As a journalist you must be able to produce content in a heartbeat and with limited resources.
As podcasts go, there are many different ways to getting your content, editing it and most importantly putting it on-line.
Here is a quick 10 step guide for any idiot who wants to make a quick yet effective podcast, which can be expanded on if need be.
1) Record your content for podcast - if no dictaphones are available then any modern day mobile phone will produce high quality sound recording - precisely what I endeavoured to do.
2) Once you have all your different recordings, upload to a PC via expandable memory or USB.
3) Most mobile phone recordings are in the form of '.amr' files. These need to be converted into 'mp3' format using any free converter program downloadable from the net. I used 'amr2mp3' which did it in seconds.
4) Once you have all your recordings in mp3 format you need to edit them together. I used 'windows movie maker' or any editing program on a PC will do.
5) Cut out any blank spaces in the recordings and keep only material you need.
6) Add pictures if you want to expand on your podcast or keep it blank with only a title. Intro sounds can be edited in too - I used music to begin and end the podcast.
7) Collate the content together, making the podcast into one mp4 movie file - easily uploadable onto the net.
8) Use any content uploading site to get your material on the web for free.
9) I used 'YouTube' to upload the mp4 file as a video which will easily play the podcast.
10) Upload and embed the 'YouTube' video onto your blog and away you go. Click here to read more
