| April 10, 2010 |
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Looking for some affordable multimedia skills training? Want to network with fellow NAHJ members? Do your annual review goals require you attend a training seminar? Are you an aspiring student journalist who needs to gain skills and meet possible mentors?
Cost: $25 for NAHJ member, $30 for UNITY members, $40 for non-members.
$10 for NAHJ or UNITY student members, $20 non-member students
NAHJ Region 4 members (join or renew your membership at www.nahj.org)
Please Sign up at: nahj [dot] region4 [at] gmail [dot] com(Include your name, title, and company)
Limited to 50 attendees. First come, first served, so sign up now! Payment due on site by credit card, check or cash.
Special for non-members: if you opt to sign up for NAHJ membership on-site, we will credit the $25 conference registration ($10 for students) toward your membership.
Also, funding has been donated so that we can offer registration waivers to 10 student members. Interested students please contact Region 4 Director Roberto Pazos at nahj [dot] region4 [at] gmail [dot] com as soon as possible.
Session Description:
The news business has become global and feeding the international audience quickly and constantly is a challenge. How do you report news from Asia to Latin America in this new news media environment? Come learn the advantages to becoming a multi-platform journalist, identify your transferable skills, and learn the difference between producing web and TV video.
Session Description:
CNN has turned “one-man bands” into “all-platform” journalists, and announced an “expansion” of newsgathering with such people in dozens of American cities. With the arrival of portable digital camcorders, laptop computers with editing software, and high-speed Internet connections, now virtually anyone can produce what’s termed “news content,” and virtually everyone can shoot, edit and feed.
Instructors:
Victor Hernandez, Director of Coverage at CNN
Victor Hernandez is a Director of Coverage for CNN in Atlanta, U.S. headquarters. Mr. Hernandez is in charge of APJ – All platform journalists, working with dozens of contributors around the United States. Hernandez is also an Ethics Fellow / Leadership Programs at The Poynter Institute. He is a graduate of California State University-Fresno.
Jill Cox from CNN.com
Jill Cox, is a Senior Producer for CNN.com in Atlanta, U.S. headquarters. Today, CNN services reach nearly one billion people around the globe, a source for breaking news worldwide. Now CNN.com is expanding the online news revolution.
9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
On site Registration.
10:00 a.m. 12 p.m.
Workshop: Multimedia Storytelling 101 training
Instructor: Jill Cox, Senior Producer, CNN.com
12:00p.m.-1:00p.m.
Lunch will be provided.
01:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m.
Workshop: APJ ALL-PLATFORM JOURNALIST
Instructor: Victor Hernandez, Director of Coverage at CNN
Dont miss out on this great opportunity to get some hands on training as well as network with fellow journalists.