NOTE: JOVRNALISM launched on May 31, 2017. The Desert Sun launched their project on June 11, 2017.
The Salton Sea, California’s largest lake, has an interesting history and an uncertain future. This lake is at a dangerous turning point that could create one of the state’s largest environmental disasters.
Using 360 video, drones and computer graphics, this 7-part immersive series explores the different stories and communities that surround the Sea.
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The Fall 2017 JOVRNALISM class worked on several immersive projects based on the investigative work by The Center for Investigative Reporting/Reveal News, with a focus on the California drought. These are their stories:
California is sinking, again. But only faster.
A wet winter has relaxed the state drought, but its impact is still being felt.
Subsidence occurs when underground, ancient aquifers are pumped essentially deflating the land and causing it to sink. Dr. Joseph F. Poland first discovered this in 1977 and, using a telephone pole, illustrated how California sank 30 feet from the 1920s.
While it was addressed then, it’s happening again now.
The need to water the crops that feed this county and much of the world has caused sinking at an alarming rate once again.
We used a telephone pole, a drone and 360 technologies to illustrate what that looks like in this immersive story produced by JOVRNALISM in collaboration with the CIR/Reveal News.
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