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Tutorials

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

STORYTELLING
Five Steps of Multimedia Storytelling (NewsU)
Ira Glass of This American Life on the building blocks of good storytelling (25 minutes of YouTube videos)
Part 1: On the basics
Part 2: On finding a great story
Part 3: On taste
Part 4: On common pitfalls

DIPITY TIMELINE
How to Make a Timeline Using Dipity (Berkey-Gerard)

GOOGLE MAPS
11 Exercises to Learn How to Make a Google Map (Berkey-Gerard)

HTML and CSS
Beginner HTML Tutorial (HTML Dog)
HTML/XHTML Tag Quick Reference (U. of Albany Libraries)
HTML Cheat Sheet (psacake.com)
Beginner CSS Tutorial (HTML Dog)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Language of the Image (NewsU)
Photojournalism 101: A quick and dirty guide to photographing your story (Common Language Project)
How to Resize and Save Photos for the Web (Berkey-Gerard Screencast)
Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for versions 5 through CS4 (Trevor Morris)

AUDIO
Telling Stories with Sound (NewsU)
Audio 101: A quick and dirty guide to recording your story (Common Language Project)
Gathering Audio by Brian Storm (MediaStorm)
How to Convert Audio Files Using Switch (Berkey-Gerard Screencast)
GarageBand Basics for Journalists (Berkey-Gerard Screencast)
How to Use Garage Band (Knight Digital Media Center)
How to Use Audacity (Knight Digital Media Center)

SOUND SLIDES
Photoshop How To for Sound Slides (Mindy McAdams)
How to Use the Sound Slides (Knight Digital Media Center)
Sound Slides How To Video (Multimedia Shooter)

VIDEO
Video Techniques (Knight Digital Media Center)
How to Use iMovie (Knight Digital Media Center)
iMovie 08 Quick Reference
iMovie Quick Cheat Sheet and How to Get Started (Lex Milton)
Final Cut Pro (Knight Digital Media Center)
Adobe Premiere (Knight Digital Media Center)
Video to the Web (Knight Digital Media Center)

MULTIMEDIA COLLAGE
How to Make a Multimedia Collage Using VuVox (VuVox)