Podcasting On A Budget
Part of the daily task in the newsroom of most daily newspapers means writing a budget or your story ideas for the day. You write a one-sentence description, how many inches the story would fill in the paper and if it has art, such as graphics or photos.
An enhanced podcast, as demonstrated by Phil Torrone, essentially allows you to show images and create chapters in your podcast. The chapters are like a playlist. You can skip to the chapter you want or listen to it as it progresses. If you have an iPod, you would see the images for each chapter appear on the iPod screen.
By using an enhanced podcast, the guys at G4 turned a meeting about what to run on their site into an entertaining glimpse of what stories get presented, which ones the editors like and which ones they don't.
What do you need?
Microphone : Most laptops have inbuilt microphones which are usable for recording your podcast.
Ears : A lot of people produce incredible podcasts with the minimum of equipment.
Software : Is there really a better free audio editing package than Audacity?