Multimedia Reporting, January 2011 - overview

Dates: January 23 - 28, 2011
Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Our January 2011 Multimedia Reporting course was attended by 16 participants from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Kazakhstan, the

Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Uzbekistan.

The intensive, one-week course was a mix of classroom training sessions and practical shooting and editing. Participants worked in teams to produce their own multimedia reports by the end of the week.

The lead trainer was Dean Cox, an international

TOL Training Multimedia Reporting Course

photojournalist and multimedia specialist whose outlets include The New York Times, EurasiaNet and the International Herald Tribune. He was joined by Nikolay Pavlov who is a reporter, producer and multimedia specialist currently working for RFE/RL Prague.

Feedback
We're pleased to report that of the participants who completed the course evaluation form, 100% rated the course as “very good” or “excellent”. Here are a few quotes from them.

About the multimedia reporting project:
“This is the most valuable feature of the training – learning through real-life experience in the field.” ... “I

learned a lot that I will use in my work.” ... ”The multimedia project was a really valuable experience. Practical sessions with trainers also contributed a lot to get more familiar with multimedia storytelling.”

About the trainers

“An excellent trainer. I'm very pleased he focused on the practical side of teaching multimedia.” ... “Dean was an inspiration for me. It's good see that a freelancer can do work in a meaningful way.” ... “His teaching experience makes him one of the best trainers I've ever worked with.”

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FEEDBACK

"The training of TOL is the best means to meet very interesting people from different countries, to learn a lot about new media and social journalism, to get some technical skills and finally, these courses suggest new ways to use professional knowledge and skills better than before."

Eka, Georgia

Digital Journalism, October 2011

"I liked the idea that you really had to do it yourself. Michael was always there for feedback and for solutions, but the article had to come from yourself."

Henk, The Netherlands

Foreign Correspondent course, July 2011

"Loved everything. Great experiences and memories."

Maria, Colombia

Foreign Correspondent course, July 2011

"It was important to go to another country ... because although I can learn about reporting back home it isn't foreign correspondence unless you're somewhere new."

Mary, USA

Foreign Correspondent course, July 2011

"It's perfect when you learn some theory and then put it straight into practice."

Ievgenia, Ukraine

Photojournalism course, August 2011

"This course will greatly improve every photo I take from here on"

Solana, Canada

Photojournalism course, August 2011

"This was the most valuable feature of the training - learning through real-life experience in the field."

Participant

Multimedia Reporting course, January 2011