Ñ MEDIA TRAINING SERIES

These intensive four or eight-hour sessions – happening on Wednesday, June 15 or Saturday, June 18 – offer the convention’s most fruitful professional development experience. So make sure to come to the convention early to get the most training you can. Here’s just a sample of the Training Series. Keep checking this page and stay tuned to future announcements as we add more sessions to the series in Orlando.

 

Wednesday, June 15    9 am to 5 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)

  

NPR’s Audio Storytelling Workshop (limit 6 participants)

What makes a good audio story?  Whether your goal is to do a full-blown radio story, used audio clips in your blog, accompany photos on the web or create a podcast, this one-day workshop will show you how to understand audio’s storytelling strengths , select the best sound, write for the ear, and write to sound. You’ll also get an opportunity to use audio recording equipment and to do digital audio editing. You will need to bring your own laptop and download audio editing software in advance.

This session is limited to 6 mid-career journalists.  To apply for this session:
Send an email with your full name, NAHJ membership number, media organization, job title and cell phone number to audioworkshop [at] npr [dot] org. Include up to three online links to recently published work and a brief bio with career goals (maximum 500 words). No attachments please. Applicants will be competitively selected for a limited number of spaces. The workshop is conducted in English. 

The application deadline: Rolling basis.

Instructors: Sora Newman, Senior Trainer, National Public Radio

Russell Lewis, Southern Bureau Chief – NPR News

  

Multimedia Photojournalism A to Z (For all levels of experience and platforms) 10 am to 5 p.m.  

With the industry changing, specialty positions in newsrooms are slowly disappearing.  Reporters, producers and photographers are being asked to do more than one job.  It has become more challenging as we try to improve or learn a different skill set.  In this full day workshop, learn what it takes to become a better storyteller and how to work efficiently if you are now a video journalist/multi-media journalist. 

Featured speaker Al Tompkins of the Poynter Institute will lead a session called, “Al’s Ten Commandments for Video.”  Fundamentals of video framing, motion, light, natural sound, sound bites and sequencing will be discussed in this practical and interactive session.

After a lunch break, Al will lead an afternoon session called, “Let’s Get Critical.”  This session will demonstrate how to go beyond the obvious event or happening, to the deeper story others miss.  It includes a dissection of some huge mistakes journalists have made in assuming something is true, but isn’t.  It will also include a line-by-line look at a story that uses every production trick in the book to make us feel what the reporter feels, but may not be true.

Instructors:

Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty, Broadcast and Online, The Poynter Institute

Joe Vazquez, Multimedia Reporter, KPIX San Francisco

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

  

Watchdogging your Beat

Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) brings its Better Watchdog Workshop series for a full-day session that will arm you to better cover any beat or topic. Advice on developing a documents state of mind, navigating public records, understanding records retention schedules, exploring key records on a variety of beats, and becoming familiar with key national data sets to produce high-impact local stories. Session will cover crucial topics including Using the Web as an Investigative Tool, Key Documents You Can’t Live Without, The Art of Source Development, and much more.

Instructors: Doug Haddix, IRE training director
Manny Garcia, executive editor, El Nuevo Herald
Mc Nelly Torres, Florida Center for Investigative Reporting

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

  

Pongamos al día nuestro español – 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

¿Lleva tilde? ¿Va en mayúscula o minúscula? ¿Dónde van las comas, rayas o comillas?  Si tiene este tipo de dudas, este taller es indispensable.  Durante este taller de medio dia, repasaremos qué es y cómo funciona nuestra lengua, fallas comunes de ortografía y ortotipografía, y errores que se detectan en los medios de comunicación en español.  Además, se ofrecerán herramientas en internet para resover dudas al redactar las noticias y recomendaciones bibliográficas – de los principales diccionarios y otros libros de apoyo para mejorar la redacción.

Profesor: Alberto Gómez Font, Fundación del Español Urgente, Madrid

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

  

Clínica de redacción – 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm  

Antes de redactar, el reportero debe organizar el material recopilado para estructurar una nota. En este taller se proveerán técnicas y consejos para mejorar la redacción periodística.  ¿Cómo decidir el tono y contexto de la nota a redactar? ¿Qué clichés deben evitarse?  Análisis y corrección de textos.  Por medio de ejemplos, los participantes recibirán tips para mejorar su redacción.  En este taller interactivo, se indicará cómo un reportero puede autocorregir sus notas antes de presentarlas a un editor, o de publicarlas cuando no hay un editor de por medio.

Instructors:

Lilia O’Hara, editora, Enlace, San Diego

Prof.  Jessica Retis, California State University, Northridge

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

  

Photography for non-photographers (limit 30)

It’s an all-day basics of photography workshop. It will include a location photo shoot with a professional photographer to learn the basics of photography composition and learning to develop a personal vision. Participants will then return to the lab and learn basic photo editing, picture toning and workflow techniques.  Participants must bring their own digital camera. Point and Shoot and certain cell phone cameras will be accepted.

Instructors: Marcio Sanchez, Staff Photographer, Associated Press, Santa Clara, California

Natalie Guillén, Photographer, The Santa Fe New Mexican

Signup for Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

 

 

Building Web Content: An HTML, CSS and JavaScript Primer (limit 30)

Basics of HTML and CSS are quickly becoming required skills for the modern day journo. In this full-day workshop come get your feet wet by building a webpage from scratch and if you’re ready, we’ll dive into more interactive work by building a data visualization using JavaScript/JQuery. Requirements with recommendations for participants: A laptop with a text editor (Notepad++ for Windows or Textwrangler for Mac) and an FTP client if you want to put your project on a server at the end (FileZilla)

Instructors:

Dave Stanton, Managing Developer, SmartMediaCreative.com 

Robert Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

 

Saturday, June 18 – 9:00 a.m. to Noon (unless noted otherwise)

 

Building your site from scratch – in English and Spanish

This session will show participants how to create a multimedia website in a very short period of time.  Participants don’t need to know HTML to create the website; the site will be created in a very simple way and at a very low cost. This session is perfect for media professionals or college students interested in developing a new skill, creating a professional/personal blog, or building a neat looking site for their freelance work (maybe all of the above).

Instructor: Robert Hernandez, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

 

Data Visualization and Census 2010 

There are stories to be found in data. Get an introduction to some kinds of stories that can be told – as enhancement to other stories or on their own - by turning the data into interactive graphics. Then, get hands on with 2010 census data and turn that data into rich data-driven maps. Digital beginners who think this sounds intimidating are especially encouraged to attend this session. 

Instructor: Henry M. Lopez, Manager of Digital Development and Projects Manager, The Santa Fe New Mexican.

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org

 

El  Poder De La Imagen Y La Voz  – 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mirna Pineda imparte un taller de cuatro horas donde abordará la importancia del lenguaje corporal para ser comunicadores  más asertivos y eficientes. Además presentará técnicas de vocalización, dicción e improvisación para aprovechar la voz  así como la teoría del color vocal y su aplicación en el vestuario para mejorar la apariencia. Se evaluarán los materiales (demos) de los participantes. Dirigido a periodistas de radio y televisión y personas interesadas en el área.

Nivel: Para principiantes e intermedios.

Instructora: Mirna Pineda, periodista, autora, y life coach para Avante Seminar LLC

Signup for this Session: Send your full name and email address to pluizaga [at] nahj [dot] org