This site is designed as a resource for students in my Multimedia Video Journalism course. I post regular updates with tips, tutorials and other resources for multimedia journalism.
Tips and Tools for Multimedia Journalists
I like this spot right in front of the Romney by the snow building.
This is edit bay #23. It may seem strange, but this is my most favorite spot on campus. Countless times, I have come to the Spori basement early in the morning and I close the door and turn on only the spotlights to edit footage, work, or do homework, while I listen to my favorite music. In a strange way, I feel like I am the only one in the whole basement and it makes me feel like I can really get things accomplished. I've always loved getting up early and starting on my day and so with the dim light and the super quiet environment around me, I just feel at peace. It also has to be #23 because it is furthest from where all the action and busyness is. It was also the one I finished my very first package on and where I have made a lot of my friends. It was also the one that would not open my first semester and it always seemed like it was so mysterious. So when I finally was able to get in, I felt like it was a secret hideout for me to lock myself away and do the things that I love the most. You could say it's my happy place.
My favorite place in the Spori is the Painting Studio because the people who are there are very passionate about their art work and it soothes my soul.
Flower beds in front on Spori. They freeze in the mornings when they've been watered.
Tools you will need to create a quality podcast.
1. A decent microphone (usually not the mic on your laptop)
2. A computer with audio recording software
3. A web host for your audio/video
Suggested Software
1. Audacity
2. Garage Band
3. Aviary
Steps to Creating a Quality Podcast
1. Write a quality and conversational script (not a rambling unrehearsed discourse or a script read in your best "reading-scriptures-in-Sunday-School" voice).
2. Find some good intro or background music to which you have the rights.
3.Record your voice track. This is not live, so re-record as needed to make it sound just like you want. There is no excuse for stumbles or misreads.
4.Add your intro or background music. Adjust the levels so it is easy to hear the voiceover over the music. Don't forget to fade in and out. Abrupt beginnings and endings don't sound professional.
5.Save your finshed podcast as an mp3.
6.Upload your audio to a web host such as posterous.
7.Email, tweet, and Facebook update everyone you know with a link to your outstanding podcast!