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Seminars -- Multimedia Storytelling Workshop

2010-06-13T16:00:19+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, June 13-18, 2010 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 Paul Grabowicz, Samantha Grant, Marilyn Pittman, Jeremy Rue, Jerry Monti and Scot Hacker present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

Seminars -- Multimedia Storytelling Workshop

2010-05-16T16:00:51+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, May 16-21, 2010 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 Paul Grabowicz, Samantha Grant, Marilyn Pittman, Jeremy Rue, Jerry Monti and Scot Hacker present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

Seminars -- Web Publishing Skills for Independent Journalists

2010-03-21T16:00:51+00:00

Seminars -- Web 2.0 Training

2010-02-22T16:00:26+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Web 2.0 Training for Journalists, February 22-26, 2010, provides participants with hands-on, newsroom-focused training on innovative publishing tools and technologies. Workshop fellows create data-driven map mash-ups, use Google publishing and data visualization tools, create SEO-smart blog posts, shoot, edit and post HD video, create publication widgets, and use Facebook and Twitter both for reporting and for driving traffic. A major component of the intense 12-hour daily schedule is engaging in discussions lead by national leaders in journalism, technology, business, and newsroom innovation. Participants leave with new tools for reporting and with new insights on how to serve new and emerging audiences.

Seminars -- Multimedia Storytelling Workshop

2010-01-10T16:00:01+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Workshop, January 10-15, 2010 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 Paul Grabowicz, Samantha Grant, Marilyn Pittman, Jeremy Rue, Jerry Monti and Scot Hacker present the workshop’s core multimedia curriculum.

Seminars -- Web 2.0 Training

2009-12-14T16:00:57+00:00

The Knight Digital Media Center’s Web 2.0 Training for Journalists, December 14-18, 2009, provides participants with hands-on, newsroom-focused training on innovative publishing tools and technologies. Workshop fellows create data-driven map mash-ups, use Google publishing and data visualization tools, create SEO-smart blog posts, shoot, edit and post HD video, create publication widgets, and use Facebook and Twitter both for reporting and for driving traffic. A major component of the intense 12-hour daily schedule is engaging in discussions lead by national leaders in journalism, technology, business, and newsroom innovation. Participants leave with new tools for reporting and with new insights on how to serve new and emerging audiences.

Seminars -- Digital Leadership Summit for Public Radio Stations

2009-12-06T17:00:21+00:00

An invitation-only conference for top public radio news organizations who are transforming to meet the information needs of their communities in the digital age. We are putting together the details of this event right now. To learn more as it becomes available, sign up for our email newsletter.

Seminars -- Enhancing the Future: Innovation & Collaboration

2009-11-06T16:00:02+00:00

This special seminar was a partnership of the Knight Digital Media Center at USC and the News 21 Initiative of the Knight and Carnegie foundations. A group of 24 university educators from the top journalism schools in the country participated in the seminar, which highlighted key online tools to be used in the classroom and encouraged collaboration efforts between the universities. 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 an umbrella topic.

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.

Pages -- Twitter archive of #kdmcleader

2009-07-24T01:45:51+00:00

Pages -- Snap Shot Interviews

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

Pages -- Snap Shot Interviews

2009-05-28T21:56:05+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

2009-03-06T05:16:20+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

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 -- Publish2: Capturing the power of the link

2009-11-19T20:11:43+00:00

News organizations use this free aggregation service to deliver more links and information to their users

News Leadership 3.0 -- Culture change 101

2009-11-17T19:51:02+00:00

For news executives who find their staffs are still resistant new ideas and practices, here are three steps to start making change

News Leadership 3.0 -- Six trends in community journalism

2009-11-12T09:34:10+00:00

American University and J-Lab produce a study about how the movement to create entrepreneurial community Web sites may changing the rules of engagement with news.

News Leadership 3.0 -- Good ideas from J-Lab’s New Media Women Entrepreneurs summit

2009-11-09T16:14:14+00:00

Dozens of women gather in DC to hear ideas and best practices from women who have started community news Web sites and are learning how to make them thrive

News Leadership 3.0 -- Learning to love comments

2009-11-05T20:16:53+00:00

Knoxville News Sentinel’s Jack Lail describes steps his organization took to improve the online conversation.

News Leadership 3.0 -- Western Citizen: News site seeks to connect and engage

2009-11-03T21:22:11+00:00

This bootstrapped site in the Rocky Mountains wants to bring more citizens into discussions about politics, environment, health and economic issues

News Leadership 3.0 -- Social media, Spider Man, and the new journalism

2009-11-03T12:48:08+00:00

A list of five lessons in social media and how they translate for journalists today

News Leadership 3.0 -- When to “unpublish” news? Almost never

2009-10-29T11:32:14+00:00

A project by the Associated Press Managing Editors looks at the long tail of news and how to handle requests to remove online content

News Leadership 3.0 -- Five tips for training citizen journalists

2009-10-27T14:12:35+00:00

In a guest post, the editor of the Twin Cities Daily Planet discusses how to train non-professionals to gather news and information.

News Leadership 3.0 -- At Slate, small is the new big

2009-10-22T15:31:52+00:00

Editor David Plotz sees a future with a smaller, highly engaged audience for the online magazine

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