Platypus Workshop Day 3

Dirck Halstead talks to students about sequencing and storytelling during the third day of the Platypus workshop at Texas State.

Dirck Halstead (left) discusses how to approach a video story with Elisabeth Fall and Jack Hubbard.

Elisabeth Fall (right) and Jack Hubbard listen to a critical session during the Platypus workshop.

Lee Rector listens to a key point in the sequencing process.

Dudley Harris listens to a Platypus presentation.

Lee Rector (right) and Shari Hambleton listen to a key point in the sequencing process during the Platypus workshop.

Captured in the glow of a projector Platypus director Dirck Halstead discusses the shooting process.

Julia Xanthos from New York Daily News listens to a Platypus presentation at Texas State University.

Platypus student Misty Keasler listens to an instruction session during the 2011 Platypus workshop.

Students shooting sequences

Platypus participant Joyce Wellman shoots a variety of shots of a Texas State student working with clay on a wheel. The shots will be used later for editing a sequence in Final Cut Pro.

Platypus student Dudley Harris takes a break from shooting sequences and gets his hands dirty spinning clay.

Platypus DSLR Video Workshop Schedule

2011 Platypus schedule

Click on the link to see a PDF of the schedule.

NPPA welcomes the Platypus Workshop to Texas State Thurs. Feb. 17 in Old Main

NPPA Texas State Chapter welcomes the staff and participants of the Platypus Workshop for DSLR video storytelling. Join us Thurs. Feb. 17 at 6:30 pm in Old Main 234 if you are interested in any aspect of visual storytelling: photography, video production and editing, sound recording, etc. We have invited guest speakers from the workshop to talk about the future of multimedia and visual journalism.

Virtual Video Workshop in September

From the NPPA:

DURHAM, NC (July 13, 2010) – The second annual Virtual Video Workshop is scheduled for Saturday, September 25, 2010. “We are currently designing the workshop and will announce the speakers and session titles soon,” chair Steve Sweitzer said. This exciting online workshop is developed by the National Press Photographers Foundation, The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, and NPPA. The program will start at 10:00 AM EST and run into the early afternoon. If you can’t commit to the whole day, as an added benefit of registration the presentations will be taped and you’ll have free access to all sessions online at your convenience. Visit http://www.newsu.org/2010-video-broadcast to register and for more information. You can follow the Virtual Video Workshop on Twitter at #vvw and you can write to Sweitzer at sesweitzer.net@gmail.com to receive eMail updates.

Advanced Storytelling Workshop Day 1

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NPPA Advanced Storytelling Workshop Day 1 at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX.

Advanced Storytelling Workshop 2010

Hey guys,

Please let me know if you’ve paid your $65 NPPA membership fees or if you intend to soon, in order to attend the Advanced Storytelling Workshop sessions next week. I participated in this last year and it’s a great networking opportunity! Professionals who attend this workshop have to pay around $800 to go to this, so $65 really is not bad at all 🙂

This coming Sunday, April 11 is the first day of the workshop. From 7-10 p.m. there will be a picnic (location still TBA…Professor Nolan is looking at Sewell Park probably). NPPA Txstate student chapter members will need to help serve the food to workshop attendees and clean up afterwards. Aside from that, you are free to eat/mingle. Pro photojournalists and videojournalists from all over the country will be here, as well as local journalists from the San Antonio Express-News…so to those looking for internships, this is a great place to be!

Please let me know about your membership status and if you’re able to help out with the picnic on Sunday. Thanks!

See the schedule and faculty bios here:

2010 NPPA Workshop Rundown

2010 NPPA Faculty Bios

Free Multimedia Bootcamp with Poynter

This is a fantastic free opportunity for anyone!

The Poynter Fellowship for College Journalists: Young journalists have always been a top priority for Poynter. For more than 30 years, the Institute has led the best-known program in the world for recent college graduates. Poynter fellows have gone on to pioneer new methods of storytelling, lead newsrooms, win Pulitzers.

Read more about it here.

Fill out the online application here.

Application deadline: Monday, March 1, 2010

Who: 40 Poynter Fellows — college juniors, seniors, grad students or recent graduates, interested in writing, photojournalism, design, information graphics, broadcast and multimedia.

Where: The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Florida

Fellowship dates:
May 16-28, 2010 (This is before many internships begin, so students with internships are welcome to apply.)

Cost: Tuition is free! You are responsible for getting here and you pay for housing (affordable accommodations have been arranged at the University of South Florida).

What to send by March 1st:
Once you’ve completed this online application, please mail a signed letter of reference from a faculty advisor along with three to five samples of your work. (Samples might include writing clips, print designs, digital images or videos on a disk, or a clear link to specific examples on your Web site.) Send to Nafi Schwanzer, nschwanzer at poynter dot org, The Poynter Institute, 801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701.