Media Literacy at Seeley-Swan High School
In April, Seeley-Swan High School students will read Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird. To put one of the book’s main themes — empathy for others — into practice, students will work with the Montana Media Lab to interview and photograph people they don’t know in their community. Current and former UM School of Journalism students will help teach Seeley-Swan students the audio and photo storytelling skills they need to complete their project.
Facebook for Newsrooms & Journalists
The Montana Media Lab, Facebook and the Society of Professional Journalists is offering a 90-minute free training to help newsrooms and journalists understand how to track users and followers on Facebook, how to use the platform in your reporting and best practices in video and photos on Facebook. Space is limited.
Audio Storytelling & Podcasting
Over the course of five days, NPR Story Lab senior producer Michael May will guide participants through reporting, editing and mixing an audio feature. The workshop will cover interviewing and gathering sound, writing and editing a script, and cutting and mixing audio. We will also discuss what makes a podcast successful, and participants will create […]
Bundyville podcast Q&A with host and reporter Leah Sottile
Montana Media Lab - Don Anderson Hall - University of Montana School of Journalism 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, United StatesThe two-seasons of the National Magazine Award-nominated Bundyville podcast explore the armed uprisings led by the Bundy family in both Nevada and Oregon, and the religious ideology that motivates them. Digging deeply into extremist violence in the American West, reporter Leah Sottile investigates who is inspiring that violence and who stands to benefit from it. […]
Telling Visual Stories with Data
Montana Media Lab Don Anderson Hall, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United StatesJanuary 28-29, 2020
Talking to the Media (ONLINE)
DATE: June 1, 9am - 1pm |
PRICE: $45 |
INFO: Join long-time journalists Courtney Lowery Cowgill and Anne Bailey for pro tips on how best to convey your story to the media and techniques for giving polished interviews on and off camera.
Intro to Adobe Premiere Pro (ONLINE)
DATE: June 16, 9am - 4pm |
PRICE: $75 |
INFO: This intensive, online workshop gives you the editing skills you need to turn your video footage, photos and audio into professional videos.
Fact or Fiction? Tools for Teaching News Literacy (ONLINE)
Montana Media Lab - Don Anderson Hall - University of Montana School of Journalism 32 Campus Dr, Missoula, United StatesDATE: June 19, 9-11am | PRICE: Free | INFO: Join journalist Dennis Swibold for this FREE workshop for middle & high school teachers on how to teach news literacy in the classroom.
Podcasting 101
DATE: September 24, 5-6:30pm MST | PRICE: $15 | INFO: You have a great idea for a podcast, but where do you begin?? This workshop guides you through the foundational questions you need to answer before setting out -- from figuring out if your podcast idea has legs, to setting a budget, to choosing the equipment you’ll need to take your idea from start to finish.
Producing during a Pandemic
DATE: October 1, 5-7pm MST | PRICE: $15 | INFO: Lacy Roberts, managing producer at Brooklyn-based Transmitter Media, offers tips and best practices for experienced audio producers working in the time of COVID.