Carlos Javier Ortiz was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in Chicago, Illinois. As a teenager, his love of photography led him to work at a traveling carnival to save money for photography equipment and college tuition. He studied photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago and became a staff photographer for Chicago In The Year 2000 (CITY 2000), a yearlong project documenting the city and its inhabitants. Since that time Carlos work has been published in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Ebony Magazine and in numerous international print, broadcast and online venues. In 2008 Carlos was named the Illinois Press Photographer Association Photographer of the Year.Audio l
Workshop Date: Thursday, March 08, 2012 - 11:00 AM
Workshop Speaker: Rob Rosenthal
Great audio drives multimedia shows. Bad audio drives people away. The two-part workshop is an introduction to gathering & editing compelling, storytelling sound. Session One of this two part workshop will focus on best practices for recording, thoughts on active tape and ambiance as well as gear and software. Workshop PDF available here.
Previously, Rob launched the nationally-renowned radio program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies and taught there for eleven years. This fall, Rosenthal was the lead instructor for the first ever Transom Story Workshop (transom.org). He has taught audio production and storytelling at many workshops including Maine Media Workshops and the Multimedia Immersion run by the National Press Photographers Association.
Rosenthal is a freelance radio producer. He's produced audio tours, documentaries, podcasts, public service announcements, and commercials. "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" is Rob's latest documentary at malagaislandmaine.org. It received a first place award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters. Rob also produces HowSound, a podcast about radio storytelling at howsound.org. (formerly, The Saltcast at saltcast.org). And, he’s currently working with photographer Ed Kashi producing audio slideshows for the Open Society Institute.
