Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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Since 1973, the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies has taught students from all over the United States and around the world to become skilled documentarians and storytellers. At the core of Salt is a 24/7 15-week experience. Motivated individuals from all walks of life come to Salt to focus on documentary storytelling, develop new skills, and build expertise. Our faculty members are working documentarians and teaching professionals who help provide a strong foundation for students to make their best work. 

Series

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59 Pieces

The SaltCast was a bi-weekly podcast produced from 2008-2010, aimed at pulling back the curtain on radio storytelling. From fieldwork and recording techniques to narrative and ethics, Saltcast explored the ins-and-outs of radio production. If you want to hear more Salt radio work, including that produced by more recent students, check out http://www.prx.org/group_accounts/1185-salt !


Pieces

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Personal fundraising sites like Kickstarter are taking off. But in a small town in Maine, a crowd-funding campaign went very wrong.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
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Over the years, female gamers have found ways to combat sexism in video game culture.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:27
  • Purchases: 3
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Legend has it they were all set to put Dennis Limeburner’s grandmother in the ground, but then she moved.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Sophie Spurr supports her husband, Pete, who has a degenerative brain disease and has started talking about taking his life.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 1
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The Wilton Town Hall Theatre owner, Dennis Markaverich reflects on his job and contemplates the grim future.

Bought by PRX Remix and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 2
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Penobscot County in Maine tries to resolve the endless cycle of incarcerating people who can't afford to pay their criminal fines.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 1
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Robyn Tucker is an especially overprotective mom. But when your daughter has a rare condition, you have to be.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 05:54
  • Purchases: 2
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The Northeast Rebels are a group of women who are not afraid to tackle the opposition.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Neuroscientist Kyle Smith is using lasers, mazes and rats to figure out how the brain controls habits, and how habits are controlling you.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WABE


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 4
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Dan Lister's experience with the opiate addiction "miracle drug" Suboxone cast it in a less than miraculous light.

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 1