May 20-25 2007 Multimedia Training

North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley

The Knight Digital Media Center's Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, May 20-25, 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: Tom Mallory, Chuck Scott, Alexa Capeloto, Nicole Vargas, San Diego Union Tribune; Seth Gitner, Lindsey Nair, Roanoke.com; Brian Storm, Mediastorm.org; Richard Koci Hernandez, San Jose Mercury News; Rob Curley, washingtonpost.com; and Colin Crawford, IDG Communications. UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism lecturers Jane Stevens, Ellen Seidler, Marilyn Pittman, Scot Hacker, Jeremy Rue and Samantha Grant present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

May 20, 2007 - May 25, 2007

Application deadline was Apr 13, 2007 11:59 p.m.

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