Slides to accompany a talk at the 2014 Journalism Interactive conference. Richard Koci Hernandez, of the UC Berkeley School of Journalism, explores frontiers in visual journalism and reviews visual tools and strategies for teaching. Watch the full video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StbzJbXJTvA

1. +HELLO
Richard Koci Hernandez
Uc Berkeley graduate school of journalism
Assistant Professor New Media

11. I WAS BORN HERE

22. AGE: 42

23. GRADUATED

25. Almost
became

27. worked for

29. NOW, i work
here

33. !

37. Things are bad
we can stay here and get the shit beat out of us
I will not go down that way
I choose to fight back
I choose to rise not fall
I know that what is within me is also with you
We can climb out of hell
We meet our fate together

38. bigpicture
THE

39. What is it?

40. The Internet is not a
dumping ground
for media created for
other platforms

41. web = creative platform

42. It’s not a single canvas.

43. "We've now entered a phase in
which visual communication is
supplanting the written word
– what some are calling the
dawn of the ‘imagesphere.’ "
~Bob Lisbonne

44. In just one minute…

45. 208,300 photos are
posted to Facebook

46. 510,000 photos are liked
on Instagram

47. Posts with images
drive up to 180% more
engagement than those
without.

54. Visual Journalism isn’t new

55. We have no idea what new piece
of technology might launch
that could change everything.

56. It’s better to have a bigger
purpose and some firm beliefs
to guide you, than it is to have a
plan.

57. I trust that the creative eye
will continue to function,
whatever technological
innovations may develop.
- Ansel Adams 1983

58. Forget the platform: The
"elements of good
storytelling are eternal"

85. Skill Technique

86. CREATIVE APPROACH

88. PROBLEM
SOLVING
CREATIVITY
Unrelenting
Pursuit of
PRACTICE
Manage
CHANGE
NOT A
Videographer
ReMIX

89. The FUTURE IS NOW

95. longevity

101. “Inside all of us
is a visual
storyteller
waiting to
emerge..”

102. DO NOT!
LEAVE YOUR!
LONGINGS!
UNATTENDED
BE

103. “Make stories that
wont go away. Make
your mark as only
YOU can”

104. Every masterpiece
starts with a single
brush stroke.

105. The edge, the secret
sauce to mastery, is
not waiting for
perfection, instead, start
where you are with
reckless abandon.

106. Are you in or out?

108. FORM

109. What can story be?

111. The ancient art of
storytelling is in need of some
modern clothing.

112. K I T N+ =+
The narrative cannot be unaffected by technology. NEW
NARRATIVES are emerging.

113. ~ADAM WESTBROOK
from The Web Video Problem

114. ~ADAM WESTBROOK from The Web Video Problem

116. I WANT to create journalists
that THRIVE as technology
gets FASTER.

119. Fearless by Avni Nijhawan

121. S h a r e
Dig DEEP

155. “When all is said and done, more is said than done.”
!
~Lou Holtz

158. JFDI-
Just F’ing Do It