Multimedia Reporting and Convergence Seminar
May 21 - May 26, 2006

The Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism in partnership with the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation is accepting applications for this expenses-paid seminar that combines practical instruction in multimedia reporting with in-depth exploration of media convergence and other critical issues for online news operations.

Participants will get five full days of intense hands-on instruction on how to do multimedia stories for the Web, including:

* Using digital video cameras, photo cameras and minidisc recorders;
* Doing storyboards, stand-ups, voiceovers and other broadcast
techniques;
* Digital video, audio and photo editing;
* Creating photo slide shows in Flash;
* Web page creation and multimedia Web site design.

Fellows will create a multimedia project as part of the seminar.

In addition, there were evening and noontime panels and presentations by online publishing experts on the most pressing issues in online publishing, such as implementing converged newsrooms, working with citizen journalism sites, integrating multimedia into the newsroom and managing multimedia projects, and business issues in online publishing.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: Print and broadcast reporters and editors who want to make the transition to multimedia journalism and professional journalists engaged in preparing their news organizations for convergence. The WKC values diversity in all its forms: geographic, gender, generational, racial, ethnic and news organizations.

HOW: Applications should be addressed:
Vikki Porter,
Director,
The Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism,
USC Annenberg School for Communication,
300 South Grand Avenue, Ste. 3950,
Los Angeles, CA, 90071.

Applications should include TWO copies each of: a resume; a 500-word
statement of why this seminar would be valuable to the journalist; a
supervisor's strong nominating letter agreeing to cover salary and
incidental expenses.

WHEN: Applications must be received no later than Friday, April 14, 2006.

COST: There is no fee for attending the workshop. The Western Knight Center covers hotel accommodations and meals and provides up to a $300 travel allowance for the competitively selected fellows.

Questions? If you would like additional information about this seminar, call WKC Associate Director Lanita Pace-Hinton at 510-643-7429 or email pacel@berkeley.edu.

For more information on co-sponsor The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, please see www.journalismfoundation.org.

The Western Knight Center is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation and is a joint project of the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.