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Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
The CUNY J-School’s investigative journalist in residence, Tom Robbins, explains how to use public databases to analyze the impact of campaign donors and lobbyists on local elected officials.
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Personal websites, LinkedIn, social media … you know you should be building your personal brand online to showcase your work and boost your career. But if you've been procrastinating or don't know where to start, then this is the #judgementfree workshop for you! Digital marketing expert Sam Dolgin-Gardner will help you create a digital presence that makes it easy for readers, newsrooms and Google to find and appreciate your work. What to Bring...
Ideasmyth at The Writers Room @ West 50's, New York, NY
Make your greatest ambition a polished–and published!–reality. Ideasmyth’s Developmental Intensive invites serious writers and creative professionals working in any genre and any form (memoirs, blogs, website copy, article pitch letters, screenplays, novels, one-person shows, poetry cycles, proposals, business plans, etc.) to prepare work for professional submission. Each class opens with a mini-lecture on an element of craft, working habits...
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Explore Professional Private Group EventsBlueprint Screenwriting Group @ 260 West 36th St, New York, NY
Now in their sixth successful year, Blueprint Screenwriting Group's weekly writing workshops take place in midtown Manhattan. These small, supportive classes are for screenwriters who are serious about finishing their pilot or feature script. With a class size of 8 or fewer, individual attention is given to each student as Timothy helps you: Reach realistic but aggressive draft deadlines Identify and unleash your authentic voice Create...
New York Improv Theatre (8 Improv) @ 318 W 53rd St, New York, NY
Develop, collaborate, write, produce and showcase original sketch comedy of your very own in just four weeks. In this class you learn to write and produce original sketch comedy scripts. This class is a forum for beginners and those looking to further sketch comedy studies, develop their portfolios and gain exposure for their work. Space is limited to EIGHT students. FOUR one hour sessions will be designated to learning about sketch comedy, script...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Move over, Virtual Reality. Newsrooms are now turning their attention to Augmented Reality (AR) journalism, the addition of an information layer or 3D objects on top of content, visible through a phone app. Think Pokemon Go for news. It’s certainly the direction the tech industry is going -Apple, Facebook, Alphabet and Snapchat have all launched tools that give access to augmented reality to millions of consumers. In this hands-on workshop we'll...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Learn what you need to know about web hosts, domain names, and databases. Whether WordPress is the CMS at your job, or the blog you’ve signed up for, or the system you’re ready to install to build your own website — you’re at a starting point and ready to finally learn WordPress — as soon as you get some time. Sound like you? We know you’re a busy professional, that’s exactly why we’ve created this Saturday crash course so that...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Try the Ricoh Theta camera and 360 apps on your smart phone in this hands-on workshop. Get up to speed with 360 video journalism from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and news organizations around the world. Learn how to use the emerging virtual reality medium in your newsroom to tell stories and connect with your audiences. We will cover: An overview of virtual reality journalism 360 distribution on Facebook and YouTube Smartphone 360...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
E-mail newsletters are quickly becoming one of the most popular ways deliver the news and for good reason. The open rate of email newsletters is comparatively high -22% according to MailChimp-, the technology involved comparatively cheap, making it a great product for news organization big and small to grow subscriptions and memberships. In this workshop, we will dig into why many brands now use e-mail newsletters, best practices to connect with...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
From Sports Illustrated to ESPN to The Undefeated, learn about the data, social media and culture behind the new sports journalism Data, social media and technology have fundamentally changed the way we report on the world of sports. More than ever, fans are able to communicate with their favorite athletes directly and able to publish about sports themselves. Sports journalists must find their place in this fast-paced ecosystem. In his workshop,...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
How to tell complex stories in a chat app. It's not all selfies and emojis! With more than 100 million active users, 77% of U.S. college students and 4 billion video views per day, Snapchat is too big to ignore and media organizations are paying attention. Fifteen media brands, including Mashable, now produce content exclusively for Snapchat’s Discover feature and reaching millions of millennials. Join us for a 2-hour evening workshop with...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
What's an antecedent, and why does it matter? What are danglers, and why do they make editors laugh? When can we write just as we speak, and when is it inappropriate? Why do journalists strive to say what the mean in as few words as possible, and why should you? These are just a few of the questions to be addressed in this hands-on two-hour session focusing on high-impact tricks and techniques to make your writing for any purpose stronger,...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Get published, get paid, and make freelancing your business If you do freelance writing or producing and you don't treat it like a business, you have a hobby. Nothing wrong with that, but to get the most out of your freelancing, whether full-time or part-time, you need to be organized and have a systemic approach to get the most out of your work -- both financially and in terms of satisfaction and career advancement. This breezy, conversational...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
More and more reporters are being asked by their news organizations to speak on camera about the story they’re covering. Get the basics of how to do this without embarrassing yourself. The workshop will include on-camera work with some participants, followed by analysis shared with all.
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
With the ongoing revelations of NSA snooping, we explore ways journalists can try to secure their digital files and communications. The process of fortifying your web and communications defenses is not simple. If a source asks you to take extra measures to protect his or her identity and you don’t already know how, it would take you far too long on the spot to figure it out. Workshop attendees must bring their laptops.
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
The United States is approaching the lowest jobless rate in almost a decade, the Federal Reserve Rate is mired in a quagmire over whether to raise interest rates, Republicans want to cut taxes for the rich and Democrats want to do something about inequality in the country. Meanwhile, the stock markets plunges and recovers, and companies like Apple see their profits soar and their stocks follow suit while an upstart called Uber is worth more than...
Irish Arts Center @ 726 11th Ave, New York, NY
Join author Patricia Forde as she shares insight from writing her latest book, The Girl who Fell to Earth, and provides tips on how to write your own piece of speculative fiction/dystopian fiction. The workshop will consider the challenges of worldbuilding, the capacity of dystopian fiction to frighten and warn and how history can play a part in writing about the future. Trish can address any part of the process, from setting up...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Enhance your social media with video. This is a workshop for journalists, social media managers and other communicators. Video is a powerful engagement tool. Marketing research shows that including visuals with your social media posts increases engagement by 180%. It's no wonder that social media feeds include more and more videos. But those videos follow new rules - they need to be shorter, intimate, explanatory. This two-hour evening workshop...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Intro to Augmented Reality Storytelling with Spark AR Studio Learn how to start making 3D stories that your audiences can experience dynamically in their own space. In this workshop taught by multimedia designer and artist Ziv Schneider you'll explore augmented reality storytelling and work hands-on with Spark AR Studio to create short spatial experiences. Augmented reality has been used by new organizations like The New York Times, USA Today and...
Newmark Graduate School of Journalism @ 219 W 40th St, New York, NY
Indrani Sen leads this workshop that will introduce students to the fundamentals of the beat. Writing about food must be as simple as eating it, right? Wrong. Food writing requires more than a fine-tuned palate, a table at the hottest, hot-hot restaurant, or a good recipe for authentic Neapolitan pizza dough. Locavores, the Farm Bill, food safety scares, commodity prices, environmental justice, pop ups, CSAs, molecular gastronomy, buying clubs...
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