Richard Koci Hernandez on the Future of Visual Storytelling
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+HELLO
Richard Koci HernandezUc Berkeley graduate school of journalism
Assistant Professor New Media
I WAS BORN HERE
AGE: 42
GRADUATED
Almost became
worked for
NOW, i work here
!
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
bigpicture
THE
What is it?
The Internet is not a dumping ground
for media created for other platforms
web = creative platform
It’s not a single canvas.
"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
In just one minute…
208,300 photos are posted to Facebook
510,000 photos are liked on Instagram
Posts with images drive up to 180% more engagement than those without.
Visual Journalism isn’t new
We have no idea what new piece of technology might launch that could change everything.
It’s better to have a bigger purpose and some firm beliefs to guide you, than it is to have a plan.
I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop. - Ansel Adams 1983
Forget the platform: The "elements of good
storytelling are eternal"
Skill Technique
CREATIVE APPROACH
PROBLEM SOLVINGCREATIVITY
Unrelenting Pursuit of PRACTICE
Manage CHANGE
NOT A Videographer
ReMIX
The FUTURE IS NOW
longevity
“Inside all of us is a visual storyteller waiting to emerge..”
DO NOT!LEAVE YOUR! LONGINGS!UNATTENDEDBE
“Make stories that wont go away. Make
your mark as only YOU can”
Every masterpiece starts with a single
brush stroke.
The edge, the secret sauce to mastery, is
not waiting for perfection, instead, start
where you are with reckless abandon.
Are you in or out?
FORM
What can story be?
The ancient art of storytelling is in need of some
modern clothing.
K I T N+ =+The narrative cannot be unaffected by technology. NEW
NARRATIVES are emerging.
~ADAM WESTBROOKfrom The Web Video Problem
~ADAM WESTBROOK from The Web Video Problem
I WANT to create journalists that THRIVE as technology gets FASTER.
Fearless by Avni Nijhawan
S h a r eDig DEEP
“When all is said and done, more is said than done.” !
~Lou Holtz
JFDI-Just F’ing Do It