Welcoming Nora Saks to the Salt faculty roster!
Welcoming Nora Saks to the Salt faculty roster! We are thrilled to introduce new Salt faculty member Nora Saks to our team. Nora – notable journalist, audio producer, educator and […]
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Salt hosts its Spring Storytelling Night at PMA
JOIN US! For one night only on Friday, April 8, join students from the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies at the Portland Museum of Art as they present an evening […]
Portland Press Herald features Mike Eckel, Salt ’96
Alumnus Mike Eckel, Salt '96, who is currently covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the front lines for Radio Free Europe was featured in a February 21 article by […]
Bangor Daily News spotlights the new 4-episode podcast from Salt: Sovereign
Bangor Daily News spotlights the new 4-episode podcast from Salt: Sovereign Decades after a settlement act in Maine gave native peoples the means to potentially buy land but took away many . . .
Salt Institute featured in Portland Press Herald
“The podcast industry is changing all the time. There are some very big podcast companies and the job market is strong,” said Kestenbaum. “But we’re still teaching the basic skills […]
Maine College of Art & Design Releases Sovereign, a Salt Institute Podcast Exploring Native Tribe Rights in Maine
Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) today announced its September 2 release of the Salt Institute-created podcast, Sovereign. Created as a four-part series with episodes coming out each Thursday, Salt . . .
CC Paschal joins the Salt team!
We are thrilled to welcome award-winning audio journalist CC Paschal (she/they) to the Salt faculty this year! In addition to creating podcasts about art, culture and politics, CC focuses on […]
NPR’s Robert Smith to Teach 12-week Salt Podcasting Course
Robert Smith of NPR’s Planet Money will now be teaching a 12-week course on creating serialized podcasts, through the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA&D. The class will run […]
Salt at MECA&D Hires New Visiting Professor of Radio & Podcasting for Spring 2021
Salt Institute at MECA&D Hires New Visiting Professor of Radio & Podcasting for Spring 2021 The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA&D has hired a visiting teacher of Radio […]
MECA&D Announces Isaac Kestenbaum as Director of the Salt Institute
July 30, 2020 -- Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) has appointed Isaac Kestenbaum as Director of the Salt Institute, President Laura Freid announced today. Kestenbaum will begin his […]
Ashley Cleek Announced as Instructor for ‘Intro to Podcasting’ Intensive in March 2020
Maine College of Art & Design's Continuing Studies Program is excited to announce that Ashley Cleek, proud former instructor and graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, will be […]
Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA&D Announces Fellowship
The fellowship will support the work of students from underrepresented communities who have been accepted into the fifteen-week Salt Graduate Certificate Program in Documentary Studies at MECA&D.
Salt Alumni Win Audio Competition Awards
Tracy Mumford Salt ’13 and Steven Jackson Salt ’13 won audio awards in the 2017 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Competition.
Tavia Gilbert Salt ’01 Receives Best Female Narrator Audie Award
Tavia Gilbert, who attended the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies in 2001, received a 2017 Best Female Narrator Audie Award for her narration of Be Frank With Me, by Julia […]
New Faculty Hires for Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA&D
The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at MECA&D is excited to welcome Yoon S. Byun as the Visiting Instructor of Photography and Short Film and Colin Cheney as the Guest Instructor […]
Annie Avilés Chosen to Lead Salt Institute for Documentary Studies at Maine College of Art & Design
Award-winning radio-maker, writer and editor is a longtime contributor to Harper’s Magazine, National Public Radio, Radio Ambulante, Virginia Quarterly Review, The World, and others. Maine College of Art & . . .
Bill Lascher, Salt ’02: Eve of a Hundred Midnights
Please join us on Wednesday, March 8, at 6:00pm for a book signing and reading with Bill Lascher Salt '02 for his book Eve of a Hundred Midnights. This event takes […]
MECA&D’s Salt Graduate Certificate Accepting Applications
Maine College of Art & Design is now accepting applications for its Fall 2017 Salt Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies The Salt Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies is a one-semester […]
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