Smartphone Vertical Video Workshop

Create vertical video stories in Perugia with mobile journalism pros Rob Layton & Aphrodite Salas. Limited to 35 spots.

In this hands-on mobile journalism workshop for the International Journalism Festival, you will explore the historic Giuditta Brozzetti Museum and weaving atelier in old town Perugia to create short-form vertical video stories using your smartphone. Led by mobile journalism educators Assistant Professor Rob Layton and Associate Professor Aphrodite Salas, the session blends traditional reporting techniques with creator journalism, designed for TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts and others. You will learn how to use generative AI to enhance scripts, and record pieces-to-camera using the Instagram Edits teleprompter on you phone for vertical videos.

*Note: Participants are to meet at the museum, which is a 20-minute walk from Hotel Brufani. Please leave Brufani at 11.30am to ensure the 12pm start time.