Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Salt is a thirty-five year old school, gallery, and archive located in Portland, Maine. Students from around the world attend Salt for a fifteen week, intensive semester in documentary photography, writing, or radio. It's like "Outward Bound" for documentary studies. Rob Rosenthal is the Director of the Radio Program. Located in Portland, Maine, Salt can be reached at 207-761-0660 or by emailing info@salt.edu. Many of the pieces here have been broadcast on Maine Public Radio and Maine's community radio stations WMPG and WERU. A few have made it to National Public Radio. We hope the excellent work of our students will now find room in your broadcast schedule.

People who work with Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Rob Rosenthal (Admin) Owner, Shunpike Audio Portland, Maine
Amy O'Leary Multimedia Producer Brooklyn, New York
Selena Simmons-Duffin Temp Editorial/Production Assistant at NPR Washington, District of Columbia
Shane Perry Veazie, Maine
Caption: PRX default User image Catherine Spangler Seattle, Washington
Caption: PRX default User image Christine Heinz Portland, Maine
Caption: PRX default User image Sarah Buckingham Columbus/Dayton, OH, Ohio
Caption: PRX default User image donna galluzzo (Admin) Executive Director, the Salt Institute Portland, Maine
Caption: PRX default User image Alix Blair Chicago, Illinois

Pieces

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Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.

  • Added: Jan 19, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:30
Credit: Storrey Morrison, couirtesy the Salt Archive
At 53, Dr. Bruce Churchill was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 10, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:03
  • Licenses: 1
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The limerick is a form of poetry that is short, rhyming and often of a sexual nature.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:10
The Trinity Jubilee Center in Lewiston, Maine is located in one of the poorest Neighborhoods in the state. It doubles as a soup kitchen and refugee...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:59
Credit: Storrey Morrison, couirtesy the Salt Archive
Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:36
Credit: Adrienne Miller, courtesy the Salt Archive
Ordinarily, if you want to perform with an orchestra you have to have years of musical experience and you have to go through a rigorous audition pr...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:42
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John Yanga is a refugee from Sudan. He's trying to start a family farm in Maine, where he and his family of nine settled.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:58
George McKay had the fantastic dream to build a tall ship that’s wheel chair accessible.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:23
Credit: Adrienne Miller, courtesy the Salt Archive
Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:50
Credit: Leah Schmalz, courtesy the Salt Archive
Confederate Civil War reenactors in Maine? The 15th Alabama is the largest Confederate Civil War reenacting group in the state.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:29
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Between 50 and 80 percent of American adults carry oral herpes, the virus that causes sold sores. Many people with oral herpes never show any symp...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:19
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Somewhere near Portland, Maine a man -- known here as Max -- is likely be found breaking the law almost 24 hours a day... from his attic.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:45
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Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube wh...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:45
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This past November, Maine voters repealed a law legalizing gay marriage. Supporters on both sides of the issue were backed by strong religious con...

Bought by WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:03
  • Licenses: 1
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From Monica Lewinski to Mark Sanford, infidelity is always big news. But recently a debate about whether monogamy is the only model for long-term r...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:49
  • Licenses: 1
Credit: Graham Letorney, courtesy Salt Archive
Will Bonsall of Industry, Maine has spent decades working to prevent further loss of food crop diversity.

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:37
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In Maine, there are two organized naturist, or nudist clubs: the Dirigo Naturist Association and the Maine Coast Solar Bares.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:06:20
Credit: Lauren Schneiderman, courtesy the Salt Archive
Georgette Kanach loves to hunt, fish, hike, and do almost any activity that involves being out in the woods. It’s the place where she grew up, and ...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:45
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Amy has battled bipolar disorder all her life. She’s tried 25 different medications, but nothing has been able to stabilize her mood.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:07:49
Credit: Lauren Schneiderman, courtesy the Salt Archive
Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 00:05:56
  • Licenses: 1