Blogging for Beginners

Check out Chapter 5/How to Blog in Mark Briggs’ digital literacy guide,
 “Journalism 2.0″ http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20

Have some fun with Vanity Fair’s visual take on the hottest blogs http://www.vfdaily.com/culture/2008/blogopticon/index.html

Schedule for Saturday’s Workshop

SPJ NEW SKILLS SET SEMINAR: July 12, 2008

8:30 Coffee and conversation/Manzanita Hall Third Floor

8:45 Introduction/overview

9:00-10:20 Session IA DIGITAL AUDIO RECORDING & EDITING (Mauldin/MZ 362)

9:00-10:20 Session IB BLOGGING (Bowen/MZ 360)

10:30-12:00 Session 2A SOUNDSLIDES PHOTO STORIES (Blumenkrantz/MZ 361)

10:30-12:00 Session 2B DIGITAL VIDEO CAPTURE & EDITING (Wall/MZ 362 and Arroyo/MZ 150)

12:00-1:00 LUNCH/Manzanita Hall Third floor

1:00-2:30 Session 3A SOCIAL MEDIA (Shapiro/MZ 362)

Video for Absolute Beginners

Helpful links for those new to online video journalism:

Current TV (great video tutorials)

How to shoot video by J-Learning site for community journalism

Making a Good Newspaper Video (Newspaper Association of America)

Newspaper Video: Making Newspaper Pictures Move

Examples:

30-seconds or less, person on the street:  Meaning of Mother’s Day

Standalone package: NYT’s David Pogue

Multi-part documentary:  Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail

Editing Audio

Audacity is a free audio editing software.

You can learn to edit it quickly with Mindy McAdams Super Fast Guide to Editing with Audacity

& Part 2

More links for audio editing

Visual Communications Links

CSUN J Prof David Blumenkrantz’s students’ work

Why Photojournalists Should Gather Audio

Soundslides multi-media software (available for 90-day free trial)