VIETNAMESE AMERICAN TELEVISION MEDIA TRAINING

The National Congress of Vietnamese Americans is a proud supporter of this technical training program.

This training is provided by VATV and offered to all volunteers and Nonprofit organization members who are interested in the Media reporting arena.

DATE & TIME:
Saturday, February 25, 2006
9:00 AM- 6:30 PM

LOCATION:
Scouts R Us - 7120 Woodley Lane, Falls Church, VA 22042

CONTACT: Nhan Vo, 301-257-8496, or 301 Buttry Rd., Gaithersburg, MD 20877

REGISTRATION: Register by Wed 02/22/2006

Training Workshops highlights:

• a brief history of the need for media
• getting more youth involved in media and broadcasting
• technical training on how to conduct interviews
• camera techniques for field reporters
• use of lighting and audio for high performance recording
• basic video/audio editing techniques

SCHEDULE

09:00 AM Sign in & Breakfast

09:30 AM Opening by Kieu Thu: Boardmembers, Instructors, VOICE Project & VATV

09:40 AM Introduction

10:15 AM Session I: Why Media by Professor Nguyen Ngoc Bich

10:45 PM Session II: Youth in Media by Hung Nguyen, Caroline Luong & Julie Gustin

11:15 AM Session III: Conduct an interview with politicians, community leaders, youth ... by Kieu Thu & Nguyen Khanh

12: 00 PM Lunch

12:45 AM Session IV: Community News Reporting by Nguyen Duc Nam (Magazine), Van Dau (Photographer), Tuyet Mai (Newspaper) & Thanh Truc (Radio)

01:30 PM Session V: Press Release & Media contact (Capitol Hill, White House, State Congressman, Church, School) by Nguyen Quoc Hung, Vo Bich Thuy & Vo Thanh Nhan

02:00 PM Session VI: Basic Camera for Field Reporter by Pham Boi Hoan (CBS) and Nhan Vo

03:00 PM Session VII: Introduction Lighting/Audio by Vo Thanh Nhan & Francis Phan (Hands-on)

03:45 PM Coffee Break

04:00 PM Session VIII: Basic Video/Audio Editing by Chieu Hien, Toan Vo, Chau Le, Tuan Nguyen & Sam Dang

05:00 PM Session IX: TV Field Reporters – Present in Video by Jackie Bong, Hung Nguyen, Khanh Loan

05:30 PM Reporting/Video/Editing

06:30 PM Evaluation & Adjourn for who don’t want to join Session X

07:30 PM Session X: Practice - Cover the Vietnamese Community Activities in Washington Metropolitan (*).This session is mandatory for who would like to obtain VATV press ID (or renew).

VATV is collaborating with BPSOS, VAVA, NCVA, APACAF, VCSA, NAVASA, MVMA, KETDOAN, LSTN, VietTien TV, VPTV, SBTN to conduct VOICE Project.

Training location is sponsored by Dr. Nguyen Duc Tung (Scout R Us).

Note: VATV will provide Camera, Computer and equipment for training but participants are welcome to bring their own gear. A live hands-on event will occur after the training to provide participants an opportunity to put their new learned skills in practice.