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EBU International Training

Election coverage

PTVR, Yerevan, Armenia
13 – 14 November 2007

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A two-day workshop organized in partnership with PTV Armenia and with the support of the Council of Europe.

Target audience:

Editors and journalists

Objectives:

get practical methods to prepare for the election and to cover it,
get ideas for creative election coverage,
useful techniques for coverage of Elections and Political news,
get methods for covering press conferences and non-visual stories.

The workshop was conducted by Eric May, trainer and product manager for the development and operation of EBU International raining programmes.

What the participants said about the trainer:

– He is very impressive & interesting

– Very impressive knowledge of the regional situation and cultural values. It is an important thing in human interrelations and approach.

– Very easy-going

– He explains everything very easy for understanding

What the participants find the most valuable?

– The idea that our work is for the Public

–Everything was very useful especially how to present the election night

– How to create the report when we try to tell the story without sound, only with images. I like the graphics which were presented during the election night

– The immediate linkage of the programme with ordinary man

– Accessible commentary on the events

– The detailed analysis, visual material and human approach are most valuable. That leaves the deepest impression and I don't have to make notes

– Detailed information, professional approach

– To understand the wishes of the audience

– It was active practise, there was something new, not boring

– General info about technologies; how to make news on TV

– Information on visual representation

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CONTENT

Module 1: Understanding the audience
Objective: to get methods for better understanding the impact of television news on audiences

Module 2: Visual storytelling
Objective: to identify techniques of visual language; to understand the connection between images and content; to get methods for creating effective sequences and other visual storytelling tools

Module 3: Press conferences

Objective: to get methods for more effective coverage of press conferences and political news

Module 4: News graphics

Objective: to get tools for composing clear, easy to understand news graphics; to identify methods to explain complex and political stories visually

Module 5: Natural sound
Objective: to get methods for understanding how natural sound fits in stories and reinforces content

Module 6: Preparing for the election
Objectives: To identify key election issues affecting viewers; to identify candidate positions and party platforms and link them to key election issues; to get tools to build effective strategy for covering pre-election period

Module 7: Creative election coverage
Objectives: to find more effective methods of reporting the election process; to get tools to clearly and creatively explain the roles of candidates, ministers and the president to viewers; to identify creative methods for formatting election programming.

Module 8: Election night coverage
Objective: to get methods for organizing compelling election night coverage