Overview

This training was designed in collaboration with a guest lecturer working in a graduate school of journalism located at a University of California campus. Learners are primarily young professionals with limited experience in print journalism, though some have held internships in the public radio space. This training fits within a introduction to audio journalism course, and focuses primarily on the skill of pitching. Learners will build on what they know about pitching for print, and build on those skills. The training includes discussions and group work, but culminates with each student producing a practice pitch for radio.

Components

Slide Deck: This deck, along with the included speaker notes, will guide any facilitator through the material. In addition to direct instruction, it also explicitly lays out time allocated for discussion (group work, solo work), survey, etc.

Facilitator Guide: The facilitator guide contextualizes the training and provides suggestions for how to prepare in advance of delivering the training. This, in addition to the notes in the slide deck, provide more than enough information for facilitators to feel confident about how to proceed.

Participant Guide: The participant guide contains the following:

• Pitch Template & Best Practice Checklist

• Group Work (Including 4 different sample pitches)

• Independent Work (Instructions & Rubric)

• Learner Survey

Pitch Template & Best Practice Checklist: This is a digital resource that can be provided to learners so that they can create and edit their own copy as they become more familiar with the pitching process.