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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, June 14-17, 2006
ñ Media Training Series: All Day Sessions
 Click Here to Sign Up for an All Day Session.
Pre-registration is required. Deadline to sign up is Noon on Monday, June 12.
Note: The TV News Reporting Bootcamp and the Hands-on Multimedia Storytelling workshops are CLOSED. Sign-up is no longer available for these two sessions.
Visual Editing for Everyone
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Everyone and everything needs an editor, and visual journalism is no exception. Whether you’re a designer looking for inspiration, a copy editor who needs to brush up on some basics, a section editor who wants to develop a more discerning eye for detail or a reporter who wants to learn the tools for getting great display, this workshop is for you. Topics will include the basics (and beyond) of typography, alternative story forms everyone should know, how to get your ideas published and critiques of your work.
INSTRUCTOR: Denise Reagan, assistant managing editor/visuals, The Florida Times-Union
TV News Reporting Bootcamp
(Coordinated by The Poynter Institute)
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Want your work to stand out amid the competitive clutter? Join NAHJ colleagues and Scott Libin of The Poynter Institute for a day of training on television reporting. You’ll examine thought-provoking pieces and receive feedback on your own work. Try your hand at interactive exercises and challenge some assumptions about broadcast journalism. Topics covered include: the essence of enterprise reporting, sound with real bite, stand-ups that stand out, fighting formulas, the meaning of “live,” writing with accuracy, originality and impact, the power of pictures and breaking down “breaking news.”
INSTRUCTOR: Scott Libin, leadership & management faculty, The Poynter Institute
Hands-on Multimedia Storytelling: There’s More Than One Way to Tell a Story
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Sponsored by: Gannett Foundation
This all-day workshop is a hands-on introduction to multimedia storytelling. Learn how to tell a story using different, or a combination of, medium such as audio, video, slideshows, graphics, flash, and more. These skills will increase your professional value in this changing industry.
COORDINATOR: Robert Hernandez, news producer, The Seattle Times/seattletimes.com
MODERATOR: Kenny Irby, visual journalism group leader & diversity program director, The Poynter Institute
INSTRUCTORS: Robert Hernandez, news producer, The Seattle Times/seattletimes.com
Scott Horner, graphic artist, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Kenny Irby, visual journalism group leader & diversity program director, The Poynter Institute
Andre Jones, creative director, Lens For Christ
Leadership: Less Stress, More Success
(Coordinated by The Poynter Institute)
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Managers, you deserve this: A day with Poynter’s new leadership experts, Jill Geisler, Butch Ward, Aly Colón and O. Ricardo Pimentel, editorial page editor of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will be the workshop’s guest faculty members. This is a chance to hone your skills with practical information, skill-building exercises and a little inspiration, too. Poynter delivers learning and laughter in this interactive session, helping you tackle the management challenges of motivation, conflict resolution, making tough calls on deadline, and managing your career. Aspiring managers are welcome, too.
COORDINATOR: Jill Geisler, leadership and management group leader, The Poynter Institute
SPEAKERS: Aly Colón, reporting, writing and editing group leader, The Poynter Institute
Jill Geisler, leadership and management group leader, The Poynter Institute
O. Ricardo Pimentel, editorial page editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Butch Ward, distinguished fellow, The Poynter Institute
Better Watchdog Journalism
(Coordinated by Investigative Reporters and Editors)
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Sponsored by: Gannett Foundation
This workshop will help those young journalists and beat reporters at small-to medium-sized news organizations - and those in bureaus at larger organizations-to learn the investigative skills that keep government and business accountable and to produce enterprising and informative stories. Critical among the skills is the ability to use federal and state FOI laws to open the doors to public information.
COORDINATOR: David Donald, training director, Investigative Reporters and Editors
SPEAKERS: Mc Nelly Torres, consumer watchdog reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Manny Garcia, assistant managing editor/metro, The Miami Herald
El buen uso del español y ejercicios de redacción
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 12:30 noon
Los participantes discutirán el uso de elementos tipogríficos, topónimos, anglicismos y muchos otros temas que afectan al buen uso del español en los medios de comunicación en la prensa de los Estados Unidos, con un repaso de las características de ese nuevo español y la importancia que ya tiene en los medios de comunicación trasnacionales. Por medio de textos proporcionados previamente por los participantes y otros ejemplos, se analizará cómo mejorar la redacción de las noticias. Se reviserán todos los aspectos lingüisticos (ortografía, morfología, sintaxis y léxico) para que los redactores participantes aprendan a resolver errores comunes en la redacción de noticias en español y puedan continuar capacitándose tras la conclusión del curso.
PRESENTADORES: Alberto Gómez-Font, director academico, Fundeu (Fundacion del Español Urgente-Madrid), y editor y co-author del Manual del Estilo de la NAHJ
Jorge Covarrubias, editor at the Latin American Desk, The Associated Press
TV Power Producing Workshop
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Sponsored by: U.S. Army
This session examines the important role of producers in setting the agenda for news coverage. Topics will include: writing, ethics, how to deal with difficult personalities, and how to sell ideas. You will learn to view this position as a track to management.
INSTRUCTOR: Dow Smith, associate professor of broadcast journalism, Syracuse University
Business Journalism Bootcamp
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Sponsored by: Bloomberg
This workshop lays the groundwork for quality business journalism, from understanding financial documents to better covering companies. Journalists learn how to understand SEC filings and financial statements in the first half of this workshop. Later, they discuss resources to unravel private companies and find story ideas beyond the traditional business beat.
COORDINATOR: Vandana Sinha, project manager and associate Web editor, Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at American Press Institute
MODERATOR: Curt Hazlett, senior presenter, Reynolds Center at API
SPEAKERS: Gail DeGeorge, business editor, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Sam Diaz, assistant technology editor, The Washington Post
Curt Hazlett, senior presenter, Reynolds Center at API
Michelle Leder, editor, Footnoted.org
Anne Vasquez, deputy business editor, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Presented in association with the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism at the American Press Institute.
Covering Latino Healthcare Disparities
WEDNESDAY, 1 P.M. - 5 P.M.
Healthcare in this country is at a crisis level. This interactive workshop will provide journalists with access to public health and policy experts who can shed light on the implications of poor healthcare and the barriers-legal, cultural and economic-to quality care for Latinos. The workshop will provide an overview of the issues, a more in-depth look at healthcare policies at the state and federal levels and information on three major diseases that affect Latinos. Participants will learn how to cover the issues, interpret the data, investigate legislation and find ways to explain the significance of the issues and to educate Latino communities.
COORDINATOR: M.C. Santana, associate professor of journalism, University of Central Florida
MODERATOR: Rosa Morales, director of Hispanics in Journalism Program and Minorities in Journalism Program, Michigan State University
Speakers: Taylor Jones, photojournalist, The Palm Beach Post
Amanda Klarsfeld, exercise physiologist, Holly Cross Hospital
Bob LaMendola, health writer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
John Lantigua, reporter, The Palm Beach Post
Luz Marina Prieto-Sanchez, M.D., instructor of medicine, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Ana Puga, M.D., Broward County Health Department
Immigration-A Hands on Workshop for Better Coverage in Your Community
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
This all-day session examines the issue of immigration against the backdrop of the Homeland Security Department, which now oversees immigration and the Patriot Act. The day will include evaluation of immigration stories and discussion from reporters on how they got them. Discussions will take place about the role of local congressional delegations as both sources and creators of immigration legislation. The aim of this session is to evaluate the changing reality of immigration coverage since 9/11, go beyond the Latino community when reporting on immigration, and explore new and better ways to provide the public with information and news on this increasingly controversial topic.
COORDINATOR: Tony Marcano, Sunday/enterprise editor, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
SPEAKERS: Leslie Berestein, immigration reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune
Valerie Gutierrez, TV reporter, News 8 Austin
Benjamin E. Johnson, director, Immigration Policy Center
Cheryl Little, executive director, Immigrant Advocacy Center
Ruth Morris, immigration reporter, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Photojournalism A To Z
WEDNESDAY, 9 A.M. - 5 P.M.
Photojournalists face a multitude of problems every day. This session will help the young, the mid-career and the veteran photojournalist, reporter and now video-journalist, navigate the issues and problems everyone faces and deals with on every assignment. This workshop will focus on: the video-journalist/backpack-journalist, editing, the photographer-reporter relationship and storytelling.
COORDINATOR: Manny Sotelo, news project supervisor, KUSA-TV (Denver)
SPEAKERS: Tony Delgado, chief photographer, KHOU-TV (Houston)
Paul Rios, chief photographer, WFAA-TV (Dallas)
“El poder de la voz” Saque provecho a la imagen vocal
WEDNESDAY, 1:30 P.M. - 5 P.M.
Taller de locución para radio, televisión, expresión oral y corporal.
Una dinámica y entretenida sesión de cuatro horas con ejercicios de vocalización, dicción e improvización para ayudar a los participantes a reconocer sus ventajas y analizar sus deficiencias vocales con la finalidad de lograr un mejor aprovechamiento de la voz como herramienta de comunicación. Además se analizará la expresión corporal como apoyo a las narraciones comerciales, culturales y noticiosas.
INSTRUCTOR: Mirna Pineda, anchor, producer, reporter and writer
How to do a Live News Talk Show
(Coordinated by National Public Radio)
WEDNESDAY, 1 P.M. - 4 P.M.
This session focuses on the art of hosting and producing live news talk radio. It’s a demanding job that requires a remarkable skill to maintain journalistic standards in a situation where anything can happen. Get tips on how to prepare, how to listen, how to talk with callers, and when to hang up. Producers will hear about choosing topics, finding a focus, booking guests, screening callers, and prepping the host.
INSTRUCTORS: Neal Conan, host, NPR’s Talk of the Nation
Sue Goodwin, executive producer, NPR’s Talk of the Nation
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