Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop

June 14 - June 19, 2009
Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley

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About the Seminar

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, June 14-19, 2009 offered intensive, short course multimedia training for mid-career journalists. The workshop covered all aspects of multimedia news production, from basic storyboarding to the incorporation of multimedia features in storytelling. Participants were 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 discussed 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 presented the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.