HOW TO PODCAST Sept 2020: Assembling An Awesome Podcasting Team
Over the past month, Volume has been happily expanding. With a slew of exciting new projects building up over the course of the year, we decided that it is time for us to assemble a bigger team and invite exciting new people to join our podcasting company.
Looking for a specific kind of person
To make sure we create an efficient, inspiring, and effective team we made sure to look for people who:
- Bring a totally new perspective, background, or skillset to the team: To keep creating compelling content, we need to keep things fresh!
- Can self-manage and work independently: This is especially important for our current remote-work environment. We also want people who can initiate and drive new podcast projects.
- Have an itch to scratch: They need to be innately driven to investigate, report, tell compelling stories and change society.
- Can take initiative: Will they be able to surprise us (and our audiences)?
Volume has always been driven by the unique strengths of our team members and collaborators.
Meet The New Volume Team Members
Hiring new team members is not easy. We had to be patient to find people who filled the above-mentioned criteria, as well as the specific job descriptions themselves. But we are pleased to say that our searching paid off.
So, we’d like to welcome the newest members of team Volume:
Andisiwe May: Junior Podcast Producer
“I am Andisiwe Michelle May, a new addition to the Volume family as a Junior Podcast Producer. I am a Rhodes University alumni with a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies degree and a second major in Organizational Psychology. I am a multilingual multimedia storyteller with a special interest in podcasting, community journalism and social change.”
Zoe Mafoko: Marketing Intern
“Hi I’m Zoe Mafoko, a final-year Bachelor of Journalism student at Rhodes University. Prior to joining the Volume team, I interned at numerous media outlets including the Mail & Guardian, the Daily Maverick, the SABC and Carte Blanche. I am passionate about the work of the media and how communications and marketing work together to shape perception and understanding.”
New Shows
African Media Thermometer
In this podcast series KAS Media Africa, the Media Programme of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, is looking into the effects the pandemic is having on newsrooms across the continent.
We examine misinformation on health issues, business models for health journalism and analyse the questions of quality and credibility in the media in Africa. In a series of podcasts we speak to our colleagues in Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
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New Episodes
Access — Episode 4: Access to vaccines for COVID-19
News From the Frontline — Episode 4: Domestic Violence during lockdown
Kill Switch — Episode 6: How Do We Win the Fight?
What’s Crap on WhatsApp? — Episode 25: Another Chinese Virus?
Volume Resource
Finding Success in Podcasting When Coming from Other Professions
Zach Brooke
Think podcasters must leave all learned skills behind once they switch careers? Think again.
Top 5 Podcasts For Your Playlist For Women’s Month
Andisiwe May
With patriarchy deeply entrenched in our society and women at the forefront of the fight for equality, podcasting looks like it can play an important role
Ben & Jerry’s is launching a podcast about white supremacy in America
CNN Business
Ice-cream company Ben & Jerry’s is taking its support for Black Lives Matter to the airwaves with a podcast that delivers an unflinching appraisal of American white supremacy.
Vulture to Double Podcast Coverage
Press Room
Vulture editor Neil Janowitz today announced that the site is ramping up coverage of podcasts, as the medium attracts more listeners and the site’s readers are hungry for podcast news and reviews.
