Mar 25-30 2007 Multimedia Training
North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley
The Knight Digital Media Center's Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, March 25-30, 2007, offers intensive, short course multimedia training for mid-career journalists. The workshop covers all aspects of multimedia news production, from basic storyboarding to the incorporation of multimedia features in storytelling. Participants are taught the technical skills they need to produce quality multimedia stories including audio/video recording and editing, Flash graphics, digital cameras, Photoshop and web design concepts. Guest speakers discuss the future of journalism, the role of technology and the importance of audience engagement.
Featured speakers include: Rob Curley, washingtonpost.com; Lisa Stone, BlogHer; Kevin Sites, Matt McAlister; Yahoo!; Katy Newton, Sean Connelley, The Oakland Tribune; and Joe Howry, Collen Cason, Tom Kisken, Anthony Plascencia, Ventura County Star. UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism lecturers Jane Stevens, Paul Grabowicz, Ellen Seidler, Marilyn Pittman, Scot Hacker, Robin Wise, and Laura Hilliger present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.
Application deadline was Feb 1, 2007 12 a.m.
Webcasts
Some presentations from this workshop were webcast live.
Archived webcasts may be viewed below.
Building the Multimedia Newsroom
Blogging and News Sites: Joining the Conversation
Multimedia Backpack Reporting
Multimedia Storytelling From Start to Finish
It's Not About the Device, It's About the Information
New Technologies and the New Journalism
Presentations
The following presentations were provided to workshop participants but not publicly webcast.
Building the Multimedia Newsroom
Multimedia Storytelling, Web Shells and Storyboarding
Storyboarding Basics
Video Camera Instruction
Video Shooting Techniques
Flash Audio Recorders and Digital Photo Cameras
Photoshop Training
Stand-Ups and Voice-Overs
Soundtrack Pro Audio Editing
Final Cut Pro Editing Tutorial
Work on Video and Audio Clips
Flash Storytelling-Photos and Text
Flash Storytelling-Audio and Video
Dreamweaver and Multimedia Web Sites
Participants
The following people attended this workshop as "fellows."
- Peter Huoppi
- Niala Boodhoo
- John Sutter
- Emily Veach
- Laylan Connelly
- Patrick Thornton
- Kenneth Cooper
- Bridget Scrimenti
- Janette Neuwahl
- Peter King
- Tanya Ballard
- Carol Hanner
- Joshua Kleinbaum
- John Kroll
- Chris Lefkow
- Erik Rodriguez
- Fern Shen
- Samantha Sommer
Projects
Workshop participants often produce multimedia web sites as part of their instruction.
In most cases, these demonstration web sites are available for public viewing.
Bog People
Over the past few centuries, hundreds of bodies have been discovered in northern European bogs, or mashes. Many have been preserved because of high acid levels and the lack of oxygen in the bogs.
Living Green
Forget color scheme. The Green Apartment is about a new way of life.
In a modern apartment near the University of California-Berkeley campus, four students share a residence filled with energy-efficient appliances and products. They live in an environmentally sensitive way, such as recycling and eating organic, and open their home for educational tours.
They're "living green."
The Greatest Science Circus on Earth!
Local children enjoy a fantastic physics experience at Lawrence Hall of Science. Teachers praise the interactive circus exhibit as their students walk tightropes, perform flips and learn to fly like a human cannonball!
Easy Rider
How do you pursuade commuters to leave their cars at home? A Bay Area research project looks for the answer on two wheels.
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