Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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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.

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Growing with Oysters
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Using shellfish to build confidence in middle schoolers.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WMPG, KUT, Public Radio Remix, WAMC and more


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:54
  • Purchases: 6
The Pack Leader
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Brenda Foster has taken it upon herself to rescue abandoned and neglected wolves, and to educate the public about the wolf.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMPG, Wyoming Public Radio, Public Radio Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:19
  • Purchases: 5
Test It, Break It, Fix It
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Two young women build a robot.

Bought by WMPG and KUOW


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:04:52
  • Purchases: 2
Everywhere But Here
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Is Maine immune to a deadly bat disease?

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:10
  • Purchases: 2
Poz Rayz
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Nigel Chase spent much of his youth learning the art of making and playing steel drums with his father. Nigel now makes a living making pans, playi...

Bought by KLCC, WMPG, and KUT


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:03
  • Purchases: 3
The Length and Breadth of a Troublesome Word in Maine
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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I was once told that the 1960s didn’t reach Maine until the 1980s. I learned that it took longer.

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Jun 01, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:45
  • Purchases: 2
Bury Me Deep
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Two hospice workers invite us into the world of death and dying.

Bought by WMPG, KUOW, and KFAI


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:11:36
  • Purchases: 3
Kwan
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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From Sudan to Portland to Iraq and back.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:51
  • Purchases: 1
Lucas' Mama
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A young mother’s role in guiding her deaf son toward hearing and speaking.

Bought by WMPG and KUOW


  • Added: May 31, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:28
  • Purchases: 2
Cougar
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mainers see cougars all the time. Here's the problem: There are no cougars in Maine.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WMPG


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:15
  • Purchases: 2
Baumgartner's Got Nothing on Charette
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Wherever you are, Pat Charette is probably swimming.

Bought by KUOW, WMPG, KFAI, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:10:10
  • Purchases: 4
Versions of Love
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Life is long and love is complicated.

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:41
  • Purchases: 2
Not a Foamer
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Griffin Bourassa possesses many traits of a typical 15 year old boy, but there is one facet of his life that is not normal.

Bought by WMPG and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:06
  • Purchases: 2
The Pigeon Race
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Pigeon racers across New England get out their lawn chairs and wait for their birds. The flocks are released 150 miles away from home. The pigeons ...

Bought by KUOW, WMPG, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:01
  • Purchases: 3
It's An Accomplishment
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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"Kyle," a FTM transgender 14-year-old, desperately wants to tell his classmates and peers that he was born a girl.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KUOW, WMPG, and KGNU


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:08:47
  • Purchases: 4
Stone Carver
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A Sculptor's Meditation in Granite

Bought by KLCC, WMPG, and Public Radio Remix


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:05:08
  • Purchases: 3
Never Ending Chase
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Following one day in the life of Maine's Black Bear Monitoring Team, which braves bear dens in order to count the number of new-born cubs.

Bought by KUOW, WMPG, and KUT


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:07:40
  • Purchases: 3
Four Feet Under
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery has two of the last true gravediggers in the state of Maine.

Bought by SALTcast Podcast and WORLDcompass.org


  • Added: May 26, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:37
  • Purchases: 2
Endless Winter
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Paul Schipper is trapped by his world record -- skiing the most consecutive days.

Bought by WMPG and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 00:09:27
  • Purchases: 2
Transport: A Canine Journey
From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Dog overpopulation is a continual problem in much of the American South, where shelters often euthanize more animals than they can save. This is th...

Bought by WMPG and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 14, 2011
  • Length: 00:06:15
  • Purchases: 2

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Amy O'Leary
Reporter
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Selena Simmons-Duffin
Temp Editorial/Production Assistant at NPR
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Shane Perry
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Catherine Spangler
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Christine Heinz
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Sarah Buckingham
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donna galluzzo (Admin)
Executive Director, the Salt Institute
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Jamie Yuenger
Independent Producer
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Caitlin Allen (Admin)
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Andrea Muraskin
Student, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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