Workshops & Seminars

Multimedia Speaker Schedule

Rich Beckman, professor of multimedia design and production at the University of North Carolina
Andrew deVigal, multimedia editor for The New York Times
Seth Gitner, multimedia editor for The Roanoke Times and Roanoke.com
Dirck Halstead, editor and publisher of DigitalJournalist.org
Richard Koci Hernandez, deputy director of multimedia and photography for The San Jose Mercury News
Tom Kennedy, managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Interactive
David Leeson, executive producer for video and new media at The Dallas Morning News
Judith Levitt, Photo Producer for The New York Times
Regina McCombs, The Star Tribune
Jim Seida, multimedia producer for MSNBC
Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm
Joe Weiss, Creator and Developer of Soundslides
Zach Wise, Visiting Professor at Ohio University

8:00 AM: Richard Koci Hernandez: eye opener
9:00 AM: Judith Levitt: “Picture Editing for Newspaper Web Sites”
10:00: (morning break)
10:30: Richard Koci Hernandez and Seth Gitner: “How to get multimedia started at your paper”
11:30: (lunch)
1:00 PM: David Leeson: “Shooting stills with a HD video camera”
2:00: Regina McCombs: “Talking video in the print newsroom”
3:00: (afternoon break)
3:30: Jim Seida: “Audio Gathering Techniques”
4:30: TBA
5:30: (dinner)
8:00 - whenever: portfolio reviews

8:00 AM: Zach Wise: eye opener
9:00: Dirck Halstead: “The Digital Journalist”
10:00: (morning break)
10:30: Rich Beckman: “Developing a Multimedia Skill Set: What You Need to Know and How to Learn It”
11:30: (lunch)
1:00 PM: Andrew DeVigal, New York Times: “Thinking about Multimedia Storytelling beyond Photojournalism”
2:00: Tom Kennedy: “Video Storytelling for Newspapers”
3:00: (afternoon break)
3:30: Brian Storm: “Multimedia Storytelling”
4:30: MULTIMEDIA KEYNOTE: The Future of Multimedia Photojournalism (panel discussion); Moderator Seth Gitner, Brian Storm, Tom Kennedy, Rich Beckman, and Andrew deVigal
5:30: (end of Workshop)
7:00-10:00: Sprague/BOP Banquet

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