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Seminars -- Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop

2009-07-12T17:00:15+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, July 12-17, 2009 offers intensive, short course multimedia training for mid-career journalists. The workshop covers all aspects of multimedia news production, from basic storyboarding to the incorporation of multimedia features in storytelling. Participants are 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 discuss 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 present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

Seminars -- Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop

2009-06-14T17:00:19+00:00

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

Seminars -- Transforming Ethnic News Organizations for the Digital Now

2009-06-05T17:00:01+00:00

This special Leadership Conference, made possible by a partnership with New America Media, focuses 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, will take place June 5-7, 2009, in Atlanta, GA, following the New America Media Expo 2009. It will highlight the best ideas and innovations available to help shape the future of the 10 ethnic news organizations attending. In addition, the two-day onsite will be 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” will include 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

Seminars -- Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop

2009-05-17T17:00:01+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, May 17-22, 2009 offers intensive, short course multimedia training for mid-career journalists. The workshop covers all aspects of multimedia news production, from basic storyboarding to the incorporation of multimedia features in storytelling. Participants are 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 discuss 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 present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

Seminars -- News Entrepreneur Boot Camp

2009-05-16T16:00:19+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center (in partnership with the USC Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, the USC Annenberg School for Communication, the Center for Communication Leadership and the Online Journalism Review) will hold a special News Entrepreneur Boot Camp from May 16-21, 2009, in Los Angeles. This expenses-paid intense one-week boot camp is designed for 12 competitively selected digital entrepreneurs with great ideas for community news and information initiatives in the public interest. Topics to be covered included: Identifying the best business model for sustained success. Developing a sustainable business plan. Marketing and audience development. Content production and management models. Legal and tax issues. Identifying capitalization sources. Developing and implementing revenue and advertising strategies. Successful social networking models. Selecting and implementing technical platforms. Understanding and using metrics. Traditional news organizations are floundering as business models collapse and audiences are increasingly turning to alternative news and information sources. This special boot camp is designed for digital journalists and others who are passionate about new ideas for serving the information and news needs of their communities but who lack the grounding in business and startup skills. Expert faculty from both academia and the private sector will provide intense instruction, coaching and mentoring on developing marketable business plans for providing news and information in the public interest.

Seminars -- News Leadership 2009

2009-03-16T18:12:57+00:00

Transforming News Organizations for the Digital Now A Special Virtual Leadership Series plus two-day Guided Project Planning session The role of the community news organization must expand to meet the challenges of the digital environment. To maintain their relevance, news organizations must gather online communities around news, information and user interests. To guarantee revenues to support their journalism, news leaders must foster site engagement and understand emerging revenue models for news and information. If you are a newsroom leader who has demonstrated an understanding of these new imperatives, The Knight Digital Media Center at USC Annenberg wants to help you succeed. The KDMC will select top editors and their publishers or revenue directors from 10 community news organizations to participate in a special customized series of webinars culminating in an expenses-paid two-day session designed to turn ideas into action. This unique opportunity, underwritten by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and USC Annenberg School, will highlight the best ideas and innovations available to help you shape your organization’s future. This Virtual Leadership Series will focus primarily on online networks, their growing role in communications and news consumption, and what these developments mean to established local news organizations such as newspapers. Participants in the three-part Webinar series will learn best practices for: Creating online networks and gathering audiences around them Measuring their value in drawing and engaging audiences Emerging revenue models related to online audiences. This unique Virtual Leadership Series - developed in partnership with News University, a project of the Poynter Institute funded by the Knight Foundation— will begin in mid-March 2009. During the webinar series, participants will also receive more intensive online learning and coaching aimed at helping them develop demonstration projects that serve the news needs of their communities online while promising audience growth and potential revenue. Following successful completion of the Virtual Leadership Series, participants will attend a special workshop in July in Los Angeles where they will finish their plans for implementing their projects under the coaching of recognized digital experts and entrepreneurs. Participants will be competitively selected.

Seminars -- Technology Tools Training for Journalists Workshop

2009-02-17T07:01:00+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center at the University of California, Berkeley is accepting applications for 20 fellowships per workshop for editors and reporters to attend these training sessions that combine 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 trains fellows to use the latest hardware and software for competitive advantage. This Tech Tools Workshop presents 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 feature presentation. The workshop provides hands-on training using Twitter for reporting, GPS-coded photos for generating news maps, dynamically updating a blog for breaking news, publishing photo galleries and audio slideshows, and generating video blog posts using Google Video and YouTube. The workshop will showcase successful examples incorporating user-generated content. The workshop will also train fellows to use Facebook and MySpace widgets for news distribution, and present the specific essential technical elements for ensuring that Google finds and indexes the story. During four days of intense, hands-on instruction the fellows selected for the Technology Tools Workshop will: Blog breaking news using Twitter, YouTube and Google Video. Code photographs with GPS information and post the photos in interactive news maps. Produce and publish photo galleries and audio slideshows. Use templates and production automation to rapidly publish Flash stories. Incorporate user-generated content in breaking news stories. Use Facebook and MySpace widgets for news distribution. Learn technical specifics for optimizing breaking news rankings in Google.

Seminars -- Technology Tools Training for Journalists Workshop

2008-12-16T07:01:01+00:00

Seminars -- American Tapestry: Covering a Changing America

2008-12-04T04:00:02+00:00

This special seminar is a partnership of the Knight Digital Media Center at USC and the News 21 Initiative of the Knight and Carnegie foundations. A group of 18 university educators from the top journalism schools in the country will participate in the seminar, which highlights key demographic trends in the 21st Century that cut across economic, geographic, cultural, social and political lines. The educators will use the foundational information gained from the seminar as they direct teams of specially selected journalism students who will spend the next year covering different issues related to the umbrella topic “American Tapestry: Covering a Changing America.”

Seminars -- Transforming News Organizations for the Digital Now

2008-07-15T16:00:51+00:00

Pages -- Snap Shot Interviews

2009-05-28T21:56:19+00:00

Pages -- 15 Digital Journalists Picked by Knight Digital Media Center�s Inaugural News Entrepreneur Boot Camp

2009-04-22T19:29:49+00:00

Pages -- News Entrepreneur Boot Camp Webcast

2009-03-06T05:16:54+00:00

Pages -- Test Webcast Page

2009-03-05T01:20:50+00:00

Pages -- Leadership Report 2008: Participating News Organizations

2008-12-01T01:15:00+00:00

Pages -- Leadership Report 2008: Action Steps

2008-11-27T22:40:00+00:00

Pages -- Leadership Report 2008: Tools

2008-11-27T22:22:00+00:00

Pages -- Leadership Report 2008: Culture changers

2008-11-27T22:21:00+00:00

Pages -- Leadership Report 2008: Reading

2008-11-27T22:20:00+00:00

Pages -- Leadership Report 2008: Quotes

2008-11-27T22:13:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- Closing Claim on a Tired and Good Thing

2007-03-15T16:08:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- The Internet Changes Everything

2007-03-15T07:42:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- Harnessing the Internet

2007-03-15T03:10:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- High Tech Fights Old Dignity

2007-03-14T19:32:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- Getting Personal

2007-03-14T19:00:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- The Central Resource (how to make it)

2007-03-14T17:42:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- He Said She Said versus The Facts

2007-03-14T17:41:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- Websites for Ethical Improvement

2007-03-14T17:27:00+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- Good interactive ideas

2007-03-14T17:19:01+00:00

Covering Science in Cyberspace -- Joke of the Day, as told by Joe Palca

2007-03-14T17:10:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Conference Photos, Links, and Coverage

2007-04-21T02:22:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Interview: Lee Horwich, USA TODAY

2007-04-20T23:44:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Readers talk back

2007-04-20T22:19:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Interview: Jim Smith, Boston Globe

2007-04-20T18:34:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- The users’ side of the bargain

2007-04-20T18:18:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- WIld and Crazy

2007-04-20T05:54:01+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Tell ‘Em What You DON’T Know

2007-04-20T03:19:01+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Fair Use and Copyright on the Web

2007-04-20T00:55:02+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Combining Social Media and Traditional Media

2007-04-20T00:31:00+00:00

Covering Politics in Cyberspace -- Luring Your Readers

2007-04-20T00:25:00+00:00

News Leadership 3.0 -- Ethnic news editors embrace online media

2009-07-09T11:41:12+00:00

In a guest post, Craig Matsuda says ethnic news organization leaders avoid the EitherOr mentality that holds back many mainstream newsrooms

News Leadership 3.0 -- Among ethnic groups, the digital divide narrows

2009-07-07T11:08:09+00:00

In a guest post, Craig Matsuda says that among Asian Americans and English-speaking Latinos, Internet access is as high as that of whites in the United States. It’s important to think about different usage among ethnic and age groups.

News Leadership 3.0 -- For journalism: More learning, less protectionism

2009-07-05T17:54:21+00:00

Links: Three recommended posts to help journalists get up to speed on where the Web is going and why they’re really at risk of being left behind

News Leadership 3.0 -- BlogHer: Keeping the conversation civil

2009-07-02T09:25:52+00:00

The mega network of women bloggers fosters a clean online conversation with clear guidelines and engaged users. “The Internet is perfect for passionate debate about issues people really care about. However, these debates must stop short of abusive behavior ... if the community is going to thrive,” says CEO Lisa Stone

News Leadership 3.0 -- Hello micro local! EveryBlock code is public

2009-07-01T21:30:31+00:00

EveryBlock, which aggregates news and data at the neighborhood block level, makes its source code public so developers in any community can make it their own

News Leadership 3.0 -- At MinnPost.com, an advertising experiment

2009-06-29T12:38:03+00:00

The Minneapolis online news start up brings a Twitter sensibility to serve small, local advertisers

News Leadership 3.0 -- A news entrepreneur lives her obsession and makes it pay

2009-06-23T11:14:08+00:00

In a guest post, Julia Scott of BargainBabe.com offers tips for news entrepreneurs. BargainBabe.com helps people save money on everyday expenses.

News Leadership 3.0 -- Guardian to users: Help us investigate

2009-06-22T10:08:13+00:00

The British news site asks its users to help it examine thousands upon thousands of pages of expense reports of members of Parliament.

News Leadership 3.0 -- Weekend reading: 10 ways journalists can use social media

2009-06-20T15:05:36+00:00

Link: A post by Vadim Lavrusik on how journalism schools are teaching social media offers a great primer for newsrooms as well

News Leadership 3.0 -- A new revenue agenda for news organizations

2009-06-18T09:34:28+00:00

Paul Gillin urges news organizations to re-invent their business model by becoming more service-oriented, seeking more small, local advertising accounts, and changing the game on Craigslist

Total Community Coverage -- People Count: Diversity Trumps Demographics in Election Coverage

2008-10-27T20:49:00+00:00

Ultimately, elections are about numbers: Whoever gets the most votes (popular or Electoral College) wins. Therefore, it’s tempting for news organizations to view communities primarily as demographic blocks—essentially, as numbers. The classic form for this type of election story is: “Here’s how Latinos are polling on issue X or candidate Y,” plus perhaps a few example anecdotes to make the story superficially appear to be more about people than numbers. This approach fits well with the too-easy horserace style of election coverage. For instance, check out these recent stories…

Total Community Coverage -- Radio and Your Community Outreach Strategy

2008-10-20T22:06:00+00:00

If your news organization wants to better engage particular communities, it helps to go where they are—rather than expect them to flock to you. If your news organization is trying especially to connect better with Hispanic and African-American communities, it might be a good idea to hit the radio waves…

Total Community Coverage -- Knight News Challenge: Creativity Goldmine for Reaching Communities of Difference

2008-10-13T22:27:00+00:00

The Nov. 1 application deadline for the Knight News Challenge is fast approaching. As a former News Challenge grantee, I’ve been mentoring several current applicants, helping them hone their proposals. Through this, I’ve discovered that the News Challenge Garage and the list of already-submitted public entries are a potential gold mine of talent and ideas for innovative projects that could serve all kinds of communities of difference…

Total Community Coverage -- MySpace and Facebook: Gateway to Youth, Latinos

2008-10-06T22:32:01+00:00

If you have (or know) teenagers or college students, you may have noticed that they’re MySpace and/or Facebook junkies. These social media service are powerhouses of online visibility. According to Alexa, right now MySpace is the Web’s third most popular site, after search giants Google and Yahoo. (YouTube currently ranks fourth, but then Facebook is fifth.) These services are not just for kids, struggling musicians, and attention-seekers. They’re actually direct conduits to the next generation of many important groups and communities that are often underserved by mainstream news…

Total Community Coverage -- How Diverse Is Your County? Census Maps Tell Stories

2008-09-29T16:11:00+00:00

Who’s in your coverage area, and how is local diversity changing? Some useful maps from the US Census can help you bring your local demographic picture into focus, and spot current and emerging trends that could help you hone your community coverage and outreach strategies…

Total Community Coverage -- Go Mobile: Serving Youth as a Long-Term Strategy

2008-09-24T00:43:00+00:00

Where will your news audience come from in five, ten, or twenty years? If your future news audience clearly prefers mobile media (and they probably do), then go mobile, you must!...

Total Community Coverage -- White and Male Privilege Meets the 2008 Election

2008-09-15T20:28:00+00:00

Yesterday on BlogHer, Maria Niles posted a must-read primer on the privileged status our society tends to accord whites and males, and how this might affect the current presidential race and beyond. Squirming yet? Don’t worry, you’re not alone…

Total Community Coverage -- Do “Hispanic-Fluentials” Like Your News?

2008-09-08T21:58:00+00:00

What are Hispanic bloggers saying about your news and info?...

Total Community Coverage -- Connecting with Jewish Communities (Gefilte Fish not Required)

2008-09-01T22:44:00+00:00

Learn how to engage community from the masters of this art.

Total Community Coverage -- The Buddha and Your News

2008-08-27T15:38:01+00:00

There’s a misconception about Buddhists that they just hang out meditating and ignore current events or popular culture. In fact, Buddhism is about balance and focus rather than 24/7 navel-gazing. It’s also about social and political action—which, in a time of war and multiple social and economic crises, may make Buddhists an especially interesting and important community to connect with.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Becoming a resource not just a source

2008-10-26T15:53:00+00:00

The Dallas Morning News recognizes the true value of the Internet by guiding readers to a variety of opinions, not just theirs.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Doing it right in Dallas

2008-07-22T22:42:00+00:00

Taking on the role of change catalyst, the Dallas Morning News editorial board embarks on a crusade to tear down long-standing divides in their city.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Welcome Back

2008-07-10T17:00:00+00:00

The Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary blog is revived with an open invitation to share ideas and successes. Looking ahead is difficult as current cutbacks and space reductions make self-preservation seem most critical. But readers still want the best newspapers can give so it is important the ideas for best practices, particularly online, keep flowing.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Community Engagement

2008-03-05T18:58:00+00:00

How to engage the community through blogs, utilize key words and building communities beyond geographic locations.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Anchor and Accessories: The Framework of an Interactive Editorial Page

2008-03-05T18:33:00+00:00

A look at how to put together new interactive media in an organized manner.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Transparency and Interactivity

2008-03-05T18:00:00+00:00

A closer look at how to keep the reputation of a news organization while utilizing interactive tools.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Old guy encounters digital age

2008-03-05T17:49:00+00:00

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Where’s the Conversation Going?

2008-03-05T17:36:00+00:00

“We write frankly and fearlessly but then we ‘modify’ before we print.” ~Mark Twain

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Better Strategies for Online Commentary and Zoning Editorial Content

2008-03-05T17:11:00+00:00

Group #6’s presentation from David Mastio, Lois Kazakoff, Tyson Wheatley and Gina Acosta.

Best Practices: Editorial and Commentary Online Blog -- Some Thoughts on What Makes a Successful Site

2008-03-05T17:05:00+00:00

Michael Williams starts out the last day of the conference with an overview of what makes a successful news website.

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Seattle Times and Citizen Journalism

2008-04-25T19:37:01+00:00

Using the public

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Bakersfield Californian

2008-04-25T19:05:00+00:00

Databases

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Begin with visualization in mind

2008-04-25T18:47:00+00:00

Do you want to spice up your online reporting? Think visualization.

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Newspapers and “Citizen Journalists”

2008-04-25T17:59:00+00:00

Should newspapers turn to free hires for help?

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Citizen journalism in political reporting creates more questions

2008-04-25T17:50:00+00:00

Hey I thought we were going to get answers to this online media world not more questions.

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- MAPLight.org

2008-04-25T17:49:00+00:00

The Numbers are Ready

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Value of transparency?

2008-04-25T17:38:00+00:00

Transparency vs. illusion of truth

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Go Deep

2008-04-25T16:42:01+00:00

“Googling” does not count for online research. You must go deep.

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Clinton Cash

2008-04-25T16:35:00+00:00

Clinton Cash, Campaign Money

Election '08: Cyber-Watchdogs -- Citizen Journalism

2008-04-25T15:31:00+00:00

Citizen Journalism and the Issue of Transparency