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About ICS

The Institute of Communication Studies is a leading research organization in the field of journalism and media studies, public relations and corporate communications. Our mission is to contribute towards strengthening of Macedonian democracy by working with media, civil society and public institutions, educating a critical public that will ask for greater transparency and accountability through engagement in the policy creation process.

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Master classes in media and journalism

Do you want to acquire skills and tips for the digital information age? Sign up for the “Get ready for the Digital Age” master classes on media and journalism, organized by the Institute of Communication Studies and IREX, as part of the USAID Media Literacy Project, YouThink.

About the classes

The master classes are a combination of intensive training, physical presence and practical work. They will be delivered during May and June, in a period of 5 days, three of which are intended for sessions and discussions with coaches who are prominent journalists, and two for production of multimedia products in teams and under mentorship of the coaches.

The master classes are designed for young people aged 19 to 34, including students, young journalists and those who want to upgrade their digital media skills.

The master classes are free, and the accommodation and travel expenses will be covered for the participants coming from outside Skopje. Upon completion of the master classes, the participants shall acquire a certificate and 3 ECTS credits

What will you learn?

  • To be able to identify the challenges of the online media in the digital age;
  • Use tools to verify information from social media;
  • Collect data from the Internet and transform it into information worth publishing;
  • Visualize using (interactive) infographics, maps and audio slides;
  • Blogging and writing in a web-friendly way;
  • Create and promote your own blog and engage your web audience;
  • Edit pictures, audio or video for the web;
  • Produce stories, vlogs and podcasts with a mobile phone;
  • Use multimedia production applications.

Program

Module 1

The Challenges of the Digital Age – Digital Media and the Necessary Skills for Today’s Information Environment

Module 2

Creating web content

  • Web writing and narrative storytelling
  • Basics of optimization (SEO)
  • Creating a WordPress blog
  • Promoting a blog

Module 3

Gathering, fact-checking and visualization of data and facts for the web

  • Fact-checking information from social media
  • Data collection using web databases
  • Visualization (infographics, maps, audio slides)

Module 4

Multimedia content and mobile journalism

  • Essential techniques for shooting video with a mobile phone
  • Audio and video recording and editing applications
  • Video storytelling and human-angle stories (interview)
  • Video for social media, vlog and video podcast

Final project

Making a multimedia product

Are you ready to learn more?

Trainers

Ognen Janeski

Editor and host in TV24

Ana Zafirova

Journalist

Toshe Ognjanov

Journalist on multimedia

Goran Mihajlovski

Editor of SDK.mk

Katerina Topalova

Journalist in MTV

Kristina Ozimec

Journalist and Presaiden of PINA

Aleksandar Dimitrievski

Editor and Journalist in the media project 3360 Degrees

Sefer Tahiri

University professor on media and communications

Mladen Chadikovski

Editor in TV24

Zhaklina Hadji-Zafirova

Co-founder of the SCOOP Macedonia Center for Investigative Journalism

Branko Geroski

Manager of PlusInfo.mk

Naser Selmani

Journalist in TV Shenja