Intro to Citizen Journalism

Writers, Media Arts

Intro to Citizen Journalism

A weekly introduction to writing, video production, and research skills to help you become a local citizen journalist.

Member

$90.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Guest

$112.00 (any noted materials fee included)

Tuition Assistance and Other Policies

Meeting Times
  1. Sun, 11/10/2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  2. Sun, 11/17/2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  3. Sun, 11/24/2024 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Sun, 11/10/2024 - Sun, 11/24/2024

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Type:
Class, No Prerequisite

Location:
Small Classroom ( Media Studio )

Interests:
Mixed-Media, Podcasting, Publishing

About

Session 1: We'll review what citizen journalism news looks like by looking at the roles needed to create a workable citizen newsroom and at successful citizen journalist sites operating around the country. 

We'll look at what interests each class member has and help define the roles to be played in the workshop. These include, but are not limited to, writing news reports, investigative reporting, cultural reporting, and video shooting, as well as the roles of editor, graphics, website coordinator, and content producer for creating shows for Bremerton Kitsap Access Television.

Session 2: Skills training. We'll look into each of the types of positions and review the key skills you'll learn and develop as you help shape our news site.

Session 3: Learning by doing. Workshop members will take on a role and help create content for a "beta" site.  This might include writing an article, posting about important events, interviewing class members or friends for a video component, and a mock investigative report.

Details

  • Researching, writing, using a camera, and using simple and free audio and video editing software will be covered.
  • You need to bring a laptop and camera or recording device of choice.  

Class Policies

Ages 14 and up are welcome.

BARN Policies

Instructors or Guides

James Forsher

James is a documentary producer, filmmaker, and author. His first TV show, “The Conrad Hilton Story,” which aired in 1975, was followed by films and books about pop culture. He has produced dozens of projects about Hollywood that have aired on Discovery Channel, A&E, Cinemax, Starz/Encore, PBS, and Pearson Education. After nearly two decades of producing, he tired of the Hollywood shuffle and began to teach university-level media courses and earned a doctorate in urban planning at the University of Southern California. Since retiring from full-time teaching, he took on the subject of censorship in the documentary “Roddenberry’s Trek,” about the challenges Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, faced by creating a multi-racial crew in the mid-1960s during the Jim Crow era. James also developed and narrated a show about his mother, who worked as a personal secretary to Elvis Presley. The show, “Elvis und das Mädchen aus Wien” (Elvis and the Girl from Vienna), was made for the Austrian TV network ORF in 2017.

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