Knight New Media Center
Multimedia and Technology Training At the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
Multimedia and Technology Training At the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
The Knight Digital Media Center's Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, December 16-21, 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: John Moore, Bruce McLean, Kevin Clerici and Gretchen Macchiarella, Ventura County Star; Lisa Williams, H2OTown; Manny Crisostomos, Sacramento Bee; James T. Hamilton, Duke University; Regina McCombs, Minneapolis Star Tribune; Neil Chase, Federated Media. 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.
Dec 16, 2007 - Dec 21, 2007
Application deadline was Oct 26, 2007 11:59 p.m.
Some presentations from this workshop were webcast live.
Archived webcasts may be viewed below.
with The Ventura County Star: Kevin Clerici, reporter; Gretchen Macchiarella, producer Studio 805; John Moore, managing editor; Bruce McLean, digital content manager.
Presentation on building communities online with H20Town founder, Lisa WIlliams
Presentation on managing multimedia projects by the Multimedia Editor at the Sacramento Bee
James T. Hamilton, Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy, Economics & Political Science at Duke University, gives a presentation on the changing economic conditions of media companies
A presention by Regina McCombs, Senior Producer for Multimedia at the Minneapolis Star Tribune
Presentation by Neil Chase, Vice president of author services at Federated Media, formerly of the New York Times
The following presentations were provided to workshop participants but not publicly webcast.
Jane Stevens on storyboarding
Storyboarding basics with Jane Stevens
Video camera basics with Ellen Seidler
Jeremy Rue shows how to use a flash audio recorder
Jeremy Rue shows how to use a digital photo camera
Jeremy Rue discusses Macintosh basics
Jeremy Rue demonstrates basic usage of Adobe Photoshop
Voice coaching and presentation training with Marilyn Pittman
Audio editing tutorial with Samantha Grant
Video editing tutorial with Ellen Seidler
Jeremy Rue shows how to use Flash to create slideshows, buttons, and interactive packages for the web
Scot Hacker & Jeremy Rue show how to create websites with Dreamweaver
The following people attended this workshop as "fellows."
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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