Sophie Crane
@sophiecrane.bsky.social
Executive Director, Transom
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Scientists took the stage last month to tell their stories to a crowd of community members. The room was filled with warmth and awe. Listen to the stories and read all about the night.
transom.org/2025/making-...
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Making Waves - Transom
Making Waves - Transom
transom.org
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Scientists took the stage last month to tell their stories to a crowd of community members. The room was filled with warmth and awe. Listen to the stories and read all about the night.
transom.org/2025/making-...
transom.org/2025/making-...
Really looking forward to this! @davygardner.bsky.social has made this event such a special thing for the audio world and elevated independent producers and high quality storytelling in really important ways. The selections this year are terrific, as is the line-up, which you can check out below.
Excited to share that our Executive Director, Sophie Crane, is a juror for the #Tribeca2025 #TribecaAudio Audio Storytelling Program. Get tickets to the live events here: Tribecafilm.com/audio
@davygardner.bsky.social
@davygardner.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Really looking forward to this! @davygardner.bsky.social has made this event such a special thing for the audio world and elevated independent producers and high quality storytelling in really important ways. The selections this year are terrific, as is the line-up, which you can check out below.
"And that was it...It was in my humble opinion a smashing success and I hope the first of many future workshops."
We agree! Read this inspiring piece about David's path to teaching with Transom, and then sign up for our next workshop -- this August in Interlochen, MI!
We agree! Read this inspiring piece about David's path to teaching with Transom, and then sign up for our next workshop -- this August in Interlochen, MI!
David Weinberg says he learned how to make radio stories from reading articles on Transom. The student became the teacher and now David leads our Traveling Workshops. Here, he shares his thoughts on the first session since the pandemic. (Next workshop runs Aug 24-31).
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transom.org/2025/the-ret...
The Return of the Traveling Workshop - Transom
The Return of the Traveling Workshop - Transom
transom.org
April 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"And that was it...It was in my humble opinion a smashing success and I hope the first of many future workshops."
We agree! Read this inspiring piece about David's path to teaching with Transom, and then sign up for our next workshop -- this August in Interlochen, MI!
We agree! Read this inspiring piece about David's path to teaching with Transom, and then sign up for our next workshop -- this August in Interlochen, MI!
A new Transom Traveling Workshop has been added! Come join us at the beautiful Interlochen School for the Arts this summer.
Another week-long Traveling Workshop coming up this summer: Aug 24-31 at Interlochen Center for the Arts! Applications open now. Scholarships available. Details here:
transom.org/2025/traveli...
transom.org/2025/traveli...
Traveling Workshop 2025: Interlochen, Michigan - Transom
Traveling Workshop 2025: Interlochen, Michigan - Transom
transom.org
April 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A new Transom Traveling Workshop has been added! Come join us at the beautiful Interlochen School for the Arts this summer.
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Chuffed to be a part of this cuz 📻 is here to stay
More audio ancestry this week! @bartona104.bsky.social & Sarah Montague join Rob on @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social to unpack some radio classics w/ brilliant archival tape. Are you a Radio Old Soul? This one's for you! @prx.org @thenewschool.bsky.social
transom.org/2025/champio...
transom.org/2025/champio...
Champions of Old Radio - Transom
Champions of Old Radio - Transom
transom.org
April 8, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Chuffed to be a part of this cuz 📻 is here to stay
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The Traveling Workshop on Catalina Island is back and we gotta say, we've really missed this everyone-around-the-coffee-table vibe. It's going to be a terrific week - stay tuned for more updates from the field!
March 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Traveling Workshop on Catalina Island is back and we gotta say, we've really missed this everyone-around-the-coffee-table vibe. It's going to be a terrific week - stay tuned for more updates from the field!
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The Chicken Bomb. 🐔💥 🍗 What is this cryptid of radio production and should you be hungry or scared? The backstory is coming up on @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social and we're looking for your best worst bombs. Send 'em: (MP3s / VMs): info at transom dot org! #cluckyeah
@thisamericanlife.org @prx.org
@thisamericanlife.org @prx.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Chicken Bomb. 🐔💥 🍗 What is this cryptid of radio production and should you be hungry or scared? The backstory is coming up on @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social and we're looking for your best worst bombs. Send 'em: (MP3s / VMs): info at transom dot org! #cluckyeah
@thisamericanlife.org @prx.org
@thisamericanlife.org @prx.org
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Host Rob Rosenthal said this episode of @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social was like "radio church" -- that Peabody award-winning producer @chenjerai.bsky.social so electrified the room at #onairfest the only thing to say at the end of the live taping was "Amen!" @prx.org
transom.org/2025/amen-ch...
transom.org/2025/amen-ch...
Amen, Chenjerai - Transom
Amen, Chenjerai - Transom
transom.org
March 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Host Rob Rosenthal said this episode of @soundschoolpodcast.bsky.social was like "radio church" -- that Peabody award-winning producer @chenjerai.bsky.social so electrified the room at #onairfest the only thing to say at the end of the live taping was "Amen!" @prx.org
transom.org/2025/amen-ch...
transom.org/2025/amen-ch...
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Our free "Over the Transom" newsletter features technical tips, the best of our 25-year archive, clips for listening, and even an AMA section where two of our foremost experts — Tools Editor Jeff Towne, and "Sound School" Host Rob Rosenthal — answer YOUR questions. Read & subscribe here:
Over the Transom | 03.07.25
Directions for survival, non-narrated audio, and a radio diary
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March 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Our free "Over the Transom" newsletter features technical tips, the best of our 25-year archive, clips for listening, and even an AMA section where two of our foremost experts — Tools Editor Jeff Towne, and "Sound School" Host Rob Rosenthal — answer YOUR questions. Read & subscribe here:
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Federal funding is a lifeline for public media. That's why Vermont Public is joining stations across the country for #ProtectMyPublicMedia Day — to ensure the future of our essential public service.
Learn more: www.vermontpublic.org/about-us/202...
Learn more: www.vermontpublic.org/about-us/202...
March 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Federal funding is a lifeline for public media. That's why Vermont Public is joining stations across the country for #ProtectMyPublicMedia Day — to ensure the future of our essential public service.
Learn more: www.vermontpublic.org/about-us/202...
Learn more: www.vermontpublic.org/about-us/202...
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Coming up on The Sound School Podcast: "Amen, Chenjerai." The standing-room-only audience at On Air Fest hung on Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika's every word as he offered a kind-of sermon on how he dug deep and found his voice for "Empire City." @chenjerai.bsky.social @prx.org.
March 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Coming up on The Sound School Podcast: "Amen, Chenjerai." The standing-room-only audience at On Air Fest hung on Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika's every word as he offered a kind-of sermon on how he dug deep and found his voice for "Empire City." @chenjerai.bsky.social @prx.org.
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Just recently, Hillary Frank relaunched her popular podcast The Longest Shortest Time. This archive episode of Sound School takes us back to Hillary's early days, when she was just finding her way in podcasting -- as we all were. @longestshortest.bsky.social @thisishillaryfrank.bsky.social
Revisiting: The Longest Shortest Time - Transom
Revisiting: The Longest Shortest Time - Transom
transom.org
February 26, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just recently, Hillary Frank relaunched her popular podcast The Longest Shortest Time. This archive episode of Sound School takes us back to Hillary's early days, when she was just finding her way in podcasting -- as we all were. @longestshortest.bsky.social @thisishillaryfrank.bsky.social
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My friend Joe Richman makes little cardinal maps, one per day. Compass points on a theme, a way to get your bearings.
He sent me the one pictured here and it felt pure. In the current national chaos of domination, greed, cruelty... more here.
transom.org/2025/a-direc...
He sent me the one pictured here and it felt pure. In the current national chaos of domination, greed, cruelty... more here.
transom.org/2025/a-direc...
A Direction - Transom
A Direction - Transom
transom.org
February 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My friend Joe Richman makes little cardinal maps, one per day. Compass points on a theme, a way to get your bearings.
He sent me the one pictured here and it felt pure. In the current national chaos of domination, greed, cruelty... more here.
transom.org/2025/a-direc...
He sent me the one pictured here and it felt pure. In the current national chaos of domination, greed, cruelty... more here.
transom.org/2025/a-direc...
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A very crowded and epic launch party in NYC for @signalhillfm.bsky.social last night. An auspicious and joyful celebration for a beautiful new audio magazine.
Listen to Issue One! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/
Listen to Issue One! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/
February 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A very crowded and epic launch party in NYC for @signalhillfm.bsky.social last night. An auspicious and joyful celebration for a beautiful new audio magazine.
Listen to Issue One! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/
Listen to Issue One! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/
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Transom’s TOOLS editor Jeff Towne has rounded up his favorite YouTube resources for audio makers. It’s a review of the reviewers! All with links and details for good channels to turn to for solid gear advice:
Online Audio Resources - Transom
Online Audio Resources - Transom
bit.ly
February 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Transom’s TOOLS editor Jeff Towne has rounded up his favorite YouTube resources for audio makers. It’s a review of the reviewers! All with links and details for good channels to turn to for solid gear advice:
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Alongside nearly 150 opportunities for audio makers, Talia Augustidis' "All Hear" has a lovely spotlight on new audio magazine Signal Hill and their upcoming call out. Looking for a home for a piece or just a few moments of soulful listening? Check it out in Talia's February issue.
All Hear Newsletter, February 2025 - Transom
All Hear Newsletter, February 2025 - Transom
bit.ly
February 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Alongside nearly 150 opportunities for audio makers, Talia Augustidis' "All Hear" has a lovely spotlight on new audio magazine Signal Hill and their upcoming call out. Looking for a home for a piece or just a few moments of soulful listening? Check it out in Talia's February issue.
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🚨 Big news! 🚨 Our 2025 Rate Guide is here! 🎉📢
Find updated hourly rates for fact-checkers, researchers, sound designers, and producers—plus refreshed roles and responsibilities. Check it out: ow.ly/iiXw50V2Qus
Find updated hourly rates for fact-checkers, researchers, sound designers, and producers—plus refreshed roles and responsibilities. Check it out: ow.ly/iiXw50V2Qus
February 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🚨 Big news! 🚨 Our 2025 Rate Guide is here! 🎉📢
Find updated hourly rates for fact-checkers, researchers, sound designers, and producers—plus refreshed roles and responsibilities. Check it out: ow.ly/iiXw50V2Qus
Find updated hourly rates for fact-checkers, researchers, sound designers, and producers—plus refreshed roles and responsibilities. Check it out: ow.ly/iiXw50V2Qus
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The route of a radio program. Handbook of Broadcasting by Waldo Abbot, 1941.
February 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The route of a radio program. Handbook of Broadcasting by Waldo Abbot, 1941.
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Celebrate World Radio Day from the Transom vault with Andrew Norton's "This Is Radio" series. Feat. some of the most-loved elders, makers, movers and shakers in our community, it's a gift for the ears and heart!
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transom.org/tag/this-is-...
February 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Celebrate World Radio Day from the Transom vault with Andrew Norton's "This Is Radio" series. Feat. some of the most-loved elders, makers, movers and shakers in our community, it's a gift for the ears and heart!
transom.org/tag/this-is-...
transom.org/tag/this-is-...
An update on the ongoing WCAI saga:
Seth Rolbein fairly lays out how most of the community is feeling after their extraordinary outpouring of support for WCAI.
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A friendly buyer for the building, but WCAI is moving anyway
WGBH refuses an offer to stay five years, rent-free. How does that make sense?
open.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
An update on the ongoing WCAI saga:
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A friend asked me about the potential risk of losing public broadcasting funding. If you're interested, I recommend this comprehensive report from "On The Media," which explains what's always saved CPB funding in the past, and why it might not now.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The history of public broadcasting and its adversaries; and the modern place of public radio in covering community and crises.
www.wnycstudios.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A friend asked me about the potential risk of losing public broadcasting funding. If you're interested, I recommend this comprehensive report from "On The Media," which explains what's always saved CPB funding in the past, and why it might not now.
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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Here's today's story about the WCAI-FM building from Nieman Lab, excellent summary of where we stand. Public Media, respect the communities you serve.
Please read, share, and support the cause if you can. We have ONE DAY LEFT to raise the funds.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/gbh-...
Please read, share, and support the cause if you can. We have ONE DAY LEFT to raise the funds.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/gbh-...
GBH tried to sell the home of a legendary radio station. It kicked off a proxy war for the soul of audio.
“Woods Hole tends to be pretty passionate about things, and when people get startled they get angry.”
www.niemanlab.org
January 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here's today's story about the WCAI-FM building from Nieman Lab, excellent summary of where we stand. Public Media, respect the communities you serve.
Please read, share, and support the cause if you can. We have ONE DAY LEFT to raise the funds.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/gbh-...
Please read, share, and support the cause if you can. We have ONE DAY LEFT to raise the funds.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/01/gbh-...
Only a few days left to apply! Come join us :)
Learn to tell stories in sound at the Transom Traveling Workshop on gorgeous Catalina Island, off the Southern California coast. This is intensive training for beginners from March 23-30. Applications open until January 17th and scholarships are available! Please share!
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transom.org/2024/traveli...
Traveling Workshop 2025: Catalina, California - Transom
Traveling Workshop 2025: Catalina, California - Transom
transom.org
January 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Only a few days left to apply! Come join us :)
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URGENT. As of today, the community now has the chance to buy the building housing WCAI-FM. We just need to close the gap, THIS WEEK. Sorry to be asking for donations, but what else is new. This is a big one.
woodsholecommunityassociation.org/help-us-save...
woodsholecommunityassociation.org/help-us-save...
Help Us Save the Davis House and WCAI | Woods Hole Community Association
woodsholecommunityassociation.org
January 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
URGENT. As of today, the community now has the chance to buy the building housing WCAI-FM. We just need to close the gap, THIS WEEK. Sorry to be asking for donations, but what else is new. This is a big one.
woodsholecommunityassociation.org/help-us-save...
woodsholecommunityassociation.org/help-us-save...
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Audio folks! I just shared this "self sync one-sheet" with someone and they found it helpful. I realized that I should probably share it with y'all as well. Feel free to copy and adapt for your own uses. bit.ly/coley_mobilerecording
Remote Recording with Voice Memo apps
How to do an interview on a video call and use your mobile phone to record your half of the conversation in broadcast-quality audio: On an iPhone, use the Voice Memo app which is preloaded. Make sure ...
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December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Audio folks! I just shared this "self sync one-sheet" with someone and they found it helpful. I realized that I should probably share it with y'all as well. Feel free to copy and adapt for your own uses. bit.ly/coley_mobilerecording