Mobile Reporting during Local and EU Elections 2024.

Course Aims

This one-day training is designed to equip multimedia journalists with the skills and knowledge needed to effectively cover local elections on social media platforms. Participants are encouraged to bring their smartphones and laptops for hands-on activities and practical exercises throughout the course

Course Brief

Module A. Essential Mobile Journalism Skills

Part 1- Smartphone Photography

Auto and Manual Control of the camera
When and how to use Burst mode effectively
Live Photos
Portrait Mode
Basic Image editing

Part 2- Shooting Interviews and Vox pops

Using the HELLO ALL checklist for interviews
Controlled Interview setups V “Run and Gun”
Mic Selection and Pickup Properties.
BlackMagic Camera App (or Filmic Pro)
Shooting Vox pops
General views and cutaways
Multi-camera interviews
Self Shooting PTCs (Presenting to camera)

Part 3- Essential video editing on device

Workflow best practices
Quick assembly of rushes
Building Sequences with continuity
Split Audio
J&L Edits
Audio mixdown and AI Audio enhancement
Keyframes
Reformatting 16:9 media for social
Adding Brand, Graphics and AI Generated Subtitles

Module B. Content Ideas and Formats

Carousel/Gallery
Photo Montage/Highlights
Timelapse
Branded Quote cards
Twitter/X Quad post
Travel Boast Maps
Split Screen / Montage
Animated graphics
Alpha channel graphics for video
Interviews/VoxPops
Turn Video Clip into GIF (LumaFusion)
Turn batch of Live Photos into a short Video
Rip viral audio from IG and use Mojo templates
Memes and Apps to make them
Mojo/Unfold/Canva
AI Image generation MidJourney
Using default duration to build timed slideshows to music

Conclusion and Action Plan

Recap of Key Takeaways
Developing an Action Plan for Election Coverage
Branding and Graphics list
Q&A Session

Who is this content for?

This course is aimed at all presenters, researchers, producers, social media editors and content creators who will be covering EU and Local Elections 2024.