Jun 08-13 2008 Multimedia Training

North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley

The Knight Digital Media Center's Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, June 8-13 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.

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.

Jun 8, 2008 - Jun 13, 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.

Nanotechnology

By matthew smith, Sherri Williams, john cotey, Nichole Christian, Karyn Spencer

Published Jun 19, 2008

A Berkeley science museum teaches children - and a few journalists - about the science of small.

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Berkeley's Bells

By Whit Richardson, Scott Smith, Will Sutton, Judy Lin, Kathleen Hennessy

Published Jun 19, 2008

Since medieval times, bell towers have been used to simply mark the changing hour or mark life-changing moments.  The bells at U.C. Berkeley celebrated their own milestone in 2008, with a festival that drew carillon afficionados from around the world.

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An Oasis of Biofuel

By Collin Crowell, edward ortiz, Melissa Umbarger, Robin Shulman, Judy Campbell

Published Jun 19, 2008

Amid growing environmental concerns, the women who own and work at BioFuel Oasis are making it easier for people to make the transition to an alternative fuel source. The cooperative was founded in 2003 to provide greater access to biodiesel, a renewable fuel that reduces harmful tailpipe emissions while keeping with their values of sustainability, local production and community.

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Butterfly Wars

By stan simpson, kathleen galligan, Sandra Oshiro, Nikita Patel, Diana Costello

Published Jun 19, 2008

UC Berkeley entymologist Sally Levinson shares her passion for butterflies and caterpillars. Levinson specializes in creating butterfly habitats.

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