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Black Press Digital (Vancouver, B.C.)

Thanks for a fantastic session with Black Press Digital.

Your presentation was engaging and informative, and its form and nature were fluid and quickly reacted to adapt to the ability and interests of our audience.

Of particular value was your session on video function and form. Your helped our small-staff reporters realize they can create quality video productions without big-budget gear, and do it on deadline.
This was most helpful to us.

Thanks again, and I look forward to talking with you in future.

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Multimedia training in Europe - Learn Web video in Berlin

Multimedia training at KircherBurkardt in Belrin.
Great news! For the March 17-19 video journalism training, Visual Editors has a great host in KircherBurkhardt. KircherBurkhardt is the famous German editorial design firm and is donating training space and facilities.

I did a few days of private multimedia training with KB staff last year and my friend, Lukas Kircher has opened up his shop to allow this event to take place for anyone who wants to learn how to tell Web video stories better. Walking into KB is like entering Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. It is Germany’s largest information graphics operation and it is an amazing place to come practice multimedia.

All proceeds benefit the Visual Editors charity.

Come to Berlin to learn:
– Fundamentals of camera usage
– Shooting and editing sequences
– How to gather audio
– Elements of visual stories
– Writing scripts, recording voice overs and editing scenes
– Final Cut shortcuts and workflows
– Compressing, uploading and filing videos for Web

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Orlando (Video workshop)

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Web Video journalism for newspapers

Fundamentals of camera usage, shooting sequences, interviewing and the importance of audio, simple story forms and basic edits. Participants will film and edit and post videos in group and individual critiques. This is a multi-day course for a small group of participants and includes a lot of hands-on coaching and feedback.

Camp VJ: Interview tips from Chicago’s Carol Marin

Camp Video Journalism

I am so proud to be teaching video journalism to more and more print reporters. And humbled by the amazing volunteer contributions of colleagues old and new that are donating their time and expertise to the Camp Video Journalism training workshops.

Today I am preparing two lectures that I will be giving in Bucharest October 2-3 for the World Editors Forum Master Class series but last week I was joined in the Chicago Sun-Times classroom by my former Sun-Times colleague, Carol Marin and some new CampVJ instructors: Danielle Guerra, Mark Flescher and Aaron Cahan.

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Learn video journalism in Chicago

Just announced:
Camp Video Journalism Chicago
September 24, 25, 26
Chicago Sun-Times

Early-bird registration is limited and ends August 20. Learn more.

Visual Editors presents a September video journalism training seminar.

A three-day Camp VJ workshop for reporters carrying video cameras. Continue reading ‘Learn video journalism in Chicago’