Poynter Institute offers full day of photojournalism training

Be part of the live studio audience for the National Press Photographers Foundation's Video Storytelling Workshop: 2010 Edition at The Poynter Institute on Saturday, Sept. 25. Veteran photojournalists will show you how to your make your stories more memorable and refine your videostorytelling.

In this full day of training, you'll learn how to find and develop memorable characters; how to make mundane stories -- like meetings and weather stories -- more interesting; how to work with sound; and how to anticipate moments in the field, even on tight deadlines.

Presenters include:

Darren Durlach, NPPA's 2009 Ernie Crisp Television News Photographer of the Year, and senior photojournalist at WBFF-TV in Baltimore
Lynn French, assistant chief photographer and veteran multimedia journalist at KPNX-TV in Phoenix
Jason Witmer, winner of numerous NPPA and Texas AP awards for his work as a solo video journalist for Chron.com in Houston
Joe Fryer, winner of four national Edward R. Murrow awards and a regional Emmy for best reporter in 2009, of KARE-TV in Minneapolis
Whether you're working in a team or as a solo journalist, you'll learn fresh approaches to make your packages -- both daily turns and long-form pieces -- more memorable. The Video Storytelling Workshop starts at 10 a.m. Eastern time on Saturday, Sept. 25, and is offered both live at The Poynter Institute and online through Poynter's NewsU. The host is Al Tompkins, Senior Faculty/Broadcast and Online at The Poynter Institute and author of the daily online journalism story idea column, Al's Morning Meeting, on Poynter.org.
Can't stay for the day? Your advance registration also gives you access to the video replays of each presentation when they become available at Poynter's NewsU.

The cost for this daylong workshop is just $55 for NPPA members or $35 for student members. Non-NPPA members pay just $65 for a full day of training. Sign up now to get these registration rates. Scholarships are available for members of AAJA, NABJ, NAHJ, NAJA, NLGJA and JAWS.

Come to Poynter for a day of training from some of the best in the industry. For more information and to register, go to Video Storytelling Workshop: 2010 Edition.