Your sports coverage may not have to rise to the level of the Olympics, but the lessons can be replicable. The BBC staffer who led the implementation of its digital coverage will walk you through planning and executing 17 days of live video, mobile, highlights, results, schedules, TV listings, news, features and photos -- including navigation and interface that seamlessly moved audiences to second screens.
What are the latest, best techniques for quick, effective video storytelling for the web? From the BBC five-shot method, to shooting sequences, to fast-production techniques and uploading, hear about the multimedia tools and tips used by journalists working as foreign correspondents and one-man bands in adverse reporting fields with little or no time or budget. You'll walk away from this workshop with work flows, checklists and tools so that anyone with an iPhone 4S, XDCAM or a RED camera can improve their video content.
You don’t need a degree in statistics or computer science to be an investigative journalist or even to do simple fact-checking. But with the increasing number of online data collection systems, tools, lingo and technologies, it helps to know where to begin and what stories you can tell. This session will help you take the first steps in understanding, finding and interpreting data and maybe even do a mash-up or two and create a visualization. You'll get a set of replicable case studies and methods to get you going and tips on when to get a developer on board.
Illustrated journalism is sharp, shareable, and interactive, offering a highly engaging and immersive news experience to users. Yet few news organizations have built the editorial strategies necessary to quickly incorporate comics, illustrations and easy-to-parse infographics into their coverage. This panel will offer case studies, frank advice, and an extensive Q&A with leading practitioners in the illustrated journalism space. Key takeaways for attendees will include strategies for integrating illustrated journalism into the news cycle, what stories lend themselves best, how to effectively measure audience engagement, and how to integrate illustration with multimedia elements.
Tablet production and design inspires multiple layers of storytelling in one piece of reporting, and challenges editors and designers to recalibrate assumptions about user behavior. Learn to speak tablet design and how to capitalize on this rich format, with tips on low-budget tools and thinking out of the box.
Last year saw a chilling spike in attacks on the press around the world, according to The Committee to Protect Journalists, especially on digital journalists covering conflict areas. What are the unique risks journalists face in the field, how do you stay safe while covering protests and secure your digital tools to protect your content and sources? Learn about journalists who have been detained or arrested and hear from advocates who are working to protect them.
Nov. 6 will have it all: intense public interest, nerd-heaven analysis, high drama — and a fire hose full of data. Learn how to best synthesize, translate and present local, state and national results to tell the full story, all on the tightest of deadlines, and which tools can help you do it.
