Online Training Links

• Training from NPR
• BBC Broadcast Academy
• Reuters Handbook of Accuracy
• Adobe Creative Cloud Tutorials
• Media Helping Media – Journalism Training
• Lynda.com (Paid account required. NCTV’s account may be accessed at our facility.)
• Khan Academy (free online courses, lessons & practice)
• YouTube Creator Academy

Online Tools

• Photography Mapped (interactive photography tool)
• Adobe Color Wheel (color scheme generator)
• Canva (simple graphic design tool)
• Fair Use Checklist (to help determine if your use of media weighs in favor of fair use)

YouTube Channels and Blogs We Like

• Tony & Chelsea Northrup – Digital photography lessons and gear review.
• No Film School
• Wolf Crow
• Alex Buono – Saturday Night Live’s Director of Photography’s blog. Includes an in-depth “How We Did It” series.

Free Software

• Davinci Resolve (video editing)
• Audacity (audio editing)
• VLC (media player)
• Celtx (scriptwriting)
• Handbrake (video transcoder)

Free to Use Media

• Cinema 4d Files from Artist Mike Winkelmann, aka Beeple

Music

• search.creativecommons.org
• thepassionhifi.com (hip hop beats)
• archive.org
• freemusicarchive.org
• publicdomainreview.org
• bensound.com
• Moby Gratis Film Music (Moby’s music free to use in a non-commercial or non-profit video)

Images

• search.creativecommons.org
• archive.org
• publicdomainreview.org
• pexels.com (high quality images that do not require attribution)
• pixabay.com (high quality images that do not require attribution)
• unsplash.com (high quality images that do not require attribution)
• www.vecteezy.com (vector images, check individual license for attribution details)

Video

• search.creativecommons.org
• archive.org
• publicdomainreview.org
• YouTube (after searching use the “creative commons” filter)