Quick Courses coming our way

SND has announced trainers for the 2008 Quick Courses, and there are several opportunities in Region 3.

>>> STORY FORMS BOOT CAMP

January 18-19: The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL
March 29-30: Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Nashville, TN

More publications are using alternative story forms, but everyone is still struggling to get it right. Learn what kinds of stories lend themselves to what forms and how to visualize them. Learn how to write, edit and design these forms. Learn how Interactivity and social networking functionality can be applied to news gathering. Bring your own story ideas and execute them as ASFs in the classroom.

Trainers: Josh Awtry, The Salt Lake Tribune; Stephen Komives, Orlando Sentinel; Denise M. Reagan, The Florida Times-Union


>>> FLASH: BEGINNER

March 14-15: University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

In this two-day seminar, you'll learn the basics of multimedia storytelling, including how to pick a project, set up your team and develop an effective workflow. In addition, you'll get an introduction to Macromedia Flash, the standard for multimedia storytelling. And because this is a hands-on seminar, you won't just see the program in action, you'll actually get to try it yourself in our computer lab.

Trainers: R. Scott Horner, Swarm Interactive; Don Wittekind, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

You can find out more about each course and read speaker bios at the SND blog, or register at SND.org.