berkeley

i didn't see much of the outside world during a multimedia & convergence workshop at uc berkeley last week. apart from learning a lot of technical and software-related stuff, it was inspiring to work in a group of people who cared about journalism first. journalism as in the craft and profession of journalism. not individual success but rather getting news out to people who might not want to open a newspaper. how do we tell a story in a way that people want to read it online? which medium works best for each aspect of the story? what do people read, what turns them off? how in the world can we make good, in-depth, investigative storytelling survive?
The Knight Digital Media Center has several workshops every year and it's definitely worth applying for. It's kind of competitive but if you get in they cover tuition, food and hotel and all you have to pay for is the flight. Their website also has tons of tutorials and other resources. Check it out.