Video training in Nashville in early January

An Advanced Multimedia Boot Camp will be run by the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Jan. 6-10, 2010, at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, Tenn. The course is open to any journalism educators, professionals, college students and others  who know the basics and want to become more sophisticated multimedia storytellers.

Participants will create and publish a mini-documentary project using Final Cut, Google Maps, WordPress and other multimedia tools. The curriculum will cover advanced skills in audio, video storytelling, video editing, mapping and blog set-up.

To qualify for this class, registrants must have basic proficiency in multimedia storytelling through audio, still photography and video. Past participants in Freedom Forum multimedia training are strongly encouraged to sign up.