Apr 21, 2014
The Busy Creator Podcast, episode 8 w/guest Ashley Milne-Tyte
Prescott chats with Ashley Milne-Tyte (@ashleymilnetyte), a journalist, radio producer, and podcaster living in New York City. Together they discuss the daily grind of journalists and the process for recording and editing audio segments for radio and podcasts. We hear Ashley’s workflow and habits, and her plans to improve productivity as spring approaches.
Also, please note that Ashley is looking for an intern. If you’re interested in working alongside a podcast and radio producer in New York, please get in touch with her, via her site.
Show Notes & Links
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The Broad Experience podcast
- Women in the Workplace theme, including tangential themes like sex
- Episodes include: Emotions at Work, How Aging Affects a Women’s Career, The Man Show
- Ashley worked at Marketplace, the Public Radio business show
- Metro, the commuter newspaper
- The Financial Times, The Daily News, The Independent,Women of Influence — where Ashley has written
- The New York Creative Class Busy-body
- A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
- The Handspring Visor and Palm Pilot, which didn’t sync
- NBC News
-
The Wealth of Nations by Adam
Smith
- Radio Boot Camp at Columbia Journalism School
- Dan Ariely
- BBC Global News Podcast
- Grammar Girl Podcast
- This Week in Tech
- On Waking Up Early, an article
- The Broad Experience on iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud
Tools
- Post-it notes
- Google Calendar
- Getting Things Done methodology
- Final Cut
- Adobe Audition
- Skype or Google Hangouts for hosting podcasts
- Voice Recorder on the iPhone
- Workflowy
Techniques
- Use memory and self-discipline
- Have a physical to-do list, cross things off
- Get things out of your head — as soon as you think of it
- Create a system for repetitive tasks, like conducting podcast interviews
- Have interviewees record themselves using an iPhone and app
- A lot of editing for podcasts; more than just a conversation. But not recommended.
- Keep your podcasts short and punchy
Habits
- Control Everything, a bad habit that affects women more than men
- Gym time in the morning
- Pilates on Saturdays
- Twice a week, spend an hour taking care of things before getting dressed