May 22-27 2005 Multimedia Training

North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley

The Knight Digital Media Center's Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop,May 16-21, 2005, 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: Ken Sands, Spokane Spokesman-Review; Bob Cauthorn, City Tools; Regina McCombs, Minneapolis Star-Tribune; Amy Hill, Center for Digital Storytelling; Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media Inc.; G. Donald Bain, UC Berkeley Geography Computing Facility, Landis Bennet, World Wide Panorama; Mary Lou Fulton, Bakersfield California; Amgine, Wikinews; and Rob Curley, Lawrence Journal-World. UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism lecturers Jane Stevens, Paul Grabowicz, Ellen Seidler, Marilyn Pittman, Scot Hacker present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

May 22, 2005 - May 27, 2005

Application deadline was Feb 4, 2005 12 a.m.

• Webcasts
• Participants
• Projects

Webcasts

Some presentations from this workshop were webcast live.
Archived webcasts may be viewed below.

• How to Exploit Attributes of the Web
• Speakers: Ken Sands
• When: 12:30 - 1:15 PM, Monday May 23rd 2005

  Ken Sands, Spokane Spokesman-Review

• The Changing Rules of Journalism: The Role of Editors and Reporters in the Future
• Speakers: Bob Cauthorn
• When: 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Monday May 23rd 2005

  Bob Cauthorn, City Tools

• Doing a Multimedia Story
• Speakers: Regina Mccombs
• When: 12:30 - 1:15 PM, Tuesday May 24th 2005

  Regina McCombs, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

• Digital Storytelling: New Media's New Storytellers
• Speakers: Amy Hill
• When: 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Tuesday May 24th 2005

  Amy Hill, Center for Digital Storytelling

• Grassroots Media
• Speakers: Dan Gillmor
• When: 1 - 1:45 PM, Wednesday May 25th 2005

  Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media Inc.

• VR Photography and Journalism
• Speakers: Donald Bain
• When: 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Wednesday May 25th 2005

  G. Donald Bain, UC Berkeley Geography Computing Facility, and Landis Bennett, World Wide Panorama

• The Northwest Voice: A Citizen Journalism Case Study
• Speakers: May Lou Fulton
• When: 12:30 - 1:15 PM, Thursday May 26th 2005

  Mary Lou Fulton, Bakersfield Californian

• Wikinews: Online News Community
• Speakers: Wayne Saewyc
• When: 7:30 - 8:30 PM, Thursday May 26th 2005

  Amgine (Wayne Saewyc), Wikinews

• Let's Quit Building Crappy Newspaper Sites
• Speakers: Rob Curley
• When: 4:15 - 6 PM, Friday May 27th 2005

  Rob Curley, Lawrence Journal-World

Participants

The following people attended this workshop as "fellows."

• Ed Cassavoy
• Ariana Eunjung Cha
• Heidi Chang
• Rachele Kanigel
• Lila King
• Eric Krieger
• Scott Lapierre
• Amy Moon
• Ken Paulman
• Carol Schwalbe
• Calvin Sims
• Emily Sohn
• Chandra Thomas
• Richard Tribou
• Tricia Vance
• Bill Ward

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.
Click "View Files" to access source materials used to build these web sites.

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