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CONFERENCE VIDEOS
| The Future of Social Media with Chris Anderson Video On Demand | 55 minutes $15 ($12 for  ) |
Taking The New York Times Digital Video On Demand | 1 hour, 14 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 The editor of Wired explains how to create a social network that works.more details |
 Jim Roberts (editor of digital news) and Aron Pilhofer (editor of interactive news technology).more details |
| Online Video: Power to the People Video On Demand | 1 hour, 11 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
The Big Blog Picture: Tales from the Frontlines of Blogging Video On Demand | 1 hour, 24 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Robert Scoble, Jim Louderback, and Dina Kaplan tell you how to make and distribute video the smart way.more details |
 Anil Dash and friends report on what’s on the horizon and what’s working in the trenches.more details |
| Making Sense of Social Media Video On Demand | 1 hour, 27 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Publishing: From Print to Digital Video On Demand | 1 hour, 11 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Learn what’s beyond the buzzwords like community, user generated content, and social networking to find strategies that work for your business.more details |
 Learn from three successful business models that integrate print and digital content.more details |
| What's Next in Mobile Media? Video On Demand | 1 hour, 13 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
What's Behind Online Design? Video On Demand | 1 hour, 32 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 When everyone has cell phones, your content can reach your audience anytime, anywhere. Find out what to do now to make the most of the current mobile world and what you need to know about what's ahead.more details |
 Eye-opening presentations by user experience experts from Google, frog design, and Avenue A | Razorfish.more details |
| A Conversation with Nicholas Carr and Jon Fine Video On Demand | 52 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
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 Nick Carr's writings on technology, business, and culture include The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google and "Is Google Making Us Stupid?: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains." In this conversation with BusinessWeek's Jon Fine, he tackles the convergence of new media and old media and what it means for business opportunities.more details |
CRASH COURSES
| How to Search Google Like a Pro Video On Demand | 24 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
The
20-Minute Screenwriter, Part 1 Video On Demand | 14 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 Save time and find the answers you're looking for by learning a few simple tricks from professional researchers. Why settle for hit-or-miss results when you can target your searches quickly and easily?more details |
 A
crash course with D.B. Gilles and Katherine Wessling.more details |
| The
20-Minute Screenwriter, Part 2 Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Be
a Blog Star, Part 1 Video On Demand | 14 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 A
crash course with D.B. Gilles and Katherine Wessling.more details |
 How
to drive site traffic, with Brian Williams, Jeff Jarvis, Brian
Stelter, and friends.more details |
| Be
a Blog Star, Part 2 Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
How
to Start a Blog Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 How
to drive site traffic, with Brian Williams, Jeff Jarvis, Brian
Stelter, and friends.more details |
 Launch
your blog quickly and easily by choosing the right platform
and organizing it well from the get-go.more details |
| Fact-Checking Video On Demand | 18 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Web
2.0 Terms Every Media Professional Should Know Video On Demand | 21 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 How
to work with writers and editors, mark up copy, and track
down information and sources.more details |
 Behind
the latest buzzwords are business strategies you can use.
With Columbia Journalism dean Sree Sreenivasan.more details |
| How
to Write an Arts and Culture Review Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
How
Online Video Is Changing the Internet, Part 1: Overview Video On Demand | 21 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 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 |
 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
Online Video Is Changing the Internet, Part 2: Making Your
Mark--and a Healthy Profit Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Get
Noticed on Wikipedia Video On Demand | 18 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 How
amateurs, corporations, and mainstream media are making money
with online video, plus tips for creating compelling content.more details |
 Find
out how to increase and influence your web presence on the
world's largest encyclopedia.more details |
| Web
101: Understanding Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, and Mobile
Internet Video On Demand | 29 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Writing
for the Web: Guidelines for Writing Online Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 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 |
 Find
out what today's audiences expect online and learn to engage
them with searchable headlines and appropriate multimedia
content.more details |
| Writing
for the Web: Understanding How Readers Use the Web Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
Writing
for the Web: Is It Really So Different from Writing for Print? Video On Demand | 15 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 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 |
 Find
out what works online, what doesn't, and how to make a smooth
transition from print to online.more details |
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
Land Your First Editorial Job |
When Life Throws You a Curve: Responding To Industry Changes That Affect Your Career Video On Demand | 43 minutes $20 (FREE for ) |
 Editors from top magazines discuss how they started, and how you can land your first edit job. They also dish about what you need to know to be a successful freelancer.more details |
 A panel discussion about your place in the evolution of the media.more details |
| Advertising:
The New Creative Agency |
How
to Make a Successful Short Film Video On Demand | 1 hour, 22 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 A
panel discussion with experts on interactive advertising.more details |
 Award-winning
filmmakers share the secrets of making the short films that
launched their careers in movies.more details |
| The
Secrets Behind Book Publishing Video On Demand | 1 hour, 43 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
Writing
about Technology for Consumers Video On Demand | 36 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 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 |
 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 |
| The
Future of Design Video On Demand | 1 hour, 24 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
The
Future of Photojournalism in a Digital World Video On Demand | 1 hour, 15 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 Designers
discuss challenges and opportunities in an expanding market.more details |
 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 |
| Breaking
into Sports Journalism Video On Demand | 1 hour, 35 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
Editors
on Truth Serum Video On Demand | 57 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 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
from Jane, Men's Journal, Redbook, Slate.com CosmoGIRL!, and Departures discuss the nuts and bolts of their profession.more details |
| The
Secrets of First-Person Writing Video On Demand | 1 hour, 41 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
War
Reporting from the Frontlines: Journalists in Iraq Video On Demand | 1 hour, 20 minutes $20 ($15 for ) |
 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 |
 American
journalists from the Washington Post, CNN, MTV, and
the Columbia Journalism Review discuss the challenges
of reporting from Iraq.more details |
| 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 ) |
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 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 |
ASK LAUREL
| Ask Laurel: How Can I Go from College to Career? |
Ask Laurel: How Can I Go from Model to Model Journalist? Video On Demand | 16 minutes $15 ($12 for ) |
 You can jumpstart your journalism career before graduation day. Find out how from mediabistro.com founder Laurel Touby.more details |
 Get the media skills you need even when you don’t have an internship. Find out how from founder of mediabistro.com, Laurel Touby.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 ) |
Pitch
Slam 1-on-1: Ladies' Home Journal Video On Demand | 36 minutes $15 ($8 for ) |
 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 |
