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Multimedia Speaker Schedule
Speakers
- 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
Program Schedule
Friday
- 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
Saturday
- 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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