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MediaStorm Guide to Dictation with Apple Mountain Lion

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:December 11, 2012

Today's post was written by MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson. See his other recent tutorials here. I am a slow typer. I dread transcriptions, something we do at MediaStorm for every interview. Recently I discovered an alternative that's built right into Apple's Mountain Lion operating system: dictation. It’s quick, easy and most importantly, pretty darn accurate. To turn on dictation select the  > System Preferences... then choose Dictation & Speech. In the Dictation tab click the On radio button. Choose a shortcut key to trigger dictation. I use the suggested fn key on my MacBook Air. Finally, select your language. Transcribing To begin dictation open TextEdit or another text editor. Our application of choice is Barta Technologies’ $29.99 Transcrivia. (Built-in dictation does not work with Google Docs.) Then double click your trigger key. A microphone icon will appear. Dictate a sentence or two, then press your trigger key once again. The microphone…

New kdmcBerkeley Multimedia Workshops for 2013

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:December 10, 2012

kdmcBerkeley has three new upcoming multimedia workshops starting in January 2013. Video Storytelling Certificate Workshop: January 9-11, 2013 This intensive three-day certificate workshop is a complete immersion in video storytelling. Participants will receive hands-on training in every phase of planning, production and digital delivery. Master storytellers will share techniques on how to capture audience attention. Tuition: $1,395. Register by 12/7/12 for 10% discount. Data Visualization Certification Workshop: March 8-9, 2013 Learn to create a more meaningful picture with data, tell stories with interactive GIS maps, and create beautiful and effective graphs and charts in this two-day certificate workshop. Tuition: $645. Register now for 10% discount. Digital Media Skills Certificate: March 5-May 2, 2013 Upgrade your multimedia skills. This intensive 9-week graduate level certificate program focuses on the strategic implementation and production of digital media content combining seminar style instruction with practical hands-on training. Tuition: $5,900. Register now for 10% discount. Learn more…

Matter Ventures: Exciting New Opportunity for Media Entrepreneurs

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:December 6, 2012

Matter Ventures, a new start-up accelerator for media ventures, launched this week offering financial, strategic and management support to entrepreneurs looking to create meaningful and profitable media businesses. The program is designed for media startups with multi-disciplinary teams who have early-stage prototypes, mobile applications, B2B media services, and content production engines. Matter will invest in entrepreneurs who show high potential to create media ventures that make a meaningful, positive impact on society while pursuing a sustainable, scalable, profitable business model. Startups selected to participate in Matter will receive a $50,000 investment, work side by side in a creative space in San Francisco, and participate in a four-month intensive acceleration program. Matter was founded by three media nonprofits—KQED, the Knight Foundation and Public Radio Exchange (PRX)—to encourage media ventures that make a meaningful, positive impact on society while pursuing a sustainable, profitable business model. KQED and the Knight Foundation are each investing $1.25…

Apply Now for January 2013 MediaStorm Methodology Workshop

Post author:Lisa Jamhoury
Post published:December 4, 2012

Whether you are a creative leader, an educator, an entrepreneur looking to start your own media company, or a professional interested in learning how to build a foundation for timeless, impactful multimedia, the MediaStorm Methodology Workshop is the right opportunity for you. Applications for the January 14-18, 2013 MediaStorm Methodology Workshop close Monday, December 17, 2012. The Classroom The methodology workshop gave me time to stop and step into a different way of seeing journalism. I came away inspired by what's possible if we commit to a different way of thinking about stories. -John Temple, Managing Editor, The Washington Post The MediaStorm Methodology Workshop is a five-day intensive workshop held at MediaStorm’s studio in Brooklyn, NY. The workshop is led by MediaStorm founder, Brian Storm, with individual sessions taught by full-time staff members. Our workshop size is always small (under 15 attendees) to ensure that sessions are lively and personal. What You…

MediaStorm Guide to Enhancing Adobe Premiere Pro’s Auto-save Functionality

Post author:Eric Maierson
Post published:December 3, 2012

This article is part of a new series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers' experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post. Today's post was written by MediaStorm producer Eric Maierson. Like Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro offers an auto-save vault. The functionality is similar. Premiere incrementally saves a backup of your project at a user-specified interval. To customize this feature on your Mac choose the menu Premiere Pro > Preferences > Auto Save. There are three options in this menu: A checkbox to enable the feature, plus two options boxes. One tells Premiere how often to backup and the other designates the maximum number of versions that will be saved before the application begins to delete the oldest ones. I like to save every 10 minutes. That’s about as…