Our March talk

Sounding out: our March talk with 

Claire Broughton, Head of Podcasts at 

Hat Trick Productions

Christine writes: 

'Claire treated us to a very entertaining and informative talk about her work as a producer. Whilst taking a language degree at university a friend put her down as producer on their fringe festival show. After uni and eschewing a job opening in sales she got a job as an Assistant Producer and went on to work for film maker Mike Leigh and for a 6 month stint in Kenya. A role as a TV producer at Hat Trick followed. A desire to specialise in audio led her to the BBC before being invited back to Hat Trick, which had seen the potential of podcasts and wanted to set up an audio department. Claire led a fascinating round table discussion to hear what podcasts EEWI members listened to. This revealed a cornucopia of topics from gardening to economics, women's football, medical, rambling, politics and culture. We learned a bit about how podcasts are financed (sponsors, subscriptions, advertising and commissions). Asked about the future, Claire's tip was that video was where the young generation were going. Finally we were treated to a little insight into the world of sound recordists and a valuable mini tech lesson on how to find podcasts on our mobile phones. The whole talk was suffused with amusing anecdotes and much enjoyed by all.' 

Photos by Christine