Journalism Department Professor BJ Roche writes: “As a writer, I use podcasting on my website, www.bjroche.com. It’s one more way to get my writing out to an audience, and I have been surprised at the response to my little forays into podcasting. People seem to like them, for example this funny essay about procrastination.
https://udrive.oit.umass.edu/bjroche/How_not_to_be_a_writer.mp3
As a receiver of information, I download podcasts from all sorts of sites, like vanguard.com, which offers information on investing, and magazines like Business Week, which offer lots of podcasts about career management. Also, NPR offers a morning podcast of the 7 a.m. news, which is good to download and take on the go while I’m in the car.
I believe it’s a real medium of the future.”