Internship Focus: Creating a podcast from oral history interviews
The UI Labor Center provides educational programs and research support to Iowa’s working people and their organizations. Since 1951, the Labor Center has acted as a bridge between the University and Iowa’s labor community.
About the project:
The Iowa Labor History Oral Project is an over forty-year-old oral history collaboration led by the UI Labor Center. With over 1,500 interviews, ILHOP is one of the largest and longest-running, labor-focused oral history projects in the US. It is a critical resource for scholarly research into the labor and working-class history of Iowa and the Midwest, as well as a multi-generational repository of memory and family history for Iowa workers and their unions. In 2020, the project launched a podcast, Speaking of Work, to bring the everyday and extraordinary stories of Iowa and Midwestern workers to a larger audience.
Responsibilities will include:
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Conducting background and supporting research in relevant print, manuscript, and A/V materials
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Drafting and editing the episode’s script
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Recording and editing audio tracks using broadcast audio equipment and Hindenburg Journalist (a digital audio workstation or DAW)
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Assisting with the final editing and mixing process
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Writing show notes to support the episode on the podcast website
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Promoting the finished episode through social media
Qualifications and skills preferred:
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Interest in Iowa history, labor and working-class history, oral history, public history, digital humanities, and/or library and information science
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Strong editing and communication skills
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Experience with or willingness to learn audio production and editing principles and technologies
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Ability to develop materials appropriate for public audiences
Supervisor: John McKerley, Labor Center Oral Historian, ILHOP Project Manager, and Speaking of Work producer
Location: Iowa Labor Center, 100 BioVentures Center, Coralville, IA
Hours: Regular weekday business hours