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AIR Events
We invite you to spend some time touring the archives of our past events. AIR presents events, are presenters and guests at most conferences, and sponsor many radio related events in the U.S., Canada. and Europe.
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2013
Localore Launch, Sonic Trace
February 2013
Localore Launch, iSee Change
January 2013
Localore Launch, Black Gold Boom
January 2013
AIR presents: Hindenburg Unpacked - Work Flow (third in a series with Jeff Towne)
January 2013
2012
Localore Launch, Austin Music Map
December 2012
http://austinmusicmap.com/
Localore Launch, Planet Takeout
November 2012
http://www.planettakeout.org/
Sounds Elemental: Gravity with UnionDocs in Brooklyn, NY
December 17 – 21, 2012
AIR’s Sue Schardt presents at Transom Story Workshop, Woods Hole, MA
December 2012
Localore Launch, The Making Of. . .
November 2012
http://blogs.kqed.org/makingof/
AIR’s Jessica Clark presents at Futures of Entertainment 6, MIT
Panel titled "The Futures of Public Media"
November 10, 2012
AIR’s Noland Walker serves as a a creative advisor to Sundance New Frontier Story Lab, Sundance, UT
(Localore producers Julia Reichert and Steve Bognar also selected as workshop participants)
October 21-26, 2012
AIR’s Sue Schardt presents to NEA’s National Council on the Arts, Washington, DC
October 26, 2012
http://storify.com/AIRmedia/highlights-nea-s-national-council-on-the-arts
AIR @ Third Coast Conference 2012, Evanston, IL
Speed Meet, Pitch Panel, New Voices (reports available (pdf), Localore Gather Rounds
October 5 – 7, 2012
AIR @ PRPD, Las Vegas, NV
September 11 – 14, 2012
AIR presents: Hindenburg and Jeff Towne Tutorial for AIRsters
Webinar
September 2012
AIR’s VAM (Virtual Annual Meeting)
August 14, 2012
Localore Launch, Ed Zed Omega
August 2012
http://edzedomega.org/
AIR’s Jessica Clark presents at Our Voices on the Air: Reaching New Audiences through Indigenous Radio, Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC
August 2, 2012
AIR’s Erin Mishkin presents at Center for Documentary Studies’ Hearing Is Believing Institute, Durham, NC
July 2012
Hindenburg Basics for AIRsters
Webinar
July 2012
Sounds Elemental: Magnetism with UnionDocs in Brooklyn, NY
June 25 – 29, 2012
AIR’s Sue Schardt presents at SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival, Silver Spring, MD
Panel: Design(ing) for Participation: A New Frontier for Public Media Documentary
AIR Mingle @ WNYC, New York, NY
June 19, 2012
AIR Mingle @ WBEZ, Chicago, IL
June 14, 2012
Localore Launch, Curious City
June 2012
http://curiouscity.wbez.org/
AIR @ Good Pitch, New York, NY
May 24, 2012
APM Raises Rates for Freelancers
May 2012
Localore Launch, Hear Here
May 2012
http://kalw.org/topic/hear-here-pop-radio-project
Focused mentorships with DEI
Spring 2012
Localore Public Media Lab, Boston, MA
All of AIR’s staff and the Localore producer-station teams met to present on their projects and gear up for production.
March 26 – 27, 2012
AIR’s Sue Schardt presents at SXSW, Austin, TX
March 11, 2012
AIR’s Jessica Clark presents at Integrated Media Association conference, Austin, TX
March 8, 2012
Unpacking SoundCloud: AIR Producer Webinar
February 2012
NPR Increases Rates for Freelancers
January 1, 2012
2011
Sounds Elemental: Wood with Harvestworks in New York, NY
December 12 – 16, 2011
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AIR Taps Zeega to Further Catalyze Public Media
November 1, 2011
AIR's Localore: Looking for NFCB Stations Ready for Innovation
Webinar
October 2011
Localore Launches at PRPD, Baltimore, MD
September 22, 2011
AIR @ PRPD 2011, Baltimore, MD
Speed Date, New Voices (reports available) and Pitch Panel
September 20 – 23, 2011
Expand Public Media's Innovation Capacity! Apply For AIR’s Localore
Webinar
September 28, 2011
Producers: Get a Jump on Submitting a Proposal for AIR's new MQ2-Inspired Initiative
Webinar
September 13, 2011
AIR’s VAM (Virtual Annual Meeting)
June 21, 2011
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Sounds Elemental: Metal with Harvestworks in New York, NY
June 13 - 17, 2011
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AIR Mingle @ WNYC, New York, NY
May 19, 2011
AIR Mingle, Philadephia, PA
April 6, 2011
AIR Squad at JazzFest, New Orleans, LA
April 2011
AIR Mingle, Boston, MA
March 24, 2011
AIR partners with Fractured Atlas to offer new benefits and services to freelance producers
February 1, 2011
2010
Why Music Matters, Anna Boiko-Weyrauch
KEXP and AIR's Live Interactive Residency
Fall 2010
Sounds Elemental: Sky with Harvestworks in New York, NY
November 15 - 19, 2010
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New Voices at Third Coast (reports available)
October 2010
Reality Radio at WGBH (audio available on PRX)
September 21, 2010
Sounds Elemental: Earth with Harvestworks in New York, NY
listen | watch
June 21 - 25, 2010
AIR Mingle Boston Sonic Soiree
Aug 28, 2010
AIR's Virtual Annual Meeting (VAM)
July 20, 2010
AIR Mingle, Minneapolis, MN
July 2010
Julie Drizin curates and presents at See You On The Radio panel at AFI/SilverDocs International Doc. Conference, Silver Spring, MD. Lu Olkowski, In Verse, presents at same AFI/SilverDocs panel
June 24, 2010
Katina Parker presents on Community Engagement panel at AFI/SilverDocs
June 23, 2010
Julie Drizin makes a presentation about MQ2 to inaugural bootcamp for NBPC's Public Media Corps, Washington, DC
June 13, 2010
Spreading the Zing webinar w/PRPD
June 1, 2010
Julie Drizin hosts demonstration project at Center for Social Media's Make Your Media Matter, American University, Washington DC
May 2010
Sue Schardt presents MQ2 projects at FCC hearing on future of public media, Washington DC
April 2010
AIRsters named by FCC to consider Future of Media, Washington, DC
• Terry Clifford, SRG
• Nan Rubin, Prometheus Radio Project
• Jake Shapiro, PRX
• Sue Schardt, Executive Director, AIR
Also, from member/networks: Vivian Schiller and Kinsey Wilson from NPR, and Bill Kling and Joaquin Alvarado representing APM.
April 30, 2010
All About Story: AIR Mentorships
Aimed at AIR-member producers interested in strengthening their storytelling skills and preparing a story for distribution.
March 1 - May 31, 2010
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband-enabled World
MIT's Center for Future Civic Media
• Robert Bole, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• Sue Schardt, The Association of Independents in Radio (AIR)
• Marita Rivero, WGBH-Boston
• Kinsey Wilson, National Public Radio
March 1, 2010
AIR Mingle: Los Angeles, CA
February 25, 2010
NCME/AIR Webinar: Innovative Media Models of MQ2
• Sue Schardt, AIR Executive Director
• Jenny Asarnow, The Corner
• Kara Oehler, Mapping Main Street
• Julie Drizin, Talent Manager
February 10, 2010
AIR Mingle: New York, NY
January 19, 2010
2009
Making Creative Media Scholarships at PRPD
September 2009
MQ2, Taking Public Media to the Streets panel at PRPD, Cleveland OH
September 15, 2009
Public Media Producers' Meeting: Public Media's Moment at PRPD in Cleveland
September 14th, 2009
Public Broadcasting, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow a panel at the AAJA featuring Sue Schardt, Executive Director of AIR, Tom Ashbrook, host of WBUR's On Point, Stephen Gong, Executive Director, Center for Asian American Media, and Roney Arsonson-Rath, Senior Producer, Frontline -- watch video here
July 30, 2009
Mic Shoot-Out, a one-day intensive in partnership with WGBH Radio, led by Miles Smith and Jane Pipik
May 23, 2009
MQ2 Takes Public Media to the Streets
May 8, 2009
“Live? Die? Kill?: 3 Questions in Various Geographies” A live radio broadcast intensive/performance with Karen Michel broadcast on WMBR/88.1FM as part of the Megapolis Festival of Audio Art, Cambridge MA
April 25, 2009
Producers Shaping the Sound of Tomorrow panel at NFCB in Portland OR
April 3, 2009
Producers: Moving the Listeners of Tomorrow panel at IMA in Atlanta GA
February 19, 2009
Association of Independents in Radio Names Producers Chosen to "Shape the Sound of Tomorrow"
February 13, 2009
Where We Stand: AIR Looks Ahead
February 4, 2009
Hammad Ahmed Goes Live-Interactive
January 14, 2009
2008
AIR’S “Perfect Pitch” at the Third Coast Festival 2008
October 10, 2008
Makers Quest 2.0 Open for Nominations At MQ2.org
October 9, 2008
PRPD Panel — Our Best and Brightest Producers and Stations: What Next? – (with AIR)
September 19, 2008
Eighteen Signed On for AIR’s "Sounds Elemental"
August 22, 2008
Hearing is Believing
The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, in partnership with AIR, announces Summer 2008 Audio Institutes
July 13–19 and August 11–16, 2008
NFCB Panel: Bringing the Outside In – A listening Room presented by the AIR and the Third Coast International Audio Festival
March 28, 2008
Radio Without Boundaries Conference & Workshops
May 30 to June 1, 2008
IMA Panel — AIR's Setting the Makers Table: Shooting Video/Capturing Audio
February 24, 2008
2007
Creative Sound Assemblage for Digital Media Producers
Presented by the Association of Independents in Radio & Harvestworks Digital Media Center
New York City
May 7 to May 11, 2007
AIR Clinics Spring 2007
Interviewing, Writing, and Editing with ProTools
March to May 2007
Summer Audio Institutes 2007
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
June and August 2007
AIR Names New Executive Director
August 27, 2007
AIR's "Setting the Makers' Table"
Public Radio Program Director's Association
2007 Public Radio Programming Conference Session
Minneapolis, MN
September 27, 2007
Getting to Yes: Perfecting Your Pitch
Third Coast International Audio Festival
November 1-3
2006
The 31st NFCB Annual Conference
Public Broadcasting New Media Conference, Seattle, Washington
The Third Annual AIR Interlochen Radio Residency, Traverse City, Michigan
2005
Making Radio that you Can't Turn Off: A Clinic for Advanced Producers
Mining the Memory Bank; Creating Character-Driven Documentaries, Hamilton, Ontario
Audio Theatre Workshop, West Plains, MO
Deep Wireless Festival of Radio Art, Toronto
Radio Without Boundaries Conference, Toronto
AIR @ IBS Nat'l Conference, Hotel Pennsylvania: 3/11-13
AIR/NY Fest Social Event @ Chocolate Monkey, 6-9PM THU FEB 24
2004
AIR at the IBS Northeast Regional Conference, Boston
AIR at the IBS Western Regional Conference, Los Angeles
The Art of Radio: An extension of AIR's Mentoring Program
Mic Technique & Practice: An Intensive Workshop for the Independent Producer @ WGBH in Boston
AIR Members invited to the 2004 Int'l Radio Programming & Promotions Awards After Show Party








