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CRASH COURSES
| The
20-Minute Screenwriter, Part 1 Video On Demand | 14 minutes $15 ($12 for  ) |
The
20-Minute Screenwriter, Part 2 Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 A
crash course with D.B. Gilles and Katherine Wessling.more details |
 A
crash course with D.B. Gilles and Katherine Wessling.more details |
| Be
a Blog Star, Part 1 Video On Demand | 14 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Be
a Blog Star, Part 2 Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 How
to drive site traffic, with Brian Williams, Jeff Jarvis, Brian
Stelter, and friends.more details |
 How
to drive site traffic, with Brian Williams, Jeff Jarvis, Brian
Stelter, and friends.more details |
| How
to Start a Blog Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Fact-Checking Video On Demand | 18 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Launch
your blog quickly and easily by choosing the right platform
and organizing it well from the get-go.more details |
 How
to work with writers and editors, mark up copy, and track
down information and sources.more details |
| Web
2.0 Terms Every Media Professional Should Know Video On Demand | 21 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
How
to Write an Arts and Culture Review Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Behind
the latest buzzwords are business strategies you can use.
With Columbia Journalism dean Sree Sreenivasan.more details |
 Learn
everything you need to know to write a smart, publishable
review of music, film, books, theater or any other arts and
culture topic.more details |
| How
Online Video Is Changing the Internet, Part 1: Overview Video On Demand | 21 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
How
Online Video Is Changing the Internet, Part 2: Making Your
Mark--and a Healthy Profit Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Understand
how online video works, where and how it's being used on the
web, what makes it effective, and what lies ahead.more details |
 How
amateurs, corporations, and mainstream media are making money
with online video, plus tips for creating compelling content.more details |
| Get
Noticed on Wikipedia Video On Demand | 18 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Web
101: Understanding Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and Mobile
Internet Video On Demand | 29 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Find
out how to increase and influence your web presence on the
world's largest encyclopedia.more details |
 Get
the most thorough dissection of Web 2.0 that 30 minutes can
offer: the basics of what the Internet offers and where it's
going in the future.more details |
| Writing
for the Web: Guidelines for Writing Online Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Writing
for the Web: Understanding How Readers Use the Web Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for )
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 Find
out what today's audiences expect online and learn to engage
them with searchable headlines and appropriate multimedia
content.more details |
 What
is "usability" and what does it mean for writers?
Find out how to keep people on your site, and coming back
for more.more details |
| Writing
for the Web: Is It Really So Different from Writing for Print? Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for )
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 Find
out what works online, what doesn't, and how to make a smooth
transition from print to online.more details |
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
| How
to Make a Successful Short Film |
The
Secrets Behind Book Publishing Video On Demand | 1 hour, 43 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 Award-winning
filmmakers share the secrets of making the short films that
launched their careers in movies.more details |
 Editors
from Knopf, HarperCollins, Random House, and The New York
Times Book Review join agents Henry Dunow and Gail Hochman
to discuss the secrets behind books publishing. Moderated
by author Susan Shapiro.more details |
| Writing
about Technology for Consumers Video On Demand | 36 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
The
Future of Design Video On Demand | 1 hour, 24 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 How
can publishers offer information about technology in a way
that engages new readers but doesn't put off their core audiences?
And how can writers and editors get a leg up in the consumer
marketplace? Our panel of technology writers tackles these
topics and more in a discussion moderated by the vice president
of content and programming at Yahoo! Lifestyles.more details |
 Designers
discuss challenges and opportunities in an expanding market.more details |
| The
Future of Photojournalism in a Digital World Video On Demand | 1 hour, 15 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
Breaking
into Sports Journalism Video On Demand | 1 hour, 35 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 Photojournalists
from Getty, The Washington Post, and the freelance
world join directors of photography from AP and Sipa Press
to discuss trends affecting newsroom photography today—especially
the rise of multimedia journalism.more details |
 Editors
and writers from ESPN The Magazine, The New York
Times, Deadspin.com, and The Wall Street Journal
discuss how to maneuver the sports beat and write great stories
without ever using the phrase "110 percent."more details |
| Editors
on Truth Serum Video On Demand | 57 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
The
Secrets of First-Person Writing Video On Demand | 1 hour, 41 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 Editors
from Jane, Men's Journal, Redbook,
Slate.com CosmoGIRL!, and Departures
discuss the nuts and bolts of their profession.more details |
 The
editors of The New York Times “Lives”
and “Modern Love” sections join book agent Elizabeth
Kaplan, Villard editorial director Bruce Tracy, Jane
editor Esther Haynes, and authors Gael Greene and Susan Shapiro
to discuss the secrets behind publishing first-person writing.more details |
| War
Reporting from the Frontlines: Journalists in Iraq Video On Demand | 1 hour, 20 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
From
Blogger to Author: How Bloggers Get Book Deals, and What This
Means for Publishing Video On Demand | 1 hour, 18 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 American
journalists from the Washington Post, CNN, MTV, and
the Columbia Journalism Review discuss the challenges
of reporting from Iraq.more details |
 Authors
Julie Powell, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, Michael Malice, and
Robert Rummel-Hudson join literary agent Kate Lee and editor
Laura Mazer to discuss how blogs can turn into lucrative book
deals.more details |
SPEAKERS SERIES
| Improve
Your Web Life: New Sites, New Uses, New You |
Sree
Sreenivasan: Blogs Every Media Professional Should Know Video On Demand | 2 hours, 33 minutes $29 ($24 for ) |
 Streamline
your online life with a tour of sites and tools you don't
know about, tips for using the ones you do, and sources for
easy, free software.more details |
 Take
a guided tour of the best media blogs and learn how to get
noticed as a blogger.more details |
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Roger
Black: Making the Web Work in 2007 |
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 The
legendary magazine and web designer talks about the changing
digital media landscape.more details |
PITCH SLAMS
| Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Prevention |
Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Latina Video On Demand | 22 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
 Prevention is the #1 healthy lifestyle magazine brand, and Executive Editor Courtenay Smith is looking for smart, science-based pieces with personality.more details |
 Latina
is looking for freelancers for features as well as front-of-the
book service pieces. How do you land a big story?more details |
| Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Cookie |
Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Tango Video On Demand | 20 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
 Cookie
editor-in-chief Pilar Guzmán likes two of three of our writer's
pitches-but which ones?more details |
 Three
writers pitch relationship stories to Tango Media editor-in-chief
Carrie Sloan.more details |
| Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Blender Video On Demand | 20 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Time Out New York Video On Demand | 21 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
 Our
hopeful writers pitch features to editor-in-chief Craig Marks
of Blender, a mag by and for pop music junkies.more details |
 Time
Out New York editor-in-chief Brian Farnham fields pitches
from four writers who want to land in the NYC-obsessed arts
and entertainment guide.more details |
| Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Esquire Video On Demand | 32 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Food & Wine |
 Esquire
articles editor David Katz meets with four writers who want
to break into the award-winning magazine.more details |
 Food
& Wine editor-in-chief Dana Cowin wants to hear trend-driven
pitches from four writers. Can they deliver?more details |
| Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Redbook Video On Demand | 20 minutes $15 ($8 for )
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Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Ladies' Home Journal Video On Demand | 36 minutes $15 ($8 for )
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 Redbook
editor-in-chief Stacy Morrison sits down with four writers
eager to break into this general interest magazine for women
in "the grown-up stage of life," and offers feedback on their
story ideas.more details |
 Four
writers try to sell Ladies Home Journal editor-in-chief
Diane Salvatore story ideas for the modern version of a venerable
magazine with lots of room for freelancers.more details |
| Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: OK! Video On Demand | 22 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Best Life Video On Demand | 23 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
 OK!
editor-in-chief Sarah Ivens takes pitches from three writers
with ideas for the stateside version of the U.K.'s best-selling
weekly celebrity magazine, which is interested in hearing
from anyone with access to big names.more details |
 Four
writers pitch story ideas for affluent guys to Best Life
editor-in-chief Stephen Perrine, who tells us what he really
thinks of them.more details |
