Videojournalism for the Web

You'll have a camera in hand for this two-day workshop designed to improve visual grammar and increase awareness of multimedia options from the onset of reporting. You'll learn the fundamentals of shooting on-camera interviews and effective b-roll, along with the important basics of audio, framing, lighting, composition and sequencing.

"Videojournalism for the Web" will be taught in the Cronkite School's new Washington, D.C., bureau by Christina Pino-Marina, who has worked at the El Paso Times, at USAToday and most recently as a videojournalist at washingtonpost.com. She is now a college instructor and workshop leader who has spent the last four years teaching students and working professionals how to blend traditional reporting with new forms of online storytelling.

• Day One: We’ll watch good and bad examples of online news video, cover the fundamentals of on-camera reporting, including interview shots and b-roll, learn basic composition and lighting techniques and start shooting video of yourself and others. You'll learn your way around the camera, get tips on how to handle problems in the field and be introduced to editing with Final Cut Pro.
• Day Two: We’ll review lessons from Day One and dive deeper into nonlinear editing with Final Cut Pro, giving tips to help you navigate the software, layer audio and video clips and refine the selection and sequencing efforts that are key to producing effective visual stories. You will look at ways to use sounds, moments and action as possible "ledes" and transitions in the context of video and work toward the production of professional news video packages.

The Cronkite School will provide Sony Handycams for you to use during the workshop. You’re welcome to bring your own camera, but it should be a tapeless Sony Handycam with USB or Firewire capacity for ingesting video.