Free Training Available for Multimedia and Convergence Journalism

Now that you have your free software installed, what do you do with it. Try some of these training sites to help you get your feet under you:

• Knight Citizen News Network: http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_training_sites/
• Knight Digital Media Center Free Tutorials: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/
• Ourmedia Learning Center: http://www.ourmedia.org/learning-center/
• Poynter Institute News University: http://www.newsu.org/
• Center for Social Media: http://centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use
• Journalism 2.0 Download: http://www.kcnn.org/resources/journalism_20_pdfs/
• UC Berkeley’s Multimedia Training: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/
• OJR: The Online Journalism Review: http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/
• Nieman Reports—Visual Journalism: http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/issue/100060/Spring-2010.aspx

 

And don't forget to practice often. If you don't use it, you lose it.

 

 

Twello Ladies and Gentlemen

Pardon my pun, but I needed something to catch your attention.

It seems that new media has struck College Media Advisers throughout the CMA Summer Workshop, but especially after a particularly fun-filled and information-filled session at the Poynter Institute yesterday. When I returned to the room, I was much too fried to give any of the new information a try, but I have since gone to Twitter's version of the Yellow Pages, Twello, and registered. It seems that every day launches at least one new application that can be added onto Twitter.

Those naysayers of social media will be clucking their disdain right about now, saying that Twitter is just a flash in the pan. But with almost an 800% increase in members in the last year, it's a mighty flash indeed. By the way, got my figures from Ellyn Angelotti of the Poynter Institute. What an impressive young woman, who introduced the lot of us (45 new and experienced media advisers) to the new news cycle. Some people are kicking and screaming, while railing against the changing news environment. Others are embracing with some reckless abandon. I say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Thus my addition of Twello.

If you haven't been dabling in the new media and social networking, what's taking you so long? Follow me on Twitter @kaycolley, and use Twello as a great resource to find folks who might share similar interests. Creating community by finding folks who share your interests or your values is the best way to introduce yourself to social media. After all, it's hard to talk when you don't have something in common, which is why we commune with similar folks. See you on Twello soon!

Things Are Heating Up: Convergence and Social Media Workshop

It's a hot one in Texas this time of year, but this year, it's especially hot.

Several days of 100+ temperatures and no rain were brutal, but apparently not enough, as my air conditioner decided to call it quits for a couple of days this week.

Air conditioning issues followed me to DFW airport on Saturday and afflicted my plane to Tampa.

I've interrupted my summer break to attend a workshop in St. Petersburg, Florida, this week. What better way to learn about what's the latest in journalism than by taking advantage of the great minds at the Poynter Institute and College Media Advisers.

I was finally able to cool off in the room at St. Pete after shooting this video of the beach directly behind my hotel. OK, so a little discomfort was worth it...

Stay tuned this week as I post to my blog, twitter and Facebook, the cool and cutting edge information I learn about convergence media and social media. But first, enjoy the beach!