Jan 08-13 2012 Digital Storytelling
North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley
The Digital Storytelling Workshop offers intensive training that covers all aspects of multimedia news production; from basic storyboarding to hands-on instruction with hardware and software for production of multimedia stories. Fellows will work on structured training to learn skills for multi-element stories and then apply new skills to a story for his or her publication.
Training includes:
• Video and audio recording and editing in Final Cut X
• Photojournalism basics including use of Photoshop
• Voice coaching for narration or stand-ups and reporter debriefs
• HTML basics
• Creating interactive charts, graphs and maps to visualize data
• Mobile reporting for breaking news
• Social media and community engagement
WHO SHOULD APPLY: Professional print, broadcast and web journalists who want to develop multimedia skills to support their publication’s web publishing effort.
Mobile session will use smart phones (Android or Apple) but phones will not be provided. Please bring yours to the workshop.
A complete list of workshop presentations will be available shortly.
Application deadline was Nov 28, 2011 11:59 p.m.
Portions of this workshop will be webcast live in this space at the posted times.
QuickTime version 7 or later and a broadband connection required.
Webcasts
Some presentations from this workshop were webcast live.
Archived webcasts may be viewed below.
Keynote Presentation: Next Step Journalism and the Future of News
How To Tell Stories with Data (Really)
Presentations
The following presentations were provided to workshop participants but not publicly webcast.
Picking the right media, storyboarding & engagement planning
Basic Maps
GeoCommons
Social Search
Wordpress posting, HTML basics
Google Refine
Spreadsheet basics, data sources, data cleaning and data visualization
Mobile Moment, mobile techniques, mobile tools and workflow, hands-on mobile photos, hands-on mobile video
Writing for the Web
Visual Storytelling
Camera operation and control
Final Cut Pro X
Camcorder and mobile video shooting techniques
KDMC training applied to your newsroom story
Preparing Photos for the Web, preparing and FCP X slideshows
Voice training for reporters Marilyn Pittman
Bring change home
Participants
The following people attended this workshop as "fellows."
- Claudia Melendez
- Yanick Rice Lamb
- Linda Jue
- Deirdre English
- Stephanie Hughes
- Christina Zdanowicz
- Marisakwik
- Tiffany Hsu
- Jason Marsh
- Rob Waters
- Crystal Cranmore
- Kristin Spack
- David Olson
- Rick Jurgens
- Sarah Huffstetler
- Michael Bello
- Dave Kellogg
- Scott Sherman
- Alejandro Lazo
- Eric Moskowitz
- Daniel Davies
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.
Berkeley Typewriter
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Berkeley High Art
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Pt. Isabel Dog Park
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Saul's Delicatessen
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Cinnaholic
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
La Farine Bakery
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Flowerland
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
East Bay Center for Creative Reuse
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Yasai Market
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
Boss Robot Hobby
During our six day workshop our fellows produce videos that spotlight local businesses in the UC Berkeley area. This video was produced as a part of the Knight Digital Media Center's January 2012 Digital Storytelling Workshop.
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