#42 - Saltcast Parody (Graduation Fall 2009)
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Length: 00:08:23
Graduation at Salt is not to be missed.
At the end of a ridiculously rigorous 15-week semester, students, staff, faculty, family, and friends gather for a grand farewell. Really, it’s like no other graduation I’ve ever seen.
Staff and faculty offer heartfelt missives. Students receive certificates. But, the highlight is the student presentations. Each track at Salt — writing, photography, and radio — is given the opportunity to dance, offer a speech, give thanks, or do whatever they like to bring some closure to the semester.
This fall, the radio students produced a parody of the Saltcast. It’s a riot. And, it’s today’s feature. I admit, it’s a bit of an insider piece but I think you’ll enjoy it nonetheless.
We’ll return to normal in the next couple of weeks. Happy holidays.
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Graduation at Salt is not to be missed.
At the end of a ridiculously rigorous 15-week semester, students, staff, faculty, family, and friends gather for a grand farewell. Really, it’s like no other graduation I’ve ever seen.
Staff and faculty offer heartfelt missives. Students receive certificates. But, the highlight is the student presentations. Each track at Salt — writing, photography, and radio — is given the opportunity to dance, offer a speech, give thanks, or do whatever they like to bring some closure to the semester.
This fall, the radio students produced a parody of the Saltcast. It’s a riot. And, it’s today’s feature. I admit, it’s a bit of an insider piece but I think you’ll enjoy it nonetheless.
We’ll return to normal in the next couple of weeks. Happy holidays.
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