PEOPLE´S MEDIA - Digital publishing

PEOPLE´S MEDIA is proud to announce the European Commission has approved our intercultural project

and invites you to participate in a fully financed 8-day stay in the Austrian City of

Graz

UNESCO World Heritage, Cultural Capital 2003,

UNESCO City of Design 2011

- Accomodation in single rooms with open WLAN

- Full board with meals in typical austrian restaurants

- Workshops, activities and visits

- Refund of travel costs

Contents:

Journalistic communication:

- How to develop themes & titles in a catchy way;

- Legal aspects of free, independent publishing: Media laws and journalistic ethics;

Digital technologies:

- How to handle advanced settings of a digital camera;

- Advanced photo shooting techniques;

- Editing and enhancing photos digitally;

- How to administrate an own website;

- How to use web 2.0 applications for citizen journalism;

Publishing:

- Publishing texts & photos on the web;

- Publishing in web 2.0 (blogs, etc.);

The used software will be exclusively free ware and open source applications which are legally accessible and will be provided to each participant.

Target group:

- People from all ages (18-80) interested in new media and journalism, wishing to learn technical skills and digital publishing methods;

- Persons who feel the need to spread their opinions and ideas;

- Disadvantaged learners and people with fewer oportunities;

- People working or interested in combating social/economical/political, ethnical or gender disadvantages, interested in humanitarian & European concerns or equal-opportunity-issues;

PEOPLE´S MEDIA - Verein für Medieninitiativen

Impressum

Digital publishing for active citizens

how to compose texts, edit photos and publish on the web to become a citizen journalist