioDoc Review is looking for a new Co-Editor, to start January 2026 for a period of three years. RadioDoc Review is an open access, peer reviewed scholarly journal that recently …

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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · Jun 9

What if podcasting isn’t just a way to share research—but a way to do it? Benjamin Ball reflects on making #City#Life for ABC and shows how audio can be its own scholarly method.

Read now: doi.org/10.14453/rdr...

#audio #methodology #research

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Sep 4

Who gets recognised and rewarded in #podcasting
who doesn't, and why? That's the subject of one of our Falmouth Journalism PhDs Schez Safla, and her podcast '1001' features interviews with black women podcasters in South Africa on career and success. creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

1001 • A podcast on Spotify for Creators

Welcome to 1001, with me your host and executive producer Scheherazade. 1001 stories, conversations, words, ideas. We’ll just have to see but it’s the perfect podcast name – that just goes perfectly w...

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Aug 11

By the way, RadioDoc Review is looking for a new Co-Editor. Open-access journal for good quality reviews and research articles on audio documentary. Read more here www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/news/7/ #radio #podcasts @rdreditor.bsky.social

RadioDoc Review has a vacancy for a new journal Editor

RadioDoc Review is looking for a new Co-Editor, to start January 2026 for a period of three years. RadioDoc Review is an open access, peer reviewed scholarly journal that recently …

www.uowoajournals.org

Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Aug 8

This sounds like a great #radio #podcast documentary opportunity for someone starting out - docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... All The Best is seeking pitches for short audio documentaries and narrative journalism.
Deadline 6pm AEST 18 Aug.
Mentoring, support and a $200 honorarium

Make an Audio Story with All The Best 🚀🚀

All The Best is seeking pitches for short audio documentaries and narrative journalism. We’re looking for story pitches around 12 - 15 minutes in length. DEADLINE EXTENDED! Applications close at 6pm...

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Aug 8

RadioDoc Review is open for submissions for the autumn 2025 issue - reviews of #radio and #Podcasts, essays, academic articles and short pieces. See the website for more uowoajournals.org/rdr/
If you're not sure whether your work is suitable, use the contact form to get in touch.

distorted waveforms as cover art for the journal

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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · Jun 2

The new RadioDoc Review is out—Volume 10, Issue 1 (2025). Some truly great pieces in this one. Check it out 👉 www.uowoajournals.org/rdr/issue/15...

RadioDoc Review | Issue: Issue: 1(10) (2025)

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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · Jun 11

What happens when a podcast becomes the last chance for justice? In this conversational review, Caroline Graham & Kylie Stevenson unpack Dear Rachelle—and the ethics of true crime reporting when the case is still open.

Read it: doi.org/10.14453/rdr...

#truecrime #podcast

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Jul 18

Coming to the end of the first phase of research into the craft of audio journalism and documentary making - working out what to do with all of it! #radio #audio #Podcasts abigailwincott.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/d...

Developing new teaching materials from research on the craft of audio storytelling

My project to learn more about the craft of making factual audio programmes, as understood by programme-makers themselves, is coming to the end of its first (but I hope not last) phase. Benoît Leti…

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RadioDoc Review @rdreditor.bsky.social · Jun 10

What does it mean to oppose a war your brother is fighting in? In her review of the Russian podcast Sisters, Iana Nikitenko listens to women caught in that impossible space—between loyalty, grief, and protest.

Read now: doi.org/10.14453/rdr...

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Jun 2

Was gripped by BBC History Podcast serial Half-Life. Sometimes found music a bit much, but cool music nonetheless and all beautifully made by @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social . Fascinating interviews, subtle treatment of complicated story by ‪@joedunthorne.bsky.social‬ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - The History Podcast, Half-Life

Reading his great-grandfather's memoir, Joe Dunthorne discovers a disturbing confession.

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

The Sonic Histories of Cork City Project (SHOCC)(2018–2021) explored the connections between sound, space, and history in Cork City, recreating historical soundscapes through archival research.

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UCC Library @ucclibrary.bsky.social · Feb 19

New podcast episode now available
Our colleague @walkerabroad.bsky.social and John Hough (Dept. of Music, UCC) speak with @abigailwincott.bsky.social about The Sonic Histories of Cork City Project.

🎧 linktr.ee/UCCLibrary
Full show notes: abigailwincott.wordpress.com/2023/09/14/e...

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Jan 17

Whoop whoop!!! Just found out I’ve won funding from #BAFTSS to hold a symposium on ‘ #Bonkbusters and #SoapOperas: Representing Sex, #Glamour, and #Melodrama on Screen’ at Falmouth Uni!!!

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Jan 16

Katie Hims and Kate Atkinson in one production- a must-listen

Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · Jan 16

Katie Hims’ dramatisation of Kate Atkinson’s Behind the Scenes at the Museum #BBCRadio4 with Rosie Cavaliero, Kate O’Flynn & Samuel James, directed by @AnneIsGrr First 2 eps #BBCSounds #AudioDrama #AudioFiction

BBC Radio 4 - Behind the Scenes at the Museum, Episode 1

Kate Atkinson's century-spanning tragi-comic saga of one ostensibly ordinary family.

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Kalli Anderson @kallipearl.bsky.social · Jan 15

Excited to announce I'll be presenting some weird and wonderful vintage audio works from the vaults for this listening event at On Air Fest next month alongside Julia Barton and Sonja D. Williams.
Come steal some tricks from your audio ancestors!
www.onairfest.com/2025-session...

On Air Fest

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Jan 16

This looks so good- wish I could come!

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Jan 13

Some exquisitely awkward examples of embarrassment in #audio and film #documentary. abigailwincott.wordpress.com/2025/01/13/a...

Awkward moments: reflecting embarrassment in documentary

In the first few minutes of Rayka Zehtabchi’s documentary short each interviewee in turn completely fails to speak on the subject (can they even be called interviewees?), before the film cuts to th…

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Dec 20

This has historical context - Information with capital i - and still lets you make your own story. Also has more than one interview playing at once yet still intelligible, which is a trick I’ve not heard before 😁 www.rte.ie/radio/docono...

Piano lessons, Sliding Scales

A story that follows a number of girls who are taking piano lessons, some who want to learn and some who don't.

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Dec 20

Listening to a few of Kaye Mortley’s docs and liking them but wishing for a little more story structure. But then listening to heavily explained ones and wishing to be left alone a bit to listen after my ears were used to free rein.

Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Dec 20

I’ve been listening to and watching a lot of documentaries this week for research and planning teaching. It’s inspiring and also emotionally draining. And now I have to go Christmas food shopping, which is quite the wake up call.

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Dec 17

www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds

Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’

www.theguardian.com

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Falling Tree Productions @fallingtreeprod.bsky.social · Dec 9

“It’s made me challenge how you can tell a story… we’re in danger of having a really beige audio landscape”

“I found Short Cuts to be one of the most beautiful, creative and diverse podcasts available”

Moved hearing listeners & makers on @BBCR4Feedback www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Feedback - The Archers scam week. The End of Short Cuts. The Naked Week - BBC Sounds

Andrea Catherwood hears views on The Archers scam week, and the end of Short Cuts.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Dec 6

The skipping was recorded with binaural mics in the boxer's ears. That places the listener inside the bubble and maybe in some sense inside the interior world of the thoughtful boxer.

Abigail Wincott @abigailwincott.bsky.social · Dec 6

XG says a skipping rope forms a bubble around the person skipping. And within this bubble the skipper retreats, interiorises.

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