from training.npr.org: https://training.npr.org/2020/10/10/trill-buzz-floss-breathe-coach-yourself-to-sound-your-best/
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Trill, buzz, floss, breathe: Coach yourself to sound your best

• October 10, 2020

Even experienced on-air hosts and reporters can stumble on vocal speed bumps like dry mouth and lack of energy. NPR announcer Jessica Hansen devised these one-sheet guides to address such woes. One’s for the talent (or guests who need some polish!); the other helps producers be constructive coaches.

Printable PDFs are here: Talent guide | Producer guide

For the talent

For the producer

 

Guides designed by Chelsea Conrad; illustrations by Rene Sanchez

Jessica Hansen voices NPR’s funding credits and serves as an in-house voice coach at NPR headquarters.