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University of Texas at El Paso

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists along with our NAHJ Region 5 and University of Texas at El Paso are hosting a series of multimedia workshops this Saturday, April 10, 2010. Take advantage of this full-day of intensive workshops which will include training on: editing video using Final Cut Pro, using the latest in Social Media for better storytelling and journalism, creating your blog inexpensively using WordPress, learning PhotoShop, and improving how you use audio to tell stories more effectively and with more impact. Space is limited in the workshops so register and reserve a space today!

Don’t delay and sign up now!!

NAHJ Member rate: $40

Non-Member rate: $75

NAHJ Student Member Rate: $20

Non-Member Student Rate: $40

Registration is now open!

NAHJ members can access the online application form below.
 

Preliminary Schedule

 8:30 a.m. Registration and breakfast snacks (coffee, tea, pan dulce) — Lobby, Cotton Memorial Building, University Street, UTEP

All Day Sessions                                                                   

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with a break for lunch

Understanding Final Cut Pro: Hands-on Seminar on Editing Video

(Space limited to 21 registrants)

Students will familiarize themselves with the Final Cut Pro interface and learn basic editing techniques using this tool. Participants will learn how to edit a project from to import to final export. This seminar will cover file management, terminology, basic and advanced editing techniques using transitions, filters, color correction, audio, type, keyframing, exporting and compressing, among other techniques.

Instructor: Ricardo Lopez is the Photography Editor at El Diario de Juarez and a former visual journalist and multimedia producer at The Miami Herald. He has conducted several multimedia and video production workshops for students and professional photojournalists. Ricardo is a Brooks Institute of Photography alumnus and a former Platypus Workshop teacher assistant. He was born and raised in Mexico.

Half-Day Sessions

9 a.m. to noon or 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

(Participants should choose only one a.m. and one p.m. session)

Morning sessions

Blogging, Social Media & Your Work

(Space limited to 25 registrants)

With the ubiquity of the Internet, an individual’s power to report and propagate news is greater than ever. How do you tap into the latest social media platforms to promote the integrity and information contained in your work, increase readership and maintain authority in a realm full of citizen journalists? Are blogs, Facebook, Twitter and the like must-haves, or can you get away with just focusing on one?

This workshop will help familiarize you with the ever-evolving options offered by online promotion and empower you to decide how they can be used to strengthen your professionalism.

Instructor: The workshop will be led by Lisa Y. Garibay, founder of LARGetc. Publicity & Marketing. A native El Pasoan, she pioneered cutting-edge social media and grassroots marketing techniques while working within the film and music industries in Los Angeles. She is also a seasoned journalist focusing on arts & culture for print and online publications worldwide.

How to Get Your Feet Wet in Photoshop Even if You’re Terrified of the Water

(Space limited to 20 registrants)

This introduction to essentials will cut Photoshop down to size and give you the same control in the digital darkroom that the 20th Century masters spent years perfecting in the dark with chemistry and optics.

Instructor: Costa Rican-born David Smith-Soto, a bilingual writer, editor, journalist and photographer, brings more than 30 years of experience in bilingual print journalism, newspaper management and international public relations to UTEP. At UTEP, he teaches digital photography and bilingual journalism. Smith-Soto earned a BA in English from the University of Maryland and an MFA in bilingual creative writing at UTEP.

Noon-1:15 lunch on your own (restaurants nearby)

Afternoon Sessions

Boost Your Presence on the Web: Publish Your Own WordPress Blog or News Site

(Space limited to 20 registrants)

After this workshop, you will be able to set-up, customize and publish your own blog, news magazine, or news site using WordPress. This workshop covers the basics (creating accounts, pages and posts, uploading images and video), moves to the intermediate (themes, widgets and plugins) and provides all you need to engage and expand your social media networks. This is a hands-on workshop in a fully-equipped computer lab.

Instructor: Lourdes Cueva Chacón has an MS in Information Science and has worked designing and implementing websites for more than six years (Lulu.com, liberalarts.utep.edu, Borderzine.com). She is Borderzine.com’s webmaster.

Audio Recording like a Pro

(Space limited to 25 registrants)

No matter what area in the field of journalism, learning audio will enhance your final product and increase your marketability to potential employers. Go far beyond simply slapping a musical background to your audio slideshow! In this workshop, you’ll learn to record audio like a professional. We’ll cover the basic elements of recording quality audio, which can be applied no matter what equipment you use. We’ll also cover basic audio editing where you’ll learn to layer your sound. You’ll learn how to get creative with the sound you record and how to match it up with photographs that can add up to one powerful audio slideshow.

Instructor: Monica Ortiz Uribe is a freelance reporter for National Public Radio and other public radio networks. She’s worked closely with NPR’s Next Generation project which trains young people for careers in radio. Monica is a 2005 graduate from the University of Texas at El Paso.

4:30-4:45 Evaluations and wrap up the day

Registration Information

• NAHJ Members who wish to register for this event click here.
  • Login using your username and password (contact pluizaga@nahj.org if you do not have this information available)
  • Click on the “Events” tab towards the top of the screen.
  • Click on the “Multimedia and Social Media Day on the Border for Journalists” option.
  • Click on the “Register” button on the right side of the page.
  • Proceed with event registration

Non NAHJ members who wish to register at the non-member rate for this event, click here to create an account. Once this is complete:

• Login using your username and password (contact pluizaga@nahj.org if you do not have this information available)
• Click on the “Events” tab towards the top of the screen.
• Click on the “Multimedia and Social Media Day on the Border for Journalists” option.
• Click on the “Register” button on the right side of the page.
• Proceed with event registration

If your membership has lapsed and you wish to register for this event at the Member rate, click here to join NAHJ or renew your membership. Continue by:

• Login using your username and password (contact pluizaga@nahj.org if you do not have this information available)
• Click on the “Events” tab towards the top of the screen.
• Click on the “Multimedia and Social Media Day on the Border for Journalists” option.
• Click on the Register button on the right side of the page.
• Proceed with event registration

 For questions, login information or if you are having difficulty signing up for a session, please contact Paulo Luizaga at pluizaga@nahj.org or 202-662-7460.

PLEASE NOTE:

This online system will ask registrants to select which session(s) they will be attending. Most sessions are strictly limited to 20 or 25 people, so it is necessary to select the session(s) to reserve a space in the computer lab being used. The Final Cut Pro session is a full-day of training, so participants are expected to select no other session if they reserve a space there. For the other sessions, attendees can select one of the morning sessions and an afternoon session.