Reinventing Radio with Ira Glass

Overview

Video killed the radio star? Think again. Ira Glass is a name that resonates with anyone and everyone in the media industry, and with good reason. As the original inventor of the award winning public radio show ‘This American Life’, he’s more alive than ever and in town for the first time, keen to discuss all the little components that have made up his enormous creative career.

After beginning his working life at the ripe age of 19, he launched this particular show in 1995 and has stayed with it for the long haul. The show has also lasted the distance, which is not something a lot of media professionals can say about their work. It’s won several Peabody and DuPont-Columbia awards, is broadcasted weekly to an audience of over 1.7 million and has been developed into a television show (which has won numerous awards). Plus it has its own comic book!

Hosted by the Brisbane Powerhouse, Reinventing Radio: An Evening with Ira Glass is something that anyone who engages with or is hoping to have a career in the media can draw immense knowledge from. The evening includes a discussion and examples of where he and his staff find their new stories and how they develop them into award winning journalism. His work has been described as “the vanguard of a journalistic revolution" and it is seriously something not to be missed.