A Quick and Dirty Guide to Multimedia Production

English: Mobile Reporting - African journalist using a mobile phone as a reporting tool. The ability to capture text, photo and video . The content receives some editing on the phone before being uploaded to the Internet via GPRS. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Credit to Mark Berkey-Gerard

Tutorials

ELEMENTS OF STORYTELLING
A Multimedia Storytelling Lexicon, Mark Berkey-Gerard [TERMS AND EXAMPLES]
Alex Blumberg’s “And What’s Interesting…” Storytelling Test
Ira Glass of This American Life on the building blocks of good storytelling
-Part 1 – The Building Blocks of a Story [VIDEO]
-Part 2 – On Finding Great Stories [VIDEO]
-Part 3 – On Good Taste [VIDEO]
-Part 4 – Two Common Pitfalls [VIDEO]

MULTIMEDIA OVERVIEW
Quick Multimedia Reporting Checklist, Mark Berkey-Gerard [LIST OF EQUIPMENT AND BASIC REPORTING TIPS]

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photoshop: How to Resize and Save Photos for the Web, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]

Adobe Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for versions 5 through CS4, Trevor Morris [REFERENCE LIST]

AUDIO
On Interviewing – Alex Blumberg, Transom.org [BLOG POST]
Gathering Audio by Brian Storm, MediaStorm.com [BLOG POST]
Really Simple Audio for Bloggers: From Recorder to WordPress.com, Mark Berkey-Gerard [BLOG POST WITH SCREENCASTS]
How to Convert Audio Files Using Switch, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
GarageBand Basics for Journalists, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
Audacity Basics for Journalists, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]
How to Use Garage Band, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Use Audacity, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Use Pro Tools, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]

SOUND SLIDES
Photoshop How To for Sound Slides, Mindy McAdams [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Use the Sound Slides, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
How to Embed a Slide Show on WordPress, Mark Berkey-Gerard [VIDEO SCREENCAST]

VIDEO
Video 101 Shooting Basics, Vimeo.com [VIDEO]
Video 101: Editing Basics, Vimeo.com [VIDEO]
Video Techniques, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
Windows Movie Maker Tutorial, Mindy McAdams [WEB TUTORIAL]
iMovie for Journalists, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
iMovie 09 Tutorial, Mindy McAdams [WEB TUTORIAL]
iMovie 11 Tutorials, Apple.com [VIDEOS]
Final Cut Pro, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]
Video to the Web, Knight Digital Media Center [WEB TUTORIAL]