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Daugherty, Paul J

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  • I have expertise in visual journalism, visual storytelling, and documentary production. My skills include videography, lighting, video editing (I'm an Adobe Premiere Pro Certified Associate), Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, and InDesign. My teaching experience includes Video Documentary (short and long-form), Video News Production, TV directing, TV Newscasts, TV Reporting, Weather Reporting, Science Reporting, Broadcast Writing. I am also a science communicator and a producer of nature and science documentaries with such shows as Zoo Keeper Journal, Space Class and the Emmy-recognised Student Achievement-winning series, CU Science Update, a show that showcases the people behind the science they conduct here at CU and the Boulder communities.

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  • journalism, visual journalism, visual storytelling, photography, television, broadcast journalism, mass communication, electronic media, digital media, media management, public television, digital storytelling, digital production, multimedia storytelling, cinema, video, documentary production, science communication, science education, science documentary, science communication, digital editing, graphic design, broadcast writing, creative writing, videography, lighting

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  • JRNL 2001 - Fundamentals of Reporting Technologies
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
    Develops news-gathering skills for work in news enterprises. Students learn skills for working with technologies used in news reporting and in storytelling for various media formats. Students are introduced to a range of technologies for recording, editing and producing. Students encouraged to take concurrently with JRNL 2000.
  • JRNL 3301 - Camera Workshop for Video
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Develop competent skills using camcorders to get the most compelling visuals and professional audio. Learn time-saving strategies to shoot footage for unplanned news events, scripted shows, and documentaries. Explore types of shots, the axis, camera movement, and ways to shoot for the edit with sequences and in-camera transitions. Students will be introduced to basic camcorder functions, rule of thirds, depth of field, exposure settings, white balance, and focus techniques. Students will also learn how to obtain the best audio for interviews and natural sound, and how to light interview shots. Recommended prerequisite: JRNL 2001.
  • JRNL 3302 - Video Editing Skills
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Explore time-saving editing workflows using shortcut editing techniques to create compelling and dynamic content. Understand file management, saving and importing media properly. Recognize and interpret film language and the grammar of editing, such as cross-cutting, montage, screen direction, cutting on the action, match action, and even ways to manipulate time. Students will also learn how to create graphics, perform colour correcting, and do basic animation. Recommended prerequisite: JRNL 2001.
  • JRNL 3303 - Motion Graphics
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024
    Explore how to enhance visuals and produce animated graphics using Adobe After Effects. Learn ways to work within virtual 3D environments to create production elements that include titles, lower thirds, bumps, and full-screen graphic presentations. Develop skills with using masks, virtual cameras, parallax in photos, tracking motion, and rotoscoping. Recommended prerequisite: JRNL 2001.
  • JRNL 3644 - Video News Production and Reporting
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
    This course teaches essential video production skills in both field and studio operation, camera and editing work, lighting, and multi-camera studio directing. Students will learn how to develop visual narratives, shoot quality footage for the story, and apply best journalistic practices to positively impact society on multiple media platforms.
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