FOIA online

When

Monday

,

October

17

2016

6:30pm

Where

FOIA Online

TICKETS

This all-day, hands-on workshop teaches the basics of 360° video production and post-production. Participants will practice shooting, stitching and editing 360° video, as well as discuss immersive storytelling techniques, ethics and distribution platforms (detailed schedule below).

Specifically designed for journalists and storytellers, this workshop helps newsrooms and freelancers get started in VR journalism.

Students will work in small guided teams with 6-GoPro camera rigs and the Kolor stitching software.

Course fee: $449. Space is limited, so don't delay! Are you eligibe for a discount?

Marcelle Hopkins is a journalist and VR filmmaker specializing in human rights and humanitarian crises. She directed, wrote and co-produced a virtual reality documentary on South Sudan for PBS's series FRONTLINE called On the Brink of Famine, which premiered on Facebook 360 and Oculus in March. Marcelle will be assisted by CUNY's Bob Sacha.

OCTOBER 17, 6:30 TO 8 PM

With Barbara Gray

Using Freedom Of Information Laws In The Age Of The Internet

But there are now great tools and resources online to craft a FOIA request, monitor its progress and get help when faced

with official obfuscation.

During this short workshop, Barbara Gray, the former director of news research at the New York Times, will guide you through the most accessible, mostly free FOIA resources the Internet has to offer, including letter generators, repositories of public documents,

tools and organizations.

Workshop fee is $39

Do I qualify for a discount?

Don't forget to bring your laptop!

Where is the workshop?

When is the workshop?

Monday

,

October

17th

2016

6:30pm

8:00pm

Using Freedom Of Information Laws In The Age Of The Internet

But there are now great tools and resources online to craft a FOIA request, monitor its progress and get help when faced

with official obfuscation.

During this short workshop, Barbara Gray, the former director of news research at the New York Times, will guide you through the most accessible, mostly free FOIA resources the Internet has to offer, including letter generators, repositories of public documents,

tools and organizations.

Workshop fee is $39

Do I qualify for a discount?

Don't forget to bring your laptop!

What will we learn?

(Schedule subject to change)

9:30 am

Set up

Download VR apps
Demo VR journalism

10:00am

Immersive storytelling

Why VR?
VR Journalism
Narrative techniques
Interactivity

10:30am

Equipment

Cameras
Audio
Tripods and accessories
GoPro settings

11:00

am

Shot composition

Camera placement
Camera height
Field of vision
Range of primary subject
Movement
Parallax errors

11:30

am

Shooting exercise

12:30pm

Lunch break

1:30pm

Media management

Transferring
Organizing media
Clip concatenation

2:00pm

Stitching

Syncing
Stitching
Horizon correction
Color correction
Introduction to parallax corrections
Rendering

3:30pm

Editing

Importing stitched files
Editing in Adobe Premiere
Introduction to 360 audio
Exporting

4:30pm

Distribution

Headsets and apps
360 video players
VR resources

5:00pm

Q&A

Workshop ends at 5:30 pm

Speaker Block #3

Your Instructor

Barbara Gray

@barbgray

Barbara Gray is the chief librarian at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She came to the CUNY J-School from The New York Times, where she was director of news research. Previously, she was managing coordinator of the information center at Fox News Channel. Gray is an Adelphi Graduate and holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Long Island University’s Palmer School.

what else is in the cUNY VR series?

01

Intro to VR

With Dan Archer. $25. More info.

02

360° video - Shooting and Stitching

With Marcelle Hopkins and Bob Sacha. $459.

03

Virtual Reality with Unity 3D

With Dan Archer. $799. More info.

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