Cedars Podcast

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News and information from the Cedars student news staff at Cedarville University.

  1. 05/29/2025

    The Writers' Block: Chapter 5, Keep it concise

    Writing concisely is a clear key to good writing. In this episode, hosted by Cedarville sophomore journalism student Balen Allain and journalism professor Jeff Gilbert, we discuss the best way to hit prescribed lengths. Gather all the information necessary, use what is necessary and write with clarity using tools we discuss in this 55 minutes.

    55 min

  2. 05/08/2025

    The Writers' Block: Chapter 4, From newspapers to online

    Newspapers are the foundation of journalistic writing. In this episode, hosted by Cedarville sophomore journalism student Balen Allain and journalism professor Jeff Gilbert, we discuss the history and evolution of newspapers from at least two in every city, to at most one in every city and the transition to the digital online world.

    41 min

  3. 04/21/2025

    The Writers' Block: Chapter 3, In-depth storytelling

    Journalistic feature writing should be about going in depth and using narrative techniques to tell stories. In this episode, hosted by Cedarville sophomore journalism student Balen Allain and journalism professor Jeff Gilbert, we discuss what makes feature writing different from news writing.

    35 min

  4. 04/09/2025

    The Writers' Block: Chapter 2, The Truth About Newswriting

    Journalistic writing is about telling the truth, or at least it should be. In this episode, hosted by Cedarville sophomore journalism student Balen Allain and journalism professor Jeff Gilbert, we discuss how other writing advocates for ideas and actions, but newswriting should be in stark contrast to those aims.

    24 min

  5. 03/27/2025

    The Writers' Block: Chapter 1, Writing is Everywhere

    Whether you like writing or not you can't get away from it. This is the introduction to podcast episodes about writing hosted by Cedarville sophomore journalism student Balen Allain and journalism professor Jeff Gilbert.

    30 min

  6. 04/24/2023

    The Star Wars Showdown

    If you are a Star Wars fan, then this episode is for you! Janie, Ben, Sam, and Jacob settle the debate over the best piece of Star Wars media ever made, March Madness bracket style. Which one do you think the winner will be?

    36 min

  7. 04/18/2023

    ”The Last of Us” episode has arrived!

    Longtime “The Last of Us” fans Ben and Sam along with recent fan Janie discuss what the hit TV series did right, what it did wrong, and how it may have broken the curse of film and TV adaptations of video games.  WARNING: SPOILERS FOR “THE LAST OF US” GAME AND TV SHOW, AND “THE LAST OF US PART 2” GAME

    28 min

  8. 04/15/2023

    Spin the Wheel: What genre could it be?

    Janie and Ben, with special guest Jacob Bundy, play a fun game of sharing their favorite movies to a random genre determined by spinning the wheel.

    24 min
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News and information from the Cedars student news staff at Cedarville University.

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  • Creator
    cedars
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Clean
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