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Snyder Joins U-M Duderstat Center Staff

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I’m incredibly proud to announce that I’ll be joining the University of Michigan in January 2019 as Assistant Manager of the Duderstadt Center Audio Studios. It has been a true pleasure to see and help usher in so much change over the past ~7 years in Ohio University’s Scripps College of Communication as part of the School of Media Arts & Studies.

That said, I’m so very excited to be teaming up with David Greenspan and his equally awesome colleagues at “The Dude” to keep up their truly amazing mission which is an opportunity I simply couldn’t pass up. These are just a few pictures of my favorite memories through the present, with one of the UofM studios as the featured image.

I will always have wonderfully-fond memories of Athens, OH especially the great OU students, new facilities we commissioned, and some really amazing projects I’ve had a privilege to work on. Here’s to the next chapter!

Snyder’s Works Receive Multiple Awards & Accolades

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Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer in the School of Media Arts & Studies, recently served as Audio Post Production Coordinator & Engineer for “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask”  and Audio Post Production Coordinator & Engineer for “The Veterans’ Project”. Both have been selected for screening at various film festivals across the country and “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask” has been widely broadcast on PBS and was a 2018 EMMY® winner for Historical Documentary.

The Veteran’s Project

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask

Snyder Hosts Students For Fifth Annual OU High School Media Workshop

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Ohio University’s most anticipated annual high school workshop took place, July 11-14, on the Athens Campus. The School of Media Arts & Studies’ fifth annual High School Media Workshop introduced high school students to the media industry and allowed them to explore topics such as audio, music, video, animation and social media.

Anthony DiRienzo, a student leader who attended the first MDIA High School Media Workshop while he was in high school, talked about the impact it had on him.

“When I first did this workshop, I knew I was going to Ohio University, but I was still unsure about what I should major in,” DiRienzo said. “After the program was over, not only was I sold on the University, but I knew I belonged in the School of Media Arts & Studies. And now, years later, I am leading students who are in the exact same position that I was.”

During the workshop, students were divided into four groups that rotated through five different core sessions which provided a sampling of the MDIA curriculum. Throughout the week, students attended sessions on music production, video production, film sound, animation and games, and social media. Students were able to write and produce their own songs, learn basic animation, create sound for a movie, and produce a short video.

“An incredible aspect of the High School Media Workshop is that students attend not only to experience what the School of Media Arts & Studies has to offer within its curriculum but also for that first college experience, including one-on-one mentoring to help focus their passion and future career goals,” said workshop Associate Director Kyle P. Snyder. “It’s truly gratifying seeing students interacting with one another and engaging in the creative process; their imagination and unique and creative spirit helped facilitate a powerful educational experience.”

“I think this year’s workshop was our best yet,” Dr. Riggs said. “The student leaders raised us to a new level and were a tremendous influence to the participants. We’ve gotten numerous emails from attendee’s parents who were so impressed and expressed their relief of not having to continue to look at other colleges.”

For more information on the High School Media Workshop, visit http://mediaschool.ohio.edu/hsmw. View student projects from this year’s workshop at http://mediaschool.ohio.edu/hsmw-news.

Story by Kelly Barrett; Photos provided by the School of Media Arts & Studies

Snyder Engineers “Rotations” Medical Podcast In Coordination With Ohio University HCOM

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Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer in the School of Media Arts & Studies and Audio Post Production Coordinator & Engineer for The Veterans’ Project, has also been serving as Supervising Audio Engineer to Rotations, the weekly podcast of all things medical. Rotations is a production of Media in Medicine, a family of medical storytelling initiatives developed by faculty from Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Scripps College of Communication which includes The Veterans’ Project. The podcast has also been presented by its creator, Nisarg Bakshi, to great acclaim at the North American Primary Care Research Group in Montreal in Fall 2017 and at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium in Spring 2018. Download or view Rotations today on the show page using your podcast / vodcast service of choice.

Snyder Leads Audio Team On The Veterans’ Project

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Many American physicians know that they need to do a better job of helping the veteran population. When Todd Fredricks, a physician with Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, and Brian Plow, an associate professor and associate director for undergraduate studies in the Scripps College of Communication, joined forces to create a tool student physicians could use to better understand their future veteran patients ─ they knew they had found their answer ─ a documentary film called “The Veterans’ Project.”

Due out in May 2017, the documentary is produced by “Media in Medicine,” a collaboration of visual media and medicine between Fredricks and Plow to create and teach through stories.

Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer & Outreach Coordinator in the School of Media Arts & Studies, is serving as Audio Post Production Coordinator & Engineer for “The Veterans’ Project” and leading a team of students in the completion of the final deliverables.

The inspiration for the documentary came from research produced by Dr. Fredricks, who found that civilian doctors often don’t fully understand the physical and emotional trauma of combat or know what common issues to watch for in these patients.

“If we teach people to ask the right questions, maybe we will get better care as an outcome,” said Dr. Fredricks.

Dr. Fredericks presented his findings at professional conferences and published them in a medical journal. However, he knew that he could only reach a certain audience of colleagues using these methods. He wanted to spread the message more broadly and connect with medical students and physicians who needed to hear it most.

Both faculty members agreed early in the project that the veterans’ interviews would serve a dual purpose: as documentary sources and as subjects of a qualitative research project designed to document and analyze service personnel experiences with combat and health care. As a result, the documentary interviews are conducted in a systematic, consistent manner so the team can collect viable research data as well as compelling stories for the film.

Both the filmmakers and veterans spend time vetting each other before agreeing to participate.

“Once they see that we have a clear and unique intention, the reception is very good and they are very generous with their stories and time,” Plow said.“ The subjects tend to launch into an eloquent and moving recounting of their experiences.”

Though the interviews are standardized for the sake of research integrity, the filmmakers also seek opportunities to shoot additional footage of the veterans’ lives in order to paint a more complete and honest picture of them for the documentary. The subjects have been fairly amenable and have allowed the filmmakers to capture family dinners or birthday parties.

As for the veterans’ interactions with the health care system, Dr. Fredricks said that the most common theme that they see are false assumptions on the part of clinicians.

For example, a veteran recounted how his local physician assumed that he was seeking heavy painkillers for a fractured spine problem, when the patient wanted only to refill an ibuprofen prescription.

Dr. Fredricks has found—in the interviews and research—that clinicians also don’t understand Veterans Affairs services, including how veterans can easily access them.

“You can do legitimate research in a beautiful way,” Fredricks said. “The elegance of the format can help build knowledge.”

More information about the project can be found online at http://www.mediainmedicine.com/.

Original article via Ohio University

Snyder Elected To AES Board Of Governors

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The AES has released the list of winning candidates from the 2017 Audio Engineering Society international elections. The newly elected officers will assume their roles in October, shortly after the end of the 143rd International AES Convention in New York. Joining President-Elect Wallaszkovits on the AES Board of Governors will be eight newly elected Governors and officers, all beginning two-year terms in October. Kyle P. Snyder, also Chair of Education & Membership, is among the newly elected Governors-at-Large, alongside Jonathan Wyner, and Martha de Francisco.

“In this exciting period of growth and innovation for the Audio Engineering Society, the membership has voted in a dynamic group of new officers,” said AES President Alex Case. ‘I personally look forward to working with, and learning from, these talented individuals as they apply their diverse knowledge and experience to the task of leading the Society into the future.”

“This is an exciting time for AES,” said Snyder, “and I couldn’t be more honored by my peers to be trusted in the leadership of this wonderful organization.”

Within the stipulations of the AES bylaws, the overall function and direction of the AES is established by the Society’s Board of Governors, which is elected by voting members of the Society. The Society’s Executive Director operates and manages the AES headquarters in New York City and reports to the Executive Committee, which consists of the Society’s corporate officers. In turn, the Executive Committee reports on its activities and on issues facing the Society to the full Board of Governors. The AES President serves as the CEO of the Society, under the supervision and direction of the Board of Governors.

For more information on the AES and how to become involved, visit aes.org.

Snyder Hosts Students For 2017 High School Media Workshop

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The School of Media Arts & Studies’ fourth annual High School Media Workshop, which took place June 20-24, introduced students to the media arts industry with specialized classes taught by Ohio University professors. Students learned some of the latest techniques in audio, music, video, animation, social media and other academic areas.

“We’re always changing up the workshop activities, and students are always engaged,” said workshop Director Karen Riggs. “Our biggest change is adding an extra day to the workshop this year. The students have more opportunities for unstructured time, when they can get to know friends, relax, do outdoor activities and spend more time completing their projects.”

During the workshop, students were divided into four groups that rotated through five different core sessions which provided a sampling of the MDIA curriculum. Throughout the week, students attended sessions on music production, video production, film sound, animation and games, and social media. Students were able to write and produce their own songs, learn basic animation, create sound for a movie, and produce a short video.

Jacob Lamp, a senior from Columbus, came to the workshop wanting to focus on music production. He already has an internship at a music studio where he can sit in on production, but he “wanted to see what being in college and learning about it is really like.”

Lamp also enjoyed some of the other workshop sessions.

“Animation was cool to play around with,” said Lamp. “I’ve never experienced anything even close to that. I like how the workshop gives you a little bit of everything.”

For Imani Menefee, a senior from Dayon, this was her first time attending the media workshop.

“I really love sound. I didn’t realize how much went into sound for animation, or in general, what you have to do to get a certain sound. It’s really cool though,” said Menefee on her experience working to create sound effects for an animation in the new Schoonover Sound Post-Production & Listening Lab. She aspires to someday work in film production.

One of the workshop student leaders, Wesley Shynn, an OHIO junior studying music production, attended the inaugural media workshop four years ago. He said that it was a good experience being on the other side of the workshop this time and that “it’s cool to see how the workshop has improved over the past four years.”

This year’s workshop had 60 students who came from several states, including Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

“An incredible aspect of the High School Media Workshop is that students attend not only to experience what the School of Media Arts & Studies has to offer within its curriculum but also for that first college experience, including one-on-one mentoring to help focus their passion and future career goals,” said workshop Associate Director Kyle P. Snyder. “It’s truly gratifying seeing students interacting with one another and engaging in the creative process; their imagination and unique and creative spirit helped facilitate a powerful educational experience.”

The workshop ended with a farewell banquet and screening of student projects created during the week.

Andie Walla, faculty member and video production instructor, said that “some of the projects we showed tonight are so well done that you wouldn’t think they’re high school student videos.”

For more information on the High School Media Workshop, visit http://mediaschool.ohio.edu/hsmw. To see coverage of the workshop on Twitter, search #OUHSMW.

View student projects from this year’s workshop here.

Original article by Claire Berlin.

Snyder Presents at 142nd Audio Engineering Society Convention

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At the 142nd Audio Engineering Society Convention hosted in Berlin, Germany from May 20 – 23, Ohio University Lecturer & Director of Outreach Kyle P. Snyder chaired a panel, Audio Education—What Does the Future Hold.

According to Snyder:

In this roundtable discussion featuring invited experts from across the continent, we discussed the trajectory of audio education including challenges unique to both educators and students, suggestions for the future, and how employers expect audio education to adapt to their ever-changing needs.

Workshop Links:

The 142nd AES Convention brought together the world’s largest gathering of audio professionals, offering attendees opportunities to hear from top audio industry figures while also sharing the latest research and technology information through informative papers, tutorials, workshops and special events.

Snyder Leads Audio Team On Paul Laurence Dunbar Documentary To Be Broadcast Nationally Across PBS Stations

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The Ohio University Scripps College of Communication is proud to announce that the “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask” documentary, a collaborative project between School of Media Arts & Studies faculty and the Central Region Humanities Center at Ohio University, has been accepted by PBS for broadcast by individual stations during Black History Month (February) and National Poetry Month (April).

“Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask,” a 2-hour feature, explores the life and legacy of Paul Laurence Dunbar, who was born in 1872 and died in 1906. Dunbar was the first African-American to achieve national fame as a literary artist. Born to former slaves in Dayton, Ohio, Dunbar wrote novels, plays, and essays but is known mainly for poems and short stories expressing black Americans’ voices and the challenges of their lives. He is best remembered for his poem “We Wear the Mask” and for lines from “Sympathy” that became the title of Maya Angelou’s autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” Dunbar’s story is also the story of the African American experience around the turn of the century.

The project is a collaboration between two faculty members from the Scripps College of Communication’s School of Media Arts & Studies: Professor Emeritus Joseph Slade, co-producer and executive producer and emeritus director of the Central Region Humanities Center; and Associate Professor Frederick Lewis, writer, director, and co-producer.

Kyle P. Snyder, Lecturer & Outreach Coordinator in the School of Media Arts & Studies, served as Audio Post Production Coordinator & Engineer for “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask” and led a team of students in the completion of the final deliverables.

More than 25 past and present students from the School of Media Arts & Studies also assisted with archival research, production, post production and musical composition. “No one could make a documentary of this scope without extensive collaboration, and we are grateful for all the help we received,” said Slade. “It has been a long but gratifying experience, especially when we consider the end result.”

The two-hour documentary utilizes narration, sound and music, vintage images and original footage to recount Dunbar’s life in greater detail than in any previous retelling and also includes extensive discussion of his influence on and legacy for contemporary writers, artists, dancers, musicians, scholars, and students.

“Writing a documentary isn’t just writing narration and stringing sound bites together,” said Lewis. “You are writing with words, images, sound effects, music, et cetera. Everything has to work in concert. What I really wanted to develop very carefully was the structure of the documentary–weaving contemporary segments about Dunbar’s legacy in with the archival materials that provide historical context and tell his biography.”

The documentary is the capstone of the Central Region Humanities Center’s Dunbar Project, a series of public and academic events taking place in Ohio and neighboring states since 2004. The Dunbar Project was launched by the CRHC in 2001 with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Ohio Humanities. Dr. Judith Yaross Lee, director of the Central Region Humanities Center and Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies, has directed the Dunbar Project since its start.

To date, “Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond the Mask” is scheduled to air on PBS stations in Ohio, Wisconsin, North Carolina, California, and the Virgin Islands. Locally, WOUB will broadcast the documentary on Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m.

A free screening will be held at Case Western Reserve University on Thursday, Feb. 9 at 5 p.m. The documentary will also be shown at the Underground Railroad Museum and Freedom Center in Cincinnati on Sat., Feb. 11, at 11 a. m. Additional public screenings are being planned.

Original article by By Claire Berlin