JOVRNALISM’s next stop? San Pedro, California

Class, News, Project

We’re excited to be bringing our audience another immersive virtual reality experience from one of the most historic and charming communities in Los Angeles: San Pedro. Although the neighborhood at the end of the 110 Freeway is often times overlooked, we’ll be diving into some of its most unique and fascinating points of interest, such as its world-renowned fish market, major international seaport, movie famous Korean Bell and much more.

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JOVRNALISM Spring 2017: Salton Sea

Class, News, Project

The Desert Sun and JOVRNALISM students kicked off the spring semester together.

As the dust begins to settle on the Fall 2016 semester, I wanted to post a preview toward what is coming in the new year.

My J489 class is being offered again and this time we are partnering with The Desert Sun, in Palm Springs. Unlike past partnerships, we are working on a brand new journalistic project together from the very beginning, rather than working with a news organization’s existing editorial content.

The Executive Editor, Greg Burton, reached out earlier this year and pitched the idea of working together in a completely integrated way. And, as important, he had a hell of a story.
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JOVRNALISM: The Fall 2016 class

Class, How To

There has been a lot of interest on how I have frame my hackathon-style class in a progressive, but still traditional academic curriculum.

The first thing to keep in mind is that this is one elective offered among more traditionally structured courses.
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The class… via a Theta

Class, News

360 class selfie with Ricoh Theta:

Meet my #VRJournalism class. #Jovrnalism – Spherical Image – RICOH THETA

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