Sign Up Now for Multimedia Journalism Training

Forwarded from the New England Newspaper & Press Association:

The New England Newspaper & Press Association and the New England Society of Newspaper Editors are pleased to invite you and your staff to participate in a valuable one-day training program in multimedia journalism. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn how you can quickly, easily and inexpensively add compelling, original content to your web products.

No Shovelware!

A multimedia journalism workshop conducted by Dr. Brett M. Rhyne. This one-day workshop will get you started using blogs, audio, slideshows, video and interactive graphics to cover the news. Best of all, most of the apps you'll learn about are user-friendly and cheap - or free - and require no computer savvy.

WHEN: Thursday, April 21, 2011

WHERE: NENPA Headquarters on the Dedham, MA campus of Northeastern University

COST: $65 for registrants from NENPA member publications (includes lunch)

By the end of the day, you'll know how to produce, and in many cases embed on your
website:

¨ blogs using WordPress

¨ live blogs using CoverItLive

¨ audio using Audacity and SoundCloud

¨ slideshows using SoundSlidesPlus

¨ video using YouTube and Vimeo

¨ customized searches using Twitter

¨ interactive maps using GoogleMaps

¨ interactive timelines using Dipity

Workshop Facilitator

Dr. Brett M. Rhyne is founder and managing editor of RhyNewService, a multiplatform
source for social change news, links and opinion; a lecturer in online journalism
at Boston University; and the current president of NESNE: The New England Society
of Newspaper Editors Foundation. He is the author of the forthcoming X-Platform
Journalism Handbook 2012.

If you'll be traveling from a distance and need convenient and affordable overnight
accommodations please contact the NENPA staff at (781) 320-8042.

This will be an outstanding professional development opportunity, and we're very
pleased to be able to offer it to NENPA and NESNE members at this low price. Space
is limited, so be sure to sign up soon. Don't hesitate to call with questions.