Smart phones have opened up new video possibilities for both professional journalists and citizen storytellers. Images produced with today’s smart phones now have sufficient quality to be published on all digital media platforms. In fact, many news organizations now require reporters to take their own smart phone videos of breaking news events.Â
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This 4-hour, Saturday morning course will help you enhance your work or hobby with better smart phone videos. We will go over some tips, shoot some footage and review it.Â
Videojournalist Bob Sacha has taught this popular class many times, to students and reporters from the worlds largest metro dailies.
Bring your smart phones and let's shoot some video!
@bobsacha
bobsacha.com
Bob Sacha is a director, cinematographer, editor, teacher, photographer and, above all, a collaborator on visual journalism projects. He has shot the video for projects that have won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Emmy for New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming, His first short documentary film, Blindsight about a group of blind photographers, had its world premiere at DocNYC . He’s trained reporters, photographers and regular folks on how to create compelling videos using their iPhone, DSLR or large video cameras.
What his students say:
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"Bob is a great teacher. I feel like in another life he was a performer."
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"Prof. Sacha is the best professor I've had at this school, and as enjoyable and informative the other classes have been, I've gotten more feedback and assistance from him than anyone else. "Â
"Bob is great example of an exemplary professional in the field and a fantastic educator in a classroom setting. He shows up prepared and enthusiastic, so the students do too. He cares, so the students do too."
"Engaging, approachable, outrageously knowledgable, and willing to try new things with video. "Â
SuperResearcher with Barbara Gray: Jan. 7, 19, 21, 28.Â
Smarter Photos with Smart Phones:Â Jan. 23.
Personal Vision with Eugene Richards: Feb. 1-5.
Chat Apps for News:Â Feb. 3.
How to be a Social Media Editor with Blair Hickman: Feb. 16, 23, March 1, 8, 15.
Intro to Adobe Premiere Pro CC:Â Feb. 24, March 2, 9, 16, 23.
Intro to Food Writing and Photography: March 19.
Video for Social Media with Bob Sacha: March 30.
Visual Storytelling: Seeing the World in a New Way with Maggie Steber: April 4-8.
Sensor Reporting for the Environment with John Keefe: April 13.
Video Storytelling for the Web with Bob Sacha:Â April 23-24, and April 30-May 1.
Online Security Install Party with Mike Tigas: May 11.
Smarter Photos with Smart Phones:Â May 14.
Data Storytelling and Visualization with Sandeep Junarkar:Â June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
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Learn more and register here.