Tutorial: Audacity

Mindy McAdams has posted an Audacity tutorial on her Teaching Online Journalism blog. Go forth and edit audio!

Online Training Resources

Teaching Online Journalism Florida professor Mindy McAdams' blog about all things multimedia, including tips, tricks and tutorials.

NewsU A free online training site sponsored by the Poynter Institute and the Knight Foundation.

J-learning.org Community journalism-focused training site.

Knight New Media Center Tutorials dealing with all aspects of multimedia storytelling from storyboarding to posting online.

Audio editing tips More good tips and training from multimedia guru Mindy McAdams.

Multimedia Hardware Links

Audio Recorder:

Olympus WS-300m digital audio recorder ($80)

Microphones:

Nady SP4C Dynamic Microphone ($10)

Sony F-V100 ($12, Best Buy)

Still/Video Camera

Canon PowerShot S3 IS ($350)

Video Camera

Pure Digital Point-and-Shoot

Multimedia Software Links

Blog Hosting:
Blogger
WordPress
TypePad

Audio Editing Software:
Audacity (Free, Mac and PC)
Garage Band (Mac only, part of Apple's iLife suite)
Switch (Free, Mac and PC, used for converting .wav files to .mp3)

Image Editing Software:
iPhoto (Mac only, part of Apple's iLife suite)
Adobe PhotoShop Elements ($99 new, Mac and PC)
GIMPshop (Open source, Mac and PC)
Picasa (Free, online, Windows only)

Audio Slideshow Software:
SoundSlides ($39, Mac and PC)

Video Editing Software:
iMovie (Mac only, part of Apple's iLife suite)
Windows Movie Maker (Free, bundled with Windows XP, Windows only)

Video Conversion Software
Riva VX (Haven't tried this one yet, but it looks good!)

Posting video to a blog

Cary Band Day

LocalBands
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