May 18-23 2008 Multimedia Training

North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley

The Knight Digital Media Center's Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, May 18-23 2008, 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 TBA.

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism lecturers Jane Stevens, Paul Grabowicz, Ellen Seidler, Samantha Grant, Marilyn Pittman, Scot Hacker and Jeremy Rue present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

May 18, 2008 - May 23, 2008

Application deadline was Apr 11, 2008 11:59 p.m.


Webcasts

Some presentations from this workshop were webcast live.
Archived webcasts can be viewed below shortly after a workshop has ended.


Presentations

The following presentations were provided to workshop participants but not publicly webcast.


Participants

The following people attended this workshop as "fellows."


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.

Disabled on Bikes

By kati bexley, Chris Walton, Pam LeBlanc, Rachael Myrow, Eric Seals, Lydia Chavez

Published May 27, 2008

Car accidents, gunshot wounds and arthritis have put them in a wheelchair. At the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program in Berkeley, Arthur, Francisca and many others  get back on a bike.

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Tracking Nature's Footsteps

By Karl Mondon, Penelope Carrington, Miguel Castro, Martha Irvine, Laura McClure, Mark Glaser

Published May 27, 2008

A nature-inspired researcher leads an international team that integrates biology, mathematics, engineering and computer science to discover the secrets behind Gecko traction.

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Eco House

By Laura Bischoff, Scott Ferrell, Sanjay Bhatt, Sasha Aslanian, Aman Ali

Published May 27, 2008

The Ecohouse in Berkeley captures graywater from indoor plumbing to irrigate a lush garden. And it's all perfectly legal.

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Tele-Immersion

By Scott Anderson, Therese Tran, Katharine Kimball, Jessica Goldfin, Daniel Vasquez

Published May 27, 2008

Scientists at UC Berkeley are developing an innovative 3D technology aimed at changing the way humans interact.

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