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Professional Development Events
March 2010
- Tuesday, March 23, 2010
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6:00 PM
Get Yourself Online (NPC Professional Development)
- Description:
No matter your medium, journalists today need a website to promote themselves and their work. Whether you're looking for a job or to broaden your audience, join the NPC Professional Development Committee on Tuesday, March 23 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. to find out what you need to know about getting yourself online and what steps you need to take. This session, led by multimedia specialist Mark Young, is geared to print, broadcast and online journalists as well as any media persons interested in building an online showcase. We'll go over costs, examples of sites (good and bad), possible software and online modules, as well as how to incorporate social media and blogs as part of any site. Young, currently an online editor at the State Department, previously oversaw the website of Media General's Washington Bureau as well as several newspapers such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; he also recently helped several working journalists develop websites. This event, to be held in the NPC's Lisagor Conference Room, is free for NPC members, $15 for nonmembers, but space is limited so you must reserve. For a seat, contact nnottingham@press.org or call 202-662-7523. Sponsored by the Professional Development Committee at the NPC's Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library.
- Sponsored by:The Professional Development Committee at the NPC's Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library
- Location: Murrow Room
- Friday, March 26, 2010
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8:30 AM
Video Storytelling Seminar (NPC Media Training)
- Description:
Video Storytelling Seminar: A three-part series for reporters or Web producers will explain the how-tos of adding a video component to stories. The classes are March 11 and 26 and April 2 in the Bloomberg Classroom. Costs vary and must be paid in advance; see details below.
The sessions will offer practical tips for producing video, whether you're using a Flip camera, an iPhone or more sophisticated video equipment.
The primary instructor is media trainer/coach Mary Coffman, associate professor of broadcast and video storytelling at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She will discuss the pros and cons of different kinds of video storytelling, including ways to tell stories without narration, and teach the skills needed to master each technique.
The sessions can be taken as series or as individual classes.
The sessions are:
Thursday, March 11, 7 to 9 p.m. Free to NPC members; $35 for non-members
Coffman and Ivan Meyers, multimedia producer and former director of AV teaching technologies at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, will focus on identifying stories best told in video; writing broadcast-style copy for narration; avoiding narration pitfalls; and interview techniques.
Friday, March 26, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; $60 for NPC members or $100 for this session plus April 2. Non-member rate is $120 per class, $200 for both.
This session will offer hands-on tips for shooting video with various equipment. Topics are framing and composition; tips on shooting video in different circumstances; tips for getting good audio; shooting exercises. Coffman will critique participants' video.
Friday, April 2, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; $60 for NPC members or $100 for this session plus March 26. Non-member rate is $120 per class, $200 for both.
This session will offer hands-on training for editing video. Topics are tips for editing video; sequencing shots; tips for using transitions and not over-using them. Coffman will critique participant's edited video.
The editing will take place on the laptops provided by the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. Bring video that you shot.
Participants are encouraged to bring their camera and indicate what kind it is when registering. Cameras can be provided for participants who do not have one.
To register, please contact Nicole Nottingham and nnottingham@press.org or (202) 662-7523
- Location: Bloomberg Room
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10:00 AM
Virtual Video Press Conference (NPC Professional Development)
- Description:
The first session in a series of classroom-style seminars and half-day conferences on the latest trends crucial to PR professionals is at 10 a.m. Friday, March 26, in the fourth floor Broadcast Operations Center. The cost for the 90-minute seminarin "Get PR Smart" is $45 for members and $55 for non-members.
The session will cover how to maximize communication strategies by learning how to conduct video press conferences using Web broadcasting tools such as U-Stream.
The series will cover a variety of topics including how social media has changed the way reporters, sources, and communication professionals interact. It will also focus on learning how to use new, inexpensive technologies to get a client's message in front of the right audience.
To see a calendar of the series and register, please visit www.press.org/prsmart .
To obain the code for the NPC member discount, see the second article in the Wire.
"Get PR Smart" is sponsored by the Club and Adfero Group.
- Sponsored by:National Press Club / Adfero
- Location: Broadcast Center Studio A
April 2010
- Friday, April 2, 2010
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8:30 AM
Video Storytelling Seminar (NPC Media Training)
- Description:
Video Storytelling Seminar: A three-part series for reporters or Web producers will explain the how-tos of adding a video component to stories. The classes are March 11 and 26 and April 2 in the Bloomberg Classroom. Costs vary and must be paid in advance; see details below.
The sessions will offer practical tips for producing video, whether you're using a Flip camera, an iPhone or more sophisticated video equipment.
The primary instructor is media trainer/coach Mary Coffman, associate professor of broadcast and video storytelling at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. She will discuss the pros and cons of different kinds of video storytelling, including ways to tell stories without narration, and teach the skills needed to master each technique.
The sessions can be taken as series or as individual classes.
The sessions are:
Thursday, March 11, 7 to 9 p.m. Free to NPC members; $35 for non-members
Coffman and Ivan Meyers, multimedia producer and former director of AV teaching technologies at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, will focus on identifying stories best told in video; writing broadcast-style copy for narration; avoiding narration pitfalls; and interview techniques.
Friday, March 26, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; $60 for NPC members or $100 for this session plus April 2. Non-member rate is $120 per class, $200 for both.
This session will offer hands-on tips for shooting video with various equipment. Topics are framing and composition; tips on shooting video in different circumstances; tips for getting good audio; shooting exercises. Coffman will critique participants' video.
Friday, April 2, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.; $60 for NPC members or $100 for this session plus March 26. Non-member rate is $120 per class, $200 for both.
This session will offer hands-on training for editing video. Topics are tips for editing video; sequencing shots; tips for using transitions and not over-using them. Coffman will critique participant's edited video.
The editing will take place on the laptops provided by the Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library. Bring video that you shot.
Participants are encouraged to bring their camera and indicate what kind it is when registering. Cameras can be provided for participants who do not have one.
To register, please contact Nicole Nottingham and nnottingham@press.org or (202) 662-7523
- Location: Bloomberg Room
- Tuesday, April 6, 2010
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10:00 AM
Journalists Who Covered Haiti (NPC Professional Development)
- Description:
Daylong Workshop for Journos Who Covered Haiti, April 6; RSVP Needed but No Charge
A session for journalists who covered the earthquake and aftermath in Haiti will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in the Bloomberg Classroom. There is no charge.
The Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club is partnering with the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma to present a workshop for journalists who experienced the extraordinary challenges of covering the extremes of destruction and human suffering in Haiti.
This closed-door, journalist-to-journalist discussion will offer a chance to reflect on covering Haiti, on issues which emerged in the field or at home, and lessons learned for covering future disasters.
The conference will also include briefings and conversation on: trauma awareness for journalists; practical and ethical newsroom issues; and techniques and practical resources for resilience and peer trauma support.
The conference will draw on the experiences of journalists in the aftermath of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina and the 2004 tsunami. It is built on Dart Center programs developed by leading clinicians in collaboration with journalists and news managers.
The program will be led by Bruce Shapiro, executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Space is limited, and reservations are required. RSVP at (202) 662-7523 or jschoo@press.org
- Sponsored by:professional development committee
- Location: Bloomberg Room
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