The Knight Digital Media Center at UC Berkeley is accepting applications for its next round of multimedia workshops. The KDMC offers free week-long training to working journalists in multimedia storytelling, including how to capture and edit video, photos and audio. All food and lodging expenses are covered. Travel to Berkeley is to be paid by the applicant's news organization.
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Multimedia Training
Jan. 9-14, 2011
Application deadline: Nov. 19, 2010
Intensive training that covers all aspects of multimedia news production; from basic storyboarding to hands-on instruction with hardware and software for production of multimedia stories. Participants will be organized into teams to report on a pre-arranged story in the Bay Area, and then construct a multimedia presentation based on that coverage.
Participants are 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
WHO SHOULD APPLY: Professional print and broadcast journalists who want to develop multimedia skills to support their publication’s web publishing effort.
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Web 2.0 Training
Feb 14-18, 2011
Application deadline: Dec 10, 2010
Hands-on, newsroom-focused training on innovative publishing tools and technologies.
This training takes participants through the progression of reporting news for multiple digital platforms, starting with quick text posts and moving through photos and video and finally ending with a full multimedia presentation. The workshop provides hands-on training using Twitter and Facebook for reporting and driving web traffic, creating data-driven map mashups, dynamically updating a blog for breaking news, publishing photo galleries and audio slideshows, producing videos and editing videos using Final Cut Pro. Participants will leave with new tools for reporting and with fresh insights on how to serve new and emerging audiences.
During five days of intense, hands-on instruction, the fellows selected for the Web 2.0 training will:
• Blog breaking news using Twitter
• Post photos in interactive news maps
• Produce and publish photo galleries and audio slideshows
• Create and edit videos with Final Cut Pro
• Incorporate user-generated content in breaking news stories
• Use Facebook and publication widgets for news distribution
• Learn technical specifics for optimizing breaking news rankings in Google
WHO SHOULD APPLY: Professional print, radio, broadcast and online journalists who want to develop Web 2.0 technology and techniques to support their publication's Internet publishing effort.
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Multimedia Training
May 15-20, 2011
Application deadline: March 18, 2011
Intensive training that covers all aspects of multimedia news production, from basic storyboarding to hands-on instruction with hardware and software for production of multimedia stories. Participants will be organized into teams to report on a pre-arranged story in the Bay Area, and then construct a multimedia presentation based on that coverage.
Participants are 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
WHO SHOULD APPLY: Professional print and broadcast journalists who want to develop multimedia skills to support their publication’s web publishing effort.
For more info, and to apply, go here.
POSTSCRIPT: See Knight Digital Media Center's free online Video Tutorials, on topics such as videocameras and accessories, editing software, shooting techniques, standups and voiceovers, and more.
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