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New Media Journalism at UC Berkeley - May 23-27

Cal's J-School is hosting a series of presentations on journalism and the web, from May 23-27. All free and open to the public.

Looks good!

MONDAY, MAY 23

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
"How to Exploit Attributes of the Web"
Ken Sands, Spokane Spokesman-Review

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
"The Changing Rules of Journalism: The Role of Editors and Reporters in the Future"
Bob Cauthorn, City Tools

TUESDAY, MAY 24

12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
"Doing a Multimedia Story"
Regina McCombs, Minneapolis Star-Tribune

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
"Digital Storytelling: New Media's New Storytellers"
Amy Hill, Center for Digital Storytelling

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

1:00 - 1:45 p.m.
"Grassroots Media"
Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media Inc.

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
“VR Photography and Journalism”
G. Donald Bain, UC Berkeley Geography Computing Facility, and Landis Bennett, World Wide Panorama

THURSDAY, MAY 26

12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
"The Northwest Voice: A Citizen Journalism Case Study"
Mary Lou Fulton, Bakersfield Californian

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
"Wikinews: Online News Community"
Amgine (Wayne Saewyc), Wikinews

FRIDAY, MAY 27

4:15 - 6:00 p.m.
"Let's Quit Building Crappy Newspaper Sites"
Rob Curley, Lawrence Journal-World