Register now for the UNC Multimedia Bootcamp

UNC's Multimedia Bootcamp will be held May 17-22, 2009. With speakers and faculty including Len De Groot, Jay Heinz, Laura Ruel, Donny Lofland, Mike Schmidt, R. Scott Horner, and a keynote by our own Brian Storm, this is an opportunity you won't want to miss. From their site: "This workshop is designed for professional journalists who want to explore the various forms of multimedia storytelling and how they work together to create a cohesive package. The intensive, weeklong multimedia training program includes sessions on project planning, audio and video collection and editing, Flash animation and production, and ActionScript basics for journalists. While this multimedia training workshop draws many news photographers and visual journalists, reporters, web developers and all who need multimedia training are welcome." Registration is limited to the first 20 who sign up and pay, so don't wait.  For more info, visit their site.

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February Digital Journalist now online

"I have been a photojournalist for the past 25 years, and have had the incredible opportunity to witness many of the worlds’ defining moments of modern history; the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989; the end of apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandela walking out of prison in 1991; and most of the worlds’ conflicts of the past three decades. When our bus pulled into Maryland, on the eve of the inauguration, I knew after hearing the words of my fellow passengers, in some sense fellow pilgrims, that I was in the midst of a moment of history like maybe no other in terms of its historic magnitude, that I had ever witnessed and certainly not in America." ~ Peter Turnley The February issue of The Digital Journalist is now online.  This month features some great inauguration pieces, including a gallery, posts…

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More Jobs: 3 positions open in Australia

Triple J, Australia's national youth broadcaster has 3 positions open: Cross Media Journalists • Sydney or Melbourne, Australia • 3 Positions Available • Contract (April 2009 - December 2010) • AUD$50,370 - $68,623 p.a. Will you lead the future of journalism? Hack, triple j’s daily youth affairs show, is building a team of next-generation storytellers. We’re seeking multi-skilled program makers to tackle stories in two environments – radio and online. The two platforms will work together. Radio stories will form the basis for a new kind of online multimedia experience. As a cross-media journalist, you will publish stories to the flagship Hack radio show, including live crosses and multilayered field reports; you will also publish multimedia showcases to a revamped Hack website. The end result? An immersive web experience with photos, audio and video. Your stories will originate in brave, accessible and relevant program ideas for young Australians, 18 – 24. This…

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International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) looking for interns

For any students out there looking for opportunities to travel and create meaningful work this summer, IBJ has a couple of openings? 1. DOCUMENTARY WRITING/FILM/PHOTO INTERNSHIP IN BURUNDI, CAMBODIA, CHINA, INDIA, OR ZIMBABWE. International Bridges to Justice (IBJ) is again seeking aspiring journalists, photographers or filmmakers who can document the work of legal aid lawyers in Burundi, Cambodia, China, India or Zimbabwe. Working closely with IBJ staff in those countries, aspiring journalists will have the opportunity to document, film or photograph the cases of ordinary people, lost or forgotten by their criminal justice systems and often times the victims of torture or arbitrary detainment. During the preliminary stages of the project, the writer, film- or photo-journalist will shadow the defenders as they work with clients and meet with security personnel. Students would then weave the individual stories into a larger narrative about human rights reforms and the end of torture in the…

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More job openings: RIT has 2 photojournalism/photography openings

For those more interested in the frozen tundra of upstate New York than the sunny California shores, RIT is looking for highly qualified applicants for two positions in photojournalism/photography.  You can contact William Snyder directly for more info at wdspph@rit.edu.  Weather aside- these are both (see USC's openings) fantastic opportunities for those interested in teaching with some of the best in the industry.

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