- Effectively planning and developing your story to save time on your workflow and increase the quality of your pieces.
- Professional audio recording techniques in the field from audio documentary experts.
- Hands on explanations and experiences on how to use audio, video and photo gear -- along with recommendations on gear.
- Training on how to shoot visuals for multimedia storytelling including techniques for documentaries and working as a one-man-bad or mobile journalist.
- Hands on video production editing training and experience on Final Cut Pro, including how to create your own custom composed music and how to integrate cutting edge motion graphics, titles and lower-third labels.
- Inspriation on the most cutting edge multimedia projects from industry leaders forging these new multimedia storytelling forms.
2009 Workshop Directors
Seth Gitner - Multimedia Editor, The Roanoke Times and Roanoke.com
Will Sullivan - Interactive Director, The St. Louis Post Dispatch
2009 Workshop Coaches
- Richard Koci Hernandez - Multimedia Fellow, University of California at Berkeley
Rob Rosenthal - Director, Radio Program, Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Pam Chen - Senior Communications Coordinator, Open Society Institute
Josh Meltzer - Freelance Multimedia Photojournalist
Scott Anger - Director of Video Los Angeles Times
- Eric Maierson - Multimedia Producer, MediaStorm
- Ben De La Cruz - Senior Video Journalist/Multimedia, WashingtonPost.Newsweek Interactive
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- David Stephenson - Freelance Multimedia Photojournalist
- Coburn Dukehart - Picture and Multimedia Editor, National Public Radio
- Jody Sugrue - Freelance Multimedia Designer
- Mike Schmidt - Freelance Multimedia Designer
- Matt Ford - Multimedia Producer, Associated Press
- Bruce Strong - Associate Professor Syracuse University
- Smiley Pool - Staff Photographer, Houston Chronicle
- Meredith Birkett - Senior Multimedia Editor for Special Projects, MSNBC.com
- Will Yurman - Staff Photographer, Democrat and Chronicle
- Julie Jones - Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
- Miki Meek - Producer The New York Times
- Evelio Contreras - Videojournalist The Las Vegas Sun
- Joe Mahoney - Freelance Multimedia Photojournalist
- Brian Kaufman - Videojournalist, The Detroit Free Press
- Steve Elfers - Director of Video, USA Today