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
• Presentations
• Participants
• Projects

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Webcasts

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

• Cit-J, Community, Mashups and Mobile: How a Newspaper Company Becomes a New Media Company
• Speakers: Jennifer Baldwin , Jason Sperber and Matylda Czarnecka
• When: 3:15 - 4:30 PM, Sunday May 18th 2008

  Jennifer Baldwin, Contributions Editor, The Bakersfield Californian Jason Sperber, Community Content Coordinator, The Bakersfield Californian Matylda Czarnecka, Specialty Product Manager, The Bakersfield Californian

• Using Your New Skills to Get Your Dream Job
• Speakers: Laylan Connelly
• When: 12 - 1:30 PM, Monday May 19th 2008

  Laylan Connelly, Reporter, The Orange County Register

• Building Local Conversation with Topix
• Speakers: Blake Williams
• When: 7:45 - 9 PM, Monday May 19th 2008

  Blake Williams, Senior Director of Product Management, Topix

• Looking Big on a Small Budget
• Speakers: Jay Koester
• When: 12:30 - 1:30 PM, Tuesday May 20th 2008

  Jay Koester, Online Editor, El Paso Times

• UGC and Multimedia at the BBC
• Speakers: Chris Walton
• When: 7:15 - 8:30 PM, Tuesday May 20th 2008

  Chris Walton, Assistant Editor, BBC

• Current, Collaborative Storytelling, and Our Googlezon Future
• Speakers: Robin Sloan
• When: 1:30 - 2:30 PM, Wednesday May 21st 2008

  Robin Sloan, Strategist, Current

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Presentations

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

• Web-centric Journalism, Shells, and Storyboards
• Speakers: Paul Grabowicz and Jane Stevens
• When: 5:15 - 8 PM, Sunday May 18th 2008

• Storyboarding Basics
• Speakers: Jane Stevens
• When: 9 - 10 AM, Monday May 19th 2008

• Video Camera Instruction & Video Shooting Techniques
• Speakers: Ellen Seidler
• When: 3:45 - 5:30 PM, Monday May 19th 2008

• Digital Audio Recorders
• Speakers: Jeremy Rue
• When: 9 - 10 AM, Tuesday May 20th 2008

• Digital Photo Cameras
• Speakers: Jeremy Rue
• When: 10 - 11 AM, Tuesday May 20th 2008

• Mac Computer Overview
• Speakers: Jerry Monti
• When: 11:15 - 12 PM, Tuesday May 20th 2008

• Photoshop
• Speakers: Scot Hacker and Jeremy Rue
• When: 5:30 - 6:45 PM, Tuesday May 20th 2008

• Storytelling with Adobe Flash & Flash Techniques
• Speakers: Jeremy Rue
• When: 10 - 1 PM, Wednesday May 21st 2008

• Soundtrack Pro Audio Editing
• Speakers: Jeremy Rue
• When: 2:30 - 4:15 PM, Wednesday May 21st 2008

• Final Cut Pro Video Editing
• Speakers: Ellen Seidler
• When: 4:30 - 6:15 PM, Wednesday May 21st 2008

• Stand-Ups and Voice-Overs
• Speakers: Marilyn Pittman
• When: 9 - 12:30 PM, Thursday May 22nd 2008

• Dreamweaver & Multimedia Web Sites
• Speakers: Scot Hacker
• When: 1:15 - 2:45 PM, Thursday May 22nd 2008

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Participants

The following people attended this workshop as "fellows."

• Laura Bischoff
• Karl Mondon
• Scott Anderson
• Therese Tran
• kati bexley
• Katharine Kimball
• Penelope Carrington
• Chris Walton
• Pam LeBlanc
• Miguel Castro
• Scott Ferrell
• Martha Irvine
• Sanjay Bhatt
• Jessica Goldfin
• Rachael Myrow
• Daniel Vasquez
• Sasha Aslanian
• Eric Seals
• Laura McClure
• Aman Ali
• Lydia Chavez
• Mark Glaser

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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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See also: Workshops archive