What Newspaper Workshops Are Teaching in 2006
To help historians look back at what changes the digital revolution wrought on the newspaper industry in 2006, include this among the artifacts.
Last week I was a presenter at the Georgia Associate Press Multimedia Workshop. The program was put together by Elizabeth Adams, managing editor of the Augusta Chronicle. Here is the conference schedule. Obviously some people in the industry are beginning to get it.
Georgia AP Multimedia Workshop
Wednesday, Feb. 22 –10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. — Augusta, GA 30901
PROGRAM
10 a.m. Tomorrow’s Mass Medium Today: Ellen Voss Kennerly, Director of Operations for ajc.com, will discuss new audiences, new content and the variety of vehicles and delivery methods being created to fill their needs, from entertainment newsletters, mobile news alerts, podcasts, community interactivity, blogs, microsites and more.
11 a.m. Sharing Nicely vs. Citizen Journalism: Know the difference and see how each has its place in getting audiences involved. Presented by Leonard Witt, a former reporter and editor, now Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair and assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Kennesaw State University. He is the creator of the Public Journalism Network http://pjnet.org
11:30 a.m.Community journalism at BlufftonToday.com: The web site of Bluffton Today (a free color tab delivered daily to all homes in suburb of Hilton Head) offers each user a personal weblog, photo gallery, and the ability to post entries such as events and recipes in special databases. Managing Editor Robert Holquist will discuss blogs and other community-contributed content.
12:15 p.m. Spotted: The Augusta Chronicle’s New Media Department will discuss its photo sharing community site that incorporates You Spotted – user contributed photos – and We Spotted – pictures by a team unpaid freelancers who cover local events. ·
12:45 p.m. Video – what’s available from AP, and AP Interactive
1:15 p.m. Breaking news online: Beth MacFadyen, Day News and Online Editor at The Telegraph in Macon, Ga., will discuss strategies for posting news and maximizing web site traffic.
1:45 p.m. Doing a Lot with a Little – Multimedia on the Cheap: Bill Fox, Assistant Managing Editor for The Greenville News, and Adam Wickliffe, the newspaper’s online entertainment producer, will discuss GreenvilleOnline’s podcasts and a weekly videocast called 2-Minute Weekend that highlights the best entertainment offerings in the region.
2:20 p.m. Camera phones in news coverage: Presented by Randy Covington, director of Newsplex, a prototype of the multiple-media newsroom based at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
3 p.m. Audio for the web: Annette Drowlette, staff photographer at The Augusta Chronicle, will discuss how sound enhances photos and stories. She’ll offer tips on recording audio, types of recorders, free editing software, etc.
I tried to tap into the Drowlette’s audio slide shows, but alas I had to fill out a subscription form, so I passed. It is a pain. So here is a suggestion, given that they are all AP affiliates, why not have one place to subscribe that we can click on immediately. Then we don’t have to go through the ritual each time we come to a site.
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