Scripps Howard New Media Workshop 2001
March 9-12, 2001

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updated March 16, 2001

2001 Workshop

Thanks to the generous support of the Scripps Howard Foundation, the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism is able to offer mid-career journalists introductory training in new media.

What & Why: New media skills have gone from being something only "Web people" had to have, to something that every journalist needs. "Convergence" is no longer a vague notion -- it has arrived in leading newsrooms. Over the course of 3.5 days, Columbia faculty led a series of hands-on sessions and group discussions to master technique and theory in a fast-changing business. Attendees acquired such skills as writing for the Web, using Photoshop and Web production software, using digital cameras and learning to think across platforms. Each student made his or her own home page (click on the names to the right).

Agenda
Columbia Graduate School of Journalism
The World Room, 3rd floor
116th and Broadway, New York, New York 10027

FRIDAY, MARCH 9

5-6 pm: World Room
Registration and Reception
Collect name tags and welcome packages

6-9 pm: World Room
Dinner
Greetings and Workshop Overview
Led by Prof. Sreenath Sreenivasan
http://www.sree.net
Adjuct prof. Brian Kennedy
http://home.earthlink.net/~brianakennedy/
Program assistant Stephanie Gray
We will lay out the agenda and have introductions. Each participant will be asked to tell us about his or her favorite story (worked on as a reporter, editor, producer or teacher).

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SATURDAY, MARCH 10

8:30 am: World Room
Continental Breakfast

9 - 11:15 am: Room 607b
Lecture and Discussion: "The New Media Landscape"
This session will cover where the industry started in new media and where it is heading. Participants will hear about the charms and challenges of cross-media storytelling.
Powerpoint presentation: http://www.nyc24.com/planning/landscape/landscape.htm

11:15-11:30 Group photo

11:30 am - 1 pm: Room 607c (PC lab)
Introduction to Photoshop
The basics of Photoshop, the industry-standard software program for photo editing and graphics production. Learning the program is essential to learning to think visually and producing quality Web work.
Photoshop help: http://www.sree.net/teaching/photoshop.html

1 - 3 pm: World Room
Working lunch
Presentation: "Smarter Surfing for Journalists"
Better use of your Web time, reporting and research on deadline.
This session is adapted from a session that has been taught to more than 2,000 journalists around the U.S. and in other countries. It is designed to make finding useful information online easier and more efficient.
Description: http://www.sree.net/web
Links: http://www.sree.net/tips/web.html

Lunch 3 - 4 pm: Room 607c
Discussion: Photojournalism ethics
http://www.sree.net/teaching/photoethics.html
Photoshop continues

4 - 5 pm: Room 607c
Writing outline for "About Pages"
Fill in evaluation forms

Evening: On your own
We will have various suggestions for restaurants in the neighborhood and around town. We encourage the students to go in groups as the bonding experience is as importance as the learning experience.

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SUNDAY, MARCH 11

9-9:30 am: World Room
Breakfast

9:30 am - noon: Room 607c
Introduction to Dreamweaver
The basics of Dreamweaver, a Web production software package.
Dreamweaver help: http://www.sree.net/teaching/dreamweaver.html

Noon-2 pm: World Room
Working lunch
Talk: "New Media: Where We Come From, Where We're Headed"
By Hoag Levins
editor, Adage.com; founding editor, APBNews.com; founding editor, Mediainfo.com (E&P online)
In 30+ years in journalism, Levins has been a newspaper reporter and editor, a photographer and, more recently, one of the most influential shapers of new media. He will discuss the evolution of Net journalism and his views on the future of journalism.
http://www.levins.com

2-5:30 pm: 607c
Dreamweaver continued
Creation of personal "About pages"
Introduction to digital cameras
http://www.sree.net/tips/cameras.html
Fill in evaluation forms

Evening: On your own

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MONDAY, MARCH 12

8 - 9 am: World Room
Breakfast

9 am - noon: Room 607b
Writing for the Web
Editing and ethics for cross-media storytelling
We will learn how to write for the Web and how to handle newsroom ethics in using the Web as a presentation force in real time.
http://home.earthlink.net/~brianakennedy/writingtips.html

Noon - 1:30 pm: World Room
Working Lunch "Wrecking Ball"
A hard-edged examination of news Web sites and the winners of the Online Journalism Awards
http://www.onlinejournalismawards.org

1:30 - 3:30 pm: 607b
About pages, continued
Checklist: Essay, photo, bullets, links, drop caps, dingbat
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/programs/scripps-howard/

3:30 - 5 pm: World Room
Wrap Up, evaluations, presentation of certificates

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