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This coming weekend (23 and 24 June 2012), The Online Citizen (TOC), MalaysiaKini, Citizen Journalists Malaysia (CJMY) and EngageMedia will jointly host a FREE training workshop in Singapore for budding citizen journalists. The training workshop will be held at 21 Tan Quee Lan Street, #02-08 Heritage Place, S(188108).
In this 2 day workshop you will learn the basics and essentials of news writing, photography, and video production.
Training Workshop Programme
Saturday (23 June 2012), 3pm – 8pm
(1) Citizen Journalism
- Basic Principles of Citizen Journalism
- Journalism Ethics
- Role of a Citizen Journalists
(2) News Writing
- Analyzing Basic News Structure
- The Basic Tenets of News Writing
- The Inverted Pyramid
- Writing a News Story – Identifying and Collecting Relevant Information
- Writing
- News Photography
(3) Online Subtitling
- Quick and easy online subtitling and translation
Sunday (24 June 2012), 3pm – 8pm
(1) Video Making & Video Editing
- Basic Story Telling
- Story Components
- Video Shooting Techniques
- 5 Shot Technique
- Planning and Shooting
- 7 Rules of Video Making
- Exercise
- Video Editing Basic – Knowing Basic Video Formats & Softwares
- Shots and Sizes
- Arranging Footage on Timeline
- Adding Narration
- Adding Music
- Exporting and Uploading
*Equipment and Hardware you need to bring (Software will be provided)
(A) Laptop (Min Requirements)
- Windows XP/2000
- 50GB hard disk
- 516MB RAM
(B) Video Camcorder or Digital Camera
Note: If you don't have a camcorder, please bring a digital camera with video capability.
If you would like to participate, please register ASAP because this workshop is limited to the first 30 participants (each session) on a first come first served basis.
To register, please send an email to [email protected] with the following details:
Full name / Email address / Contact number / Session attending (23 June / 24 June / Both sessions)
The closing deadline for registration is Friday 22 June 11:59pm. We will send you a confirmation email as soon as we receive your registration details.
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