Robb Montgomery

APME NewsTrain and Mid-America Press Institute present:
The Busy Editor’s Guide to Better Journalism

A two-track workshop offering:
• hands-on classes for editors in boosting their skills at shooting and editing brief web video and using social media to distribute content;
• the best new ideas for setting and maintaining standards, planning multimedia content, online ethical decision-making and more.

When:
Friday and/or Saturday, Sept. 25-26, 2009 - attend one or two full-day sessions.

Where:
Gaylord School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Oklahoma.
Norman, Okla.

Cost:
$50 registration fee, which includes brownbag lunches on Friday and Saturday and coffee on Saturday morning.

Keynote Speaker:

Bob Dotson, NBC’s “American Story With Bob Dotson,” at lunchtime on Friday only.

Faculty Members:

Robb Montgomery, visualeditors.com; Mark Briggs, journalism20.com; Ken Fleming, Center for Advanced Social Research at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, University of Missouri; David Arkin, GateHouse Media.

Seminars:

The workshop has two tracks, both of which will be offered on Friday and again on Saturday. Participants may choose either track, either day – and may attend one or two days. Keynote speaker Bob Dotson will appear as the luncheon speaker on Friday only.

Blue Track: Hands-on Training: Making Better Web Video; Hands-on Training: Making Better Use of Social Media

Green Track: The Big Picture - Staying Ahead in the Changing Media World; Defining What’s “Good” in Digital Media; Planning Content for Multiple Media and Multiple Deadlines; and (choose one) Online Journalism Credibility or Alternative Story Forms for Print

Registration:

$50 per person registration for one or two days, including lunches. Details to come. Stay tuned!

More Info:

More information to come via NewsTrain.org, MPINews.org, or wherever you have read this email.
Contact:

Elaine Kramer, APME NewsTrain project director at a.