Ira Glass on Storytelling

We here at Citizen Wayne love Ira Glass. Whether it is This American Life, or his speech at the CPB conference, he is a master storyteller, and radio is his medium. And as we are a budding radio program, we’re taking his advice very seriously. PRI just uploaded a series of four short videos to its YouTube channel of Ira Glass giving advice to budding storytellers and citizen journalists:

Part 1 of 4: On the Basics…

Click below for more, below the fold.

Part 2 of 4: On finding great stories…

Part 3 of 4: On good taste…

Part 4 of 4: On two common pitfalls…

He’s being brutally honest, but it’s good information, and most likely all too true. Ira, you’re an inspiration!

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