Tuesday, December 9, 2008

NPPA NewsVideo Workshop

The National Press Photographers Association's 2009 NewsVideo Workshop will be held April 5th-10th, at the Oklahoma Center for Continuing Education (OCCE) in Norman, Oklahoma.

Special for members: Register by December 19, 2008 and receive a 5% discount off the Workshop price. Non-members: Your registration fee now includes a complimentary membership to the NPPA.

Visual Journalists: If you shoot video for a TV station, newspaper or other web entity, production company, freelance, church, the military, this is the place for you.

Whether you are a veteran handling video, new to the art, or primarily take stills and want to put some new skills on your resumé, the Workshop offers you a chance to learn video’s cutting edge from the best in the business. It's a week-long, intense immersion into the world of moving pictures and sound.

You will spend 12 – 16 hours each day learning from a faculty of more than 20 nationally- and internationally-recognized, award-winning journalists, including Bob Brandon, Bob Dotson, and Darrell Barton. These three alone have 11 Emmy Nominations, 5 Emmy Wins, 4 Photographer of the Year Awards and 1 Sprague Award among them.

The topics covered at the 2008 NewsVideo Workshop include: Storytelling, Lighting, Composition, Audio Editing, The Reporter's Perspective, Live Shots, Sports, News Management, New Technology.

Register here.

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