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.

Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Now

June 05 - June 9, 2009
Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
In partnership with The McCormick Foundation and New America Media

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About the Seminar

This special Leadership Conference, made possible by a partnership with New America Media, focused on the unique digital needs and challenges facing the nation’s vibrant ethnic media.

This unique “by invitation only” gathering, underwritten by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the McCormick Foundation, took place June 5-7, 2009, in Atlanta, GA, following the New America Media Expo 2009. It highlighted the best ideas and innovations available to help shape the future of the 10 ethnic news organizations attending. In addition, the two-day onsite was complemented by a series of monthly “virtual classrooms” designed to help the news organization implement new projects developed during the conference.

With no more than 20 participants, “Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Future” included discussions on:

• Identifying and understanding the new online audience
• Making collaborative journalism work
• Understanding and using social networks and social media to build audience.
• Using mobile technology to connect with audience

Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop

May 17 - May 22, 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, May 17-22, 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.