Innovation J-Camp will be held July 13-17, 2015 in the Center for Innovation in Media at the College of Mass Communication at Middle Tennessee State University.
The workshop will teach high school students to be innovative digital journalists, able to tell stories for multiple platforms including: video, web, mobile and print.
Participants will use the latest video, audio and mobile gear to produce a package of multimedia stories for posting on a website they will build during the camp. Canon USA is a sponsor of the camp and will provide the latest digital video cameras.
Each day students will learn about new digital platforms and will be given hands-on assignments to compliment classroom instruction. Students will spend the majority of their time in the field gathering stories and working with camp instructors to edit their stories into digital packages.
Multi-Platform Storytelling Daily Flow
Reporting and writing a news story
– What’s news? What makes something news worthy?
– Interviewing – Asking the right questions
– Note taking and quotes
Hands-on reporting assignment
– First five graphs
– Adding transitions and details to your writing
– Finish the masterpiece – how to close the circle on a story
Photography
– How to use a Canon DSLR camera
– Composing a picture
– Defining moments, telling a story through images
Hands-on assignment
– Editing photos using Adobe Bridge and Photoshop
– Edit a photo story for online publication
Video storytelling – shoot and edit video
– Video storytelling basics
– Interviewing for video and audio
– B-Roll – how to get the right shots for video
Hands-on assignment
– Editing video with Final Cut Pro or Adobe Premiere (possibly iMovie since its in most schools)
– Edit a video story for online publication
Build a website and publish stories
– Basics of WordPress
Hands-on assignment
– Build a WordPress website and post story, photo story and video to your site