PODCAST PITCH
Need a podcast pitch that will be 1 to no more than 2 pages long and outlined by these three
sections as follows:
1. COMPELLING TOPIC: The topic of the podcast pitch is on Donald Trump’s
presidency, the good and the bad as well as the impact he had as president on the United
States and the world. In doing so , t h i s p i t ch needs to provide some history to offer
more context and explain why this story is important to tell. This section should be 1-2
paragraphs.
2. SECONDARY LITERATURE: Need to list books, journal articles, and news sources
that exist on this topic. It needs to have a combination of academic and popular literature
(so not only news sources). This can be a list, but it needs to provide full citation of the
sources, and there should be a minimum of 4 sources.
3. PRIMARY SOURCES: It might include archival newspaper articles, letters and
co
espondence, legal documents, and archival material about the topic. Look at online
archives, as well. Since this is a podcast, it needs to focus on archival audio. Need to look
at Archive.org, Institute for Oral History (https:
scholarworks.utep.edu/oral history/),
UTEP Li
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www.utep.edu/li
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ary of Congress Digital
Collections (https:
www.loc.gov) and more. Need to list at least 2 non-audio primary
sources and 2 audio sources.
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