Technology Tools Training for Journalists Workshop

February 16 - February 20, 2009
Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley

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About the Seminar

The Knight Digital Media Center at the University of California, Berkeley brought 20 editors and reporters to attend training sessions that combined practical instruction in current and emerging technologies that impact news gathering and reporting with in-depth exploration of issues in online publishing. Readers increasingly hit the web for breaking news. Sites at the top of Google News, DIGG or the Drudge Report get thousands of new unique viewers and the corresponding revenue. The Technology Tools Workshop trained fellows to use the latest hardware and software for competitive advantage.

This Tech Tools Workshop presented the progression of media used in fast-changing stories—starting with quick text posts and moving through photos and video and finally ending with a full Flash