How Did a Campus Podcast Win Episode of the Year With No Budget? - with Jon Cain, Senior Public Relations Manager & Executive Producer of the WPI Podcast, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Jon Cain, Senior Public Relations Manager & Executive Producer of the WPI Podcast · Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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What this conversation answers
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How did WPI win HigherEd PodCon Episode of the Year with no dedicated budget?
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What does a 20-year journalism career teach you about prepping faculty for the mic?
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Why did repurposing one wildfire episode a year later land national radio coverage?
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Jon Cain, Senior Public Relations Manager & Executive Producer of the WPI Podcast, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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- How did WPI win HigherEd PodCon Episode of the Year with no dedicated budget?
- What does a 20-year journalism career teach you about prepping faculty for the mic?
- Why did repurposing one wildfire episode a year later land national radio coverage?
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