Block by Block News Entrepreneur Super Camp

October 01, 2011 - October 4, 2011
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
In partnership with Patterson Foundation

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About the Seminar

The Knight Digital Media Center in partnership with the Patterson Foundation hosted a three-and-a-half-day boot camp Oct. 1-4 in Chicago for experienced independent community news site founders and publishers who have demonstrated the ability to consistently provide vital local news content while engaging community and developing revenue streams.

Super Camp was designed to help those publishers refine best practices, grow revenue and significantly advance the sustainability of their sites.  Session topics included business plan development, building organizational capacity, metrics for growth, revenue retention and small group workshops.  Speakers were business experts who have experience building successful revenue programs at the local level.

The boot camp was by invitation only.

Knight Community Info Challenge Boot Camp 2011

September 13, 2011 - September 16, 2011
Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, University of Southern California
In partnership with John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

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About the Seminar

The Knight Digital Media Center sponsored a four-day boot camp Sept. 13-16 in Los Angeles for fellows from organizations that won the Knight Community Information Challenge and will receive Knight Foundation funding to start or expand community news or information projects.  The boot camp was intended to jump start their efforts with experts speaking on topics that include social media, Web metrics, project planning, and Web site development and evaluation. The boot camp was by invitation.

Multimedia Training

July 17, 2011 - July 22, 2011
Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley

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About the Seminar

The Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop offered intensive training that covered all aspects of multimedia news production; from basic storyboarding to hands-on instruction with hardware and software for production of multimedia stories. Participants were organized into teams to report on a pre-arranged story in the Bay Area, and then constructed a multimedia presentation based on that coverage.

Participants were taught skills they need to produce quality multimedia stories including:

• Video recording and editing
• Photography and audio slideshows
• Audio recording and editing
• Voice coaching for narration or stand-ups
• Photoshop and Web design concepts
• Producing Adobe Flash interactive story graphics