Digital Journalism Workshop

Course Outline

What is multimedia storytelling.

“What is ‘Narrative’ Anyway?” by Chip Scanlan (PoynterOnline, October 7, 2003)
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=52&aid=49550

Best practices in audio reporting.

Links:

“How to make your audio slideshows better” by Colin Mulvany
http://masteringmultimedia.wordpress.com/2008/02/20/how-to-make-your-audio-slideshows-better/

“Sound in the Story” by J. Carl Ganter and Eileen Ganter
http://www.visualedge.org/lessons/SoundStory.pdf

Slideshows:

“Guitar Lessons at the Central Area Senior Center”
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/audio/news/local/guitarlessons/

“From Iraq to Ozak, Mo.”
http://www.npr.org/multimedia/2008/10/manira_steve/index.html
Thursday, October 1: Using the HD cam for capturing video, microphone configurations

Video storytelling. Principles and best practices.

“Video News: The Videojournalist Comes of Age” by Michael Rosenblum (Nieman Reports, Winter 2008)
http://nieman.harvard.edu/reportsitem.aspx?id=100714

Links:

“The Complete Reuters Video News Handbook”
http://handbook.reuters.com/index.php/The_Complete_Reuters_Video_News_Handbook

“Good Shooting Guide” by BBC. Click on “Start module 1″ button closer to the bottom of the page.
http://www.bbctraining.com/onlineCourse.asp?tID=5914&cat=2781

“The Seven Deadly Sins of Camerawork” (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-6tWTPTmcE

Kobre Guide Video Tutorials
http://kobreguide.com/content/howto/video+tutorials

“How Do You Choose Stories for Video?” by Angela Grant
http://newsvideographer.com/2007/07/17/how-do-you-choose-stories-for-video/

“The Five Shot Rule” by BBC explains how to film sequences. Use this rule every time you are doing your video assignments.
http://www.bbctraining.com/modules/5915/video/1.2.2.htm

“Sequencing: The foundation of video storytelling” by Colin Mulvany
http://masteringmultimedia.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/sequencing-the-foundation-of-video-storytelling/

B-Roll.net. A great resource with hundreds of videos produced by reporters across the country.
http://www.b-roll.net/tv/

Videos:

“Contamination and a Crusade” by Pierre Kattar (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2007/03/19/VI2007031901528.html

“Food Line” by Pierre Kattar. The video is a perfect example of how a narration can be used to tell a story along with video. The narration provides information on economy and some background on people in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q_0hbbwytM

You can also view other videos by Pierre Kattar
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/07/18/LI2005071800915.html

“A fighting chance” by the New York Times
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/08/sports/othersports/1231547363757/a-fighting-chance.html
make sure you read the text story that goes along with the video:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/sports/othersports/09boxers.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Cheryl%20Ziegler&st=cse

More examples:

Starting your video with quick soundbites:
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/video/archive.asp?postID=130

Starting with your strongest shot:
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/video/archive.asp?postID=232

Changing shots quickly (quick pacing)
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/video/archive.asp?postID=279

Making your audience wonder:
http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/video/archive.asp?postID=13

Principles of Web usability. What makes news Web sites user-friendly.

“Amazoning the News”
http://www.hypergene.net/ep2001/

Examples:

The Charlotte Observer: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/
Politico.com: http://www.politico.com/
The Iowa Gazette: http://gazetteonline.com/
The Spokesman-Review: http://www.spokesman.com/

Data visualization. Best practices and examples.