We all have stories to tell. Are you an older adult looking for a creative way to share your stories and ideas but unsure where to begin?
Join us for a four-part podcasting workshop led by JJ Lee, a multitalented and widely acclaimed author, editor, CBC radio contributor, reporter, host, and producer!
In this workshop, you will have the unique opportunity to learn how to use WVML’s Recording Studio technology while being the subject of JJ Lee’s newest podcast project. The podcast you create together will record your progress through this workshop as you learn audio engineering skills, build community, and tell your stories.
- Session I: Getting Started in the Recording Studio – Saturday, February 15, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Session II: Planning an Audio Project – Saturday, February 22, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Session III: Recording – Saturday, March 1, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Session IV: Editing and Producing – Saturday, March 8, 10:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Registration opens on January 1 at 10 a.m. Registering below will sign you up for the entire series. Please ensure you can commit to attending every session before registering.
JJ Lee worked for a decade as a CBC Radio contributor, reporter, producer, and host. In addition to his radio career, JJ Lee is the author of the memoir The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit, which was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Non-Fiction, the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction, the BC Book Prize’s Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize, and the Governor General’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. He is also the editor of the nonfiction anthology Better Next Year. He teaches creative nonfiction at The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University and writing at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts in Burnaby, British Columbia.