A3. Video Journalism for Project Documentation

Training for Art, Journalism, Film-making or Mass Communication students.

Protection of natural and water resources requires active involvement and united actions of many professionals and volunteers. It is important to find ways of delivering research results and projected forecasts to others, using different types of communication tools.

This assignment offers intensive training in accomplishing above named objectives, by creating summary video documents and presentations for delivering "call-to-action" messages to our clients, government bodies and wide public. It also involves interaction with range of scientists, environmentalists, engineers, government officials and communities for getting objective and unbiased view on a specific issue.

List of main tasks: Get familiar with assigned project objectives; Conduct and document independent research on various topics (water resources, drinking water supply, community activism, etc.) and geographical areas (USA, Central Asia, West Africa); Learn about commonly used methods of interviewing, filming, documents creating and editing; Master associated hardware and software equipment; Produce different types of media products, including video clips, automated PowerPoint presentations, Flash presentations, photo reportages, etc; Deliver created media to different audience, ranging from group of school students to group of senior level managers and decision makers; Create a comprehensive website for storing your documentation.