Knight Digital Media Center
Multimedia and Technology Training At the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Multimedia and Technology Training At the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Updated Nov. 2, 2009 in Reporting
How do you decide whether to take a video camera, a photo camera, an audio recorder or just a good old reporter's notebook on a story?
This tutorial gives you some tips on how to make those choices.
Updated Nov. 2, 2009 in Reporting
This is an overview of the transformation to digital journalism that many news organizations and individual journalists are undertaking. This guide grew out of the opening presentations for the Knight Digital Media Center Multimedia Program multimedia training workshops.
The guide provides background information, data and history on the trends and tools that are rapidly changing the practice of journalism. It's designed to serve as a starting point for discussions at news organizations and among journalists about what needs to be done.
This is also very much a work in progress - we'll be constantly adding new information and new sections, including an exploration of the business side of online publishing. We welcome suggestions and comments to improve the guide.
Updated May 21, 2009 in Reporting
Not all stories make good multimedia stories. The best multimedia stories are multi-dimensional. They include action for video, a process that can be illustrated with a graphic (e.g., "how tornadoes form" or "how this new surgery works"), someone who can give some pithy quotes for video or audio, and/or strong emotions for still photos and audio. Most multimedia stories require that the reporter go into the field to report the story face-to-face with sources, rather than doing a story entirely by telephone.
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