Tutorials

Here are some online journalism tutorials and resources I have used in my classes. They are all free.

ELEMENTS OF STORYTELLING
A Multimedia Storytelling Lexicon, Mark Berkey-Gerard [TERMS AND EXAMPLES]
Five Steps of Multimedia Storytelling, NewsU.org [ONLINE COURSE]
Ira Glass of This American Life on the building blocks of good storytelling
-Part 1 – The Building Blocks of a Story [VIDEO]
-Part 2 – On Finding Great Stories [VIDEO]
-Part 3 – On Good Taste [VIDEO]
-Part 4 – Two Common Pitfalls [VIDEO]

MULTIMEDIA OVERVIEW
Reporting Across Platforms, NewsU.org [ONLINE COURSE]

MOBILE REPORTING
Mobile Journalism Reporting Tools Guide, Reynolds Journalism Institute [APPS OVERVIEW]

BASIC HTML AND CSS
-A Beginner’s Guide to HTML & CSS, Shay Howe [OVERVIEW]
-Introduction to HTML, w3schools.com [WEB TUTORIAL]
-Introduction to XHTML, w3schools.com [WEB TUTORIAL]
-Introduction to CSS, w3schools.com [WEB TUTORIAL]
-Introduction to HTML5, w3schools.com [WEB TUTORIAL]
-HTML 4.01 Quick List, w3schools.com [REFERENCE LIST]

PHOTOGRAPHY
Language of the Image. NewsU.org [ONLINE COURSE]
Creative Commons and How to Use It, Bill Wolff [BLOG POST]
Photojournalism 101: A quick and dirty guide to photographing your story, Common Language Project [PDF HANDOUT]
Photoshop: How to Resize and Save Photos for the Web, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for versions 5 through CS4, Trevor Morris [REFERENCE LIST]

AUDIO
Telling Stories with Sound, NewsU.org [ONLINE COURSE]
On Interviewing – Alex Blumberg, Transom.org [BLOG POST]
Audio 101: A quick and dirty guide to recording your story, Common Language Project [PDF HANDOUT]
Gathering Audio by Brian Storm, MediaStorm.com [BLOG POST]
Really Simple Audio for Bloggers: From Recorder to WordPress.com, Mark Berkey-Gerard [BLOG POST WITH SCREENCASTS]
How to Convert Audio Files Using Switch, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
GarageBand Basics for Journalists, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
Audacity Basics for Journalists, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
How to Use Garage Band, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Use Audacity, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Use Pro Tools, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]

SOUND SLIDES
Photoshop How To for Sound Slides, Mindy McAdams [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Use the Sound Slides, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
A Quick Tour of Sound Slides, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
How to Ebed a Slide Show on WordPress, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]

VIDEO
Video 101 Shooting Basics, Vimeo.com [VIDEO]
Video 101: Editing Basics, Vimeo.com [VIDEO]
Video Techniques, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
Video: The Five Shot Rule, BBC Training Video [VIDEO]
Windows Movie Maker Tutorial, Mindy McAdams [WEB TUTORIAL]
iMovie for Journalists, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
iMovie 08 Tutorials, Apple.com [VIDEOS]
iMovie 09 Tutorials, Apple.com [VIDEOS]
iMovie 09 Tutorial, Mindy McAdams [WEB TUTORIAL]
iMovie 11 Tutorials, Apple.com [VIDEOS]
Final Cut Pro, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
Adobe Premiere, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
Video to the Web, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]

DIPITY TIMELINE
How to Make a Timeline Using Dipity, Mark Berkey-Gerard [BLOG POST]

GOOGLE MAPS
11 Exercises to Learn How to Make a Google Map, Mark Berkey-Gerard [BLOG POST]

Google Maps Overview, Google.com
Getting Started [VIDEO]
Add a Place [VIDEO]
Google Street View [VIDEO]
Create a Map [VIDEO]
Add Third Party Content [VIDEO]
Create a Google Map profile [VIDEO]

MULTIMEDIA COLLAGE
How to Make a Multimedia Collage Using VuVox, VuVox [VIDEO]

 

 

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