December 15, 2022

Podcast producers, reporters, and listeners, we've got some news for you. 

• Did your podcast meet its 2022 objectives? Join us on 12/17 for ways to optimize your show in the new year.
• Have a pitch to share about the health and wellness of Latinas in the United States? We want to hear it.
• Trying to write the perfect script? There's a video for that.
• Looking for a new podcast to binge? 1 in 5 is back!

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What We're Into 

• Student Parent Podcast “1 in 5” Returns for Second Season 1 in 5 is a highly-rated podcast that explores the multifaceted lives of the one in five college students raising children. In Season 2’s “Winter Break” collection, we meet five former and current student parents seeking to transform their lives and the systems that shape success. Listen to the first five episodes of season 2 now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Pandora, Amazon Music, and other podcast platforms. Subscribe to be the first to listen to Season 2’s “Spring Break,” coming in March 2023. The 1 in 5 podcast is produced by Ascend at the Aspen Institute and its podcast production partner, LWC Studios. Learn more 
• Spotify released the 2022 Podcast Trends Report and its Podcasters Wrapped reports for the year. Learn about this year's evolution of podcast audiences and how your show performed.
• iOS 16.2 brings a change to Apple Podcasts: the "+" is now clearly marked "+Follow", in keeping with Spotify lingo and potentially more podcast platforms to come. Learn more
   
• Need some help writing the perfect script? Klein Creative Media offers a brief video, "How to write a script for YouTube - TV Secrets for beginners" that shares insights on writing effective scripts. Learn about the proper script format, b-roll strategies, and more.
• Revamping your podcast gear for the new year? Check out the Best Laptops for Podcasting in 2023: Expert Choices
• Be a guest on our show! If you're an adult child of immigrants or first-gen, we want to hear about your experience having difficult conversations across cultural and generational lines. A full list of episodes for How to Talk to [Mami and Papi] about Anything can be found here. Contact our producer Virginia Lora to be featured on the show.
• Air Community Survey 2022 
  AIR's 2022 Audio Community Survey is now open and we'd love to hear from you about your experiences working within the audio industry. Your answers to these questions will help AIR understand the needs of the audio community and prioritize what issues to address in 2023. You don’t have to be an AIR member to fill out the survey: if you identify as an independent in radio or podcasting we’d love to hear from you. Last year, we heard from 300 members of the audio community. As a thank you for completing the survey, AIR is offering a 15% discount on AIR Professional memberships and renewals. The deadline to complete the survey and redeem the discount code is December 31, 2022.

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What We're Listening To 

•  70 Million released episode 8, "Why Policing our Schools Backfire", which explores the effectiveness of using School Resource Officers to help with routine discpline. For many children, especially those with disabilities, a law enforcement response to their behavior can lead to the school-to-prison pipeline. Reporter Claire McInerny tells one family’s story in Texas.

• Proof: A True Crime Podcast debuted earlier this year, and has already had some major real-world impact. The show unearthed new evidence in the 1996 shooting of 15-year-old Brian Bowling, exposing the false grounds on which two Georgia teenagers were convicted for the murder. Those now-43-year-old men have been exonerated thanks to the spotlight Proof shone on the case.

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