Summer Institute 2008 : Fui seleccionado | I’ve been selected

Eu falei disto há umas semanas, e aproveitei a oportunidade e inscrevi-me também. Acabei por ser um dos escolhidos para participar no workshop de Jornalismo Online (descrição abaixo). Isto significa que vou estar em Lisboa no próximo mês de Junho, a partir do dia 16 até dia 26. Se quiserem combinar alguma coisa digam. Acima de tudo é uma oportunidade excelente de enriquecer a minha formação, num programa prestigiado. Ainda por cima é gratuito. Se foram também seleccionados ou conhecem alguém que foi, digam qualquer coisa.

I talked about this a couple of weeks ago and i applied for a placement too. I was one of the selected applicants to the Online Journalism workshop (description below). This means i’ll be in Lisbon next month from the 16th to the 26th. If you want to meet me there let me know. Above all this is an excellent opportunity to learn more, in such a prestiged program. And it’s for free. If you were selected too or if you know someone who did, let me know.

Online Journalism Workshop

Through practical assignments, analysis of successful cases and specialized literature, this workshop will examine the transformations journalism currently faces in order to meet the Digital Revolution, particularly in what concerns the search for a multimedia language.

Rosental Alves

Alves began his academic career in the United States in March 1996, after 27 years as a professional journalist, including seven years as a journalism professor in Brazil. He moved to Austin from Rio de Janeiro, where he was the managing editor and member of the board of directors of Jornal do Brasil, one of the most important Brazilian newspapers. Alves worked for that paper for 23 years.

He was chosen in 1995 from approximately 200 candidates to be the first holder of the Knight Chair in International Journalism, created by a $1.5 million endowment from the James L. and John S. Knight Foundation. In 2002, Alves received a $2 million grant from the Knight Foundation to create the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, a four-year project to work in training programs with journalists from Latin America and the Caribbean. The Knight Center is based at the School of Journalism in Austin, but reaches thousands of journalists throughout the hemisphere.

For more than a decade, Alves was a foreign correspondent based in Spain, Argentina, Mexico and the United States, working for Jornal do Brasil. In 1991, he created the first online, real-time finance news service, the first of its kind in Brazil. And in 1994, Alves managed the launching of Jornal do Brasil’s online edition, making it the first Brazilian newspaper available on the Internet.

At the University of Texas at Austin, Alves has three basic areas for teaching and research: international reporting (emphasizing the work of foreign correspondents), journalism in Latin America (especially the struggle for a free press in the hemisphere), and Internet journalism (the creation of a new genre of journalism for the digital medium). He created the first class on online journalism at UT in the 1997-98 academic year. Alves has been a frequent speaker in conferences and has conducted numerous workshops in several countries to train journalists and journalism professors on the use of the new medium.

Summer Institute 2008

Como o jornalismo do cidadão transformou o jornalismo| how has citizen journalism transformed journalism

Paul Bradshaw gravou 3 videos a explicar que influência tem o jornalismo do cidadão no jornalismo tradicional. Uma aula grátis e muito interessante.

Paul Bradshaw recorded three videos explaining the influence of citizen journalism in traditional jourrnalism. A free and very interesting class.

Q&A: how has citizen journalism transformed journalism pt3

Q&A: how has citizen journalism transformed journalism pt2

TSF com novo site para breve

A TSF está a preparar um novo site mais adequado às novas tendências da comunicação online. A grande novidade é a aposta em conteúdos audiovisuais.

“Seguindo uma tendência dos media, a rádio, que completou vinte anos de existência em Fevereiro, vai apostar na colocação de audiovisual no site, utilizando imagens da Reuters e vídeos de futebol que serão cedidos pela SportTV. Também a própria equipa da rádio pretende alimentar os conteúdos audiovisuais do site, com a gravação de alguns programas e o desenvolvimento de grandes reportagens.

Para tal, a estação está a levar a cabo formação em técnicas de filmagem e edição de imagem. A componente vídeo terá destaque na página inicial, com ligação para uma secção específica de conteúdos multimédia.”

Via Público

Infografia | InfoGraph - Euro2008 Team-o-Mat

O jornal suíço Neue Zürcher Zeitung criou uma infografia/jogo interactiva para descobrirmos qual é a equipa do Euro2008 que melhor nos “assenta”. Está em alemão mas está tão bem feita que se percebe logo como funciona. Via Nico Luchsinger.

The Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung has made an interactive infographic/game for the users to find out which team from Euro2008 fits them best. It’s in german, but it’s so good that we can tell right away how it works. Via Nico Luchsinger.

Descubra a sua |Team-O-Mat| Find out yours

Um jornal já não é um jornal | A newspaper is no longer a newspaper

Um jornal passou a ser tudo inclusivé um jornal: hoje em dia é um canal para video, uma rádio online. Por aqui acreditamos que o futuro passa por criar sinergias com outros meios de comunicação e incorporá-los na vida de uma publicação. Foi o que se fez no The Spokesman Review, que contratou dois profissionais de rádio (não foram dois estagiários tenrinhos, acabadinhos de sair da faculdade a ganhar o subsídio de alimentação,para trabalhar com um microfone de 5 euros e uma versão pirata do Soundforge), para fazer noticiários em áudio de dois minutos.

A newspaper can now be anything including a newspaper: nowadays it’s a video channel, an online radio. Around here we believe that the future goes through by creating synergies with other media and embedd them in the newspaper life. That’s what happened at The Spokesman Review, that hired two radio pros (not two tender-fresh-out-of college trainees, making almost no money at all to work with a cheap plastic mic and a pirate version of Soundforge) to publish audio newscasts in two minute long editions.

Two veteran news radio broadcasters were hired and a state of the art radio news production studio was built in the newsroom. Our “radio guys” as they are affectingly called, have settled in without too many cultural adjustments. The workflow changes for people in the newsroom have been pretty minimal. Reporters are being asked to record audio sound bites from some of their stories. Occasionally they are interviewed for broadcast about stories they’ve reported on.

Radio from the newsroom

Palavras chave: veteranos, state of the art, construído. E contratados. O investimento parece compensar, infelizmente a maioria dos directores de jornais em Portugal parece pensar de outra forma, mas eles é que sabem, levam mais anos disto do que eu, e eu respeito a experiência dos mais velhos. É pena é que a teimosia e a surdez estejam associados à velhice. O video também parece estar a tomar as redacções de assalto, pelo menos é o que diz este trabalho da Newspaper Association of America, que dá indicações sobre como se pode incorporar este formato numa redacção tradicional. A ler e a recomendar a quem não sabe destas coisas.

Keywords: veterans, state of the art, built. And hired. The investment seems to be paying off, but unfortunately most newspaper directors here in Portugal seem to think differently, but it’s their prerrogative, they have more years of this than i do, and i was taught to respect the experience of the elderly. It’s a shame that pigheadedness and being deaf are associated to old age. Video seems to be taking the newsrooms by assault, at least that’s what is written in this work of the Newspaper Association of America, that is also a great guide on how to insert this format in a traditional newsroom.To read and recommend to those who still don’t know about it.

“Zooming In on Online Video: A Development & Growth Guide for Newspaper Web Sites” is intended to help newspapers of any size develop profitable video applications. The cost of entry to create quality video continues to decline while the success of online video continues to grow. As competition heats up for online video mindshare, newspapers have an excellent opportunity to leverage their skills and content and capture an even large share of online advertising spending.

Zooming in Online Video

Video: Distributed acts of journalism and journalistic acts of distribution

Paul Bradshaw fala da importância e da alteração do papel da distribuição dos conteúdos noticiosos pela internet. Um vídeo pequeno mas muito interessante. Tem ainda a curiosidade de ter sido publicado através do Seesmic.

Paul Bradshaw talks about the importance and the changes in the role of distribution of news content through the internet. A small but very interesting video. Note the fact it was published with Seesmic.

Ver | Watch

Distributed acts of journalism and journalistic acts of distribution

Jogos noticiosos | News games

Tem-se pensado muito como aumentar a interactividade e o interesse dos leitores de notícias online, que de tanto pensar passou-se por cima do óbvio. Como é que nós todos nos interessámos por computadores? Através dos jogos (principalmente…). Por isso é de estranhar que só agora se pense mais a sério na utilização de jogos para formar e informar. Aqui ficam alguns exemplos:

There has been a lot of thinking about how to increase the interactivity and the interest of online news readers, so much we may have past through the obvious. How did we all got into computers? through games (mostly..). So it’s strange that only now people are seriously thinking about using games to inform and teach. Here are some examples:

There are the usual suspects when it comes to multimedia news pieces: slideshows of the wonders of nature, interactive diagrams of new buildings, video interviews with the downtrodden… all of which likely teach the viewer something new. But sometimes the news needs a little dose of fun factor.

Considering many people under 30 aren’t picking up newspapers or listen to non-music radio programming, making a fun online game is a great way to hook them in. As long as the games remain diverting without being overbearing, they will continue to succeed.

Ler post original para ver jogos | Read original post for game links

News games are fun (and informative!), 10.000words

Breakthrough, an organization that does human rights work in both the United States and India, has released a game, ICED (I Can End Deportation) to help players learn the ins and outs of immigration policy and rights. The game, which targets youth, is intended to teach players how unfair U.S. immigration policy is.

The game is available as a free download, and includes educational materials for teachers who might want to use the game in the classroom. It’s an interesting intersection of web activism and educational gaming, to say the least.

Gaming as Immigration Rights Project

Flash Doc

Um documentário incrível sobre a vida nas ruas de Bucareste. Um excelente exemplo de jornalismo multimédia. Via Mark Graham.

A stunning documentary about life in Bucharest streets. An excellent example of multimedia Journalism. Via Mark Graham.

Ver | Watch

Bucharest Below Ground

Summer Institute 2008

O Summer Institute 2008 é um evento único organizado pelo programa UT Austin|Portugal que engloba workshops e palestras sobre diferentes áreas do Programa de Média Digital como Cinema (ficção e documentário), Design,Música e Jornalismo. Inscrições aqui.

The Summer Institute 2008 is a unique event organized by the UT Austin|Portugal Program comprising workshops and talks that cover several areas of the Digital Media Program such as Cinema (fiction and documentary), Design, Music and Journalism. Full program here.

Workshop Descriptions:

Collaborative Scriptwriting Workshop

A practical introduction to the “collaborative method” in scriptwriting. Over the course of the two weeks, the class will treat its members as a writing staff and, collectively, they will outline and work on writing the first act of multiple projects. Students will brainstorm the ideas together, and writers will be assigned particular scenes or acts to write.

Digital Documentary Workshop

In this short course students propose, produce and edit short videos documenting the City of Lisbon. The unifying theme for these short documentaries will be “hidden Lisbon.” In the process of the workshop participants will explore how film language, namely visuals, audio and editing, can be employed to achieve a desired affect.

Digital Hollywood Workshop

The “Digital Hollywood” workshop will present a macro-industrial perspective on the incorporation, innovation, and diffusion of digital technologies into the filmed entertainment industries’ production, distribution, and exhibition businesses. This workshop will assess the significance of digital technologies in terms of shifting business practices, revenue streams, digital aesthetics, and the increasing relevance of online markets.

Online Journalism Workshop

Through practical assignments, analysis of successful cases and specialized literature, this workshop will examine the transformations journalism currently faces in order to meet the Digital Revolution, particularly in what concerns the search for a multimedia language.

Creating Music and Audio for Film, Video and Games Workshop

This course will explore current technologies and techniques for the creation of music, audio and sound effects for film, video and games. It will be based primarily on the widely used Apple Logic Studio 8. Students will need to be comfortable with the Mac OS-X platform. However, no prior knowledge of Logic is required. The course will cover basic musical forms, looping and mixing, soft instrument plugins, synchronizing musical materials to video, acquiring and modifying audio effects files, advanced sound treatment using Logic plugins, game audio design, track layering, and surround mixing. Students will complete five short assignments and one longer project using video clips provided for the class or materials that the students may have.

The production facilities will include a suite of Intel iMac computers with Garage Band 4 and Logic Studio 8. Students will need to bring their own stereo headphones (1/8” stereo) for these workstations. The final project will be mixed on the teaching station using 5.1 surround audio.

Photorealistic 3D Graphics Rendering & Simulation Workshop

Photorealistic rendering assists problem solving in scientific, economic, instructional, entertainment, and artistic disciplines. This course surveys the uses of photorealistic 3D computer graphics which range from advertising campaigns to the modeling molecular structures, and delves into the process for creating such imagery. Students are introduced to 3DStudioMax and Mental Ray applications, but will be taught so that they can approach any type of 3D application.

“Onde?” | “Where?”

Das perguntas base para necessárias para a construção de qualquer notícia, o ONDE está a ganhar destaque. O crime é um dos assuntos mais fáceis de seguir, e vários sites utilizam mapas para indicar as zonas mais perigosas. Um Google Map da cidade de Londres acabou por me fazer lembrar do jogo “Scotland Yard“, onde o Mr.X fugia aos seus perseguidores. Infelizmente, neste mapa os crimes são reais. Alguém conhece em Portugal algum site que use um mapa para informação noticiosa?

Amongst the basic questions for writing a news story, the WHERE is starting to stand out. One of the subjects that is easier to monitor is crime, and many sites use maps to show the most dangerous areas. A London Google Map reminded me of the “Scotland Yard” board game, where a Mr.X tried to escape his chasers. Unfortunately, in this map all the crimes are real. Does anyone know other use for news maps?Leave links below.

Crime on Google Maps