How does The New York Times Daily team write such engaging teaser introductions that hook the listener within the first thirty seconds?
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How does The New York Times Daily team write such engaging teaser introductions that hook the listener within the first thirty seconds?
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The New York Times The Daily podcast how producers write opening scripts teaser introduction first 30 seconds host Michael BarbaroGoogle ↗
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The New York Times The Daily podcast how producers write opening scripts teaser introduction first 30 seconds host Michael Barbaro Google ↗
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- TOOLS FOR PODCASTING · maktaba.org
- Newsonomics: The Daily’s Michael Barbaro on becoming a personality, learning to focus, and Maggie Haberman’s singing · niemanlab.org
- How a team of outsiders at The New York Times got The Daily to 20 million downloads and streams · poynter.org
- ‘The Daily’ Host, Producer on How It Became the New York Times’ Podcast Hit · yahoo.com
- News Podcasts and the Opportunities for Publishers · ora.ox.ac.uk