Córdoba, Argentina | 24-26 November 2008

Online Journalist Training

Monday: Audio Gathering and Editing; Slideshows

Morning: Editing audio with Audacity (hands-on); this is a free program that works on Windows and Mac. We use Switch to convert WMA audio files to the WAV format (uncompressed), because Audacity cannot open a WMA file. Make sure your recorder can save files in one of these formats: WMA, WAV or MP3.

• Digital audio recorders -- comparison
• Olympus voice recorders -- less expensive, good quality
• Audio ethics guide: Editing and more
• Super-Fast Guide to Audio Editing (PDF, 236 KB)
  Includes instructions for how to download and install Audacity, a free audio-editing program that works on Windows and Mac. You can print this. You may share it with others in your newsroom too.
• Editing Audio with Audacity, Part 2 (PDF, 193 KB)
  Skills for your later audio projects -- including multitrack editing; fade-in and fade-out; noise reduction. This is more advanced than what we covered in the workshop session, but you can easily add these skills to your repertoire later.

More tips at Journalists' Toolkit: Audio.

Afternoon: Audio slideshows. See separate page: Audio Slideshows with Soundslides

Tuesday: Newspaper Video

See separate page: Video for Newspapers

Wednesday: Make an Independent Blog

See separate page: Blogs and Journalism

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