API schedules Multimedia Storytelling workshop
Sessions Oct. 13-15 in Nashville, Tenn.
American Press Institute is offering a terrific training opportunity for your members who want to tell stories using multimedia tools. Multimedia Storytelling Workshop, a basic, hands-on training for journalists and online producers, will be Oct. 13 – 15, 2008, at The Diversity Institute, John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tenn. This workshop is for reporters carrying cameras, Web producers, and online editors who want to use photography, sound and video to tell stories on the Web. API is making this essential skills seminar available for only $995, including lunches and dinners.
Multimedia Storytelling Workshop
October 13 – 15, 2008
The Diversity Institute, John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tennessee
Basic, hands-on training for journalists and online producers who want to tell stories using multimedia tools
U.S. Internet users viewed 11 billion online videos during the month of April 2008, according to comScore, a global information provider based in Reston, Va. Multimedia make news come to life, increases audience engagement, and gives people even more reason to visit your Web site throughout the day. Many journalists are grabbing video cameras, sometimes with little training, to help their news organizations meet the exploding demand for Internet video. The quality ranges from bad to basic to outstanding. For some journalists, the advent of video presents a terrific new career opportunity. For some editors and print reporters, entering the world of video journalism is a daunting task. What equipment do I need? What’s different about online storytelling? How long should it be? How hard will it be?
At API’s Multimedia Storytelling Workshop, you’ll gain hands-on experience working in small groups and using cameras and editing tools to gather and produce photographs, audio and video for the Web. Participants who complete this training will be able to walk into any newsroom and create multimedia content.
During the three-day workshop, participants will learn:
Space is limited, so register early. Equipment will be available for your use in the workshop. For complete workshop schedule and travel information, please go to http://www.americanpressinstitute.org/08/MultimediaStorytelling/
Location: John Seigenthaler Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Tuition: $995 (Includes lunches and dinners during the workshop) Space is limited for this hands-on workshop.
Hotel: Participants must make their own hotel arrangements for the seminar. (The cost of the hotel is not included in the seminar tuition.) A special seminar rate of $162.20, including taxes, is available at Embassy Suites Nashville at Vanderbilt, 1811 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203 (Phone: (615) 277-4964). Ask for the “Freedom Forum Diversity Institute” rate. This charge is in addition to the tuition fee, and is paid directly to the hotel by the seminar member upon checkout. A complimentary shuttle will take participants to the workshop and back to the hotel every day. The guaranteed rate cutoff date is Sept. 18, 2008, so please make your reservations early.
Want personal advice on whether this seminar is right for you? Please contact seminar moderator and API associate director Mary Peskin with any questions.