July 27, 2001

At SUNY-Albany, History Students Learn to Produce Radio Documentaries

In the age of the Internet, television, and the compact disk, radio is still thriving. "Millions of Americans spend hours commuting to work -- and listening to radio," says Gerald Zahavi, an associate professor of history at the State University of New York at Albany. "For the most part, they hear little about history."

Mr. Zahavi is trying to change that with a course, "Producing Historical Documentaries for Broadcast and Internet Radio," that teaches budding historians to think about