August 25-27, 2000:
Multimedia Reporting Workshop

The workshop is designed for experienced journalists who want hands-on experience in multimedia reporting. Participants will receive a thorough introduction to the new language of multimedia storytelling. They will transform a text story into a multimedia story comprising text, still photos, video clips, information for graphics, and interactivity.

We’ll draw on the talents of Nina Mullen and Joe Lambert at the Center for Digital Storytelling Center in Berkeley and their instructors. Jane Stevens and Mary Miller will attend as mentors.

The cost is $500.00, which goes to the Center for Digital Storytelling and their instructional material and equipment. NCSWA will provide lunch for the three days.

This intensive, hands-on workshop is limited to only 10 people. The first 10 people to deliver a check made out to NCSWA for $500 to Rob Irion, 115 Northrop Place, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 are assured a spot. (Enrollment is limited to ten.)

Following is an agenda for the three days. For more information, contact Jane Stevens at 707-785-1739, or 707-495-1112 (cell), or jstevens@mmjourno.com.

DAY ONE

	Introduction to the workshop: goals, schedule, and instructors
	Discussion of multimedia reporting examples -- what works, what doesn’t, identifying the core ideas of reporting in the multimedia environment
	Lunch
	Discussion of story assignments
	Introduction of story template, storyboards, and approach
	Workgroups -- participants divide into groups and create storyboards for their projects
	Discussion -- participants share storyboards with group for feedback

DAY TWO

	Check In
	Video camera tutorial -- basic rules of shooting, types of shots, audio, lighting.
	Fieldwork -- participants gather video for story
	Lunch
	Adobe Premier/Final Cut Pro tutorial
	Workgroups -- edit video clips for story

DAY THREE

	Check In
	Discussion -- revise storyboard, video questions
	Workgroups -- put story into template
	Lunch
	Showcase of Web stories
	Concluding discussion