Training4News is happy to announce Jeroen Westerbeek will be in East Africa, in January 2020 for a series of multimedia trainings. He will be available for trainings around mobile reporting. These can be booked as in-company half-day, full-day or two day trainings. Read more
Smartphone video + training of trainers for UNICEF
Sustainable video workshopsWe are currently working with UNICEF on revamping its ambitious video advocacy project. Throughout 2016, Training4News has been part of a team creating a new concept for video advocacy in the digital generation. As well as contributing to strategy, our role has been to design and delivery a series of 5-day workshops for young people in eastern Europe ... Read More
Copyright free resources
Good visual content is extremely important to give your story the attention it deserves. The internet is full of interesting images, photos and graphics. However, most of it is protected by copyright. Using these images may result in paying expensive fines. In this module we will focus on finding free alternatives for visual content. We will cover the following topics: … Read More
330 – Social Media Networks – an overview
Social Media landscape in 2015: Active users: Facebook: 1,366,000,000 Twitter 284,000,000 Instagram 300,000,000 Google Plus 343,000,000 Snapchat 100,000,000 WhatsApp 600,000,000 Source: Statistia Social Media Revolution 2015 (commercial angle) Media on Social Media BBC On Instagram Background article Washington Post on the use of Snapchat by media BBC Training: Social Media Newsroom (video) CNN On Snapchat Social Media Research & … Read More
400 – Copyright free content
General copyright free search.creativecommons.org commons.wikimedia.org Free photo archives Flickr.com (search for cc license!) Unspash.com Stockphotos.io Imcreator.com/free Pixelperfectdigital.com Gratisography.com Openphoto.net Public relations thenewsmarket.com (photo and video) Attention span statistics Suggestions for effective visuals ‘Shock’ value, unusual, unexpected (for example men using a vacuum cleaner in some societies) Emotional reaction (food, babies, animals) Close-ups Variation in sizes Colourful Creative editing Prominent position Content/context not immediately clear, … Read More