We’d been working toward this trip for months.
After pitching, research, setting up interviews and weeks of pre-production planning, the Spring 2017 edition of JOVRNALISM head toward the largest lake in California to tell its diverse stories using immersive technologies.
The Salton Sea is this semester’s focus, and it’s rich and complex history.
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Armed with 12 Samsung Gear 360 cameras (10 on loan), different monopods and selfie sticks, seven USC Annenberg students headed to DC to capture the inauguration of President Trump and the Women’s March that followed.
It was an adventure with highs and lows, long days, no sleep and little food.
It was also extremely productive.
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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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We are excited to announce that we have launched a VR-optimized mobile app that contains all our current and past immersive work.
It is now available for iOS and Android:
Download it, try it out and send us feedback.
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NOTE: The best way to experience these experiences is via our iOS / Android app.
After months of work, the immersive project based on ProPublica and The Texas Tribune’s investigation into the vulnerability of the Houston Ship Channel is now live: Hell and High Water VR.
As part of a USC Annenberg hackathon-style class, JOVRNALISM students went down to the Houston area for Spring Break 2016 to conduct original reporting and produce a series of immersive experiences based on the investigation.
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It’s early days for virtual reality, let alone VR Journalism, so the distribution method is a bit of a challenge.
You can find our immersive stories in a variety of location.
First and foremost, we recommend viewing our stories via our JOVRNALISM app. The video quality is much higher than the other platforms.
Download the iOS app here: http://bit.ly/jovrnalism-ios Android app is here: http://bit.ly/jovrnalism-android
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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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Launching the summer of May 2015, JOVRNALISM has since become a registered trademark.
Here is a collection of some JOVRNALISM logos:
Contact Prof. Robert Hernandez [ r . hernandez @ usc . edu ] for any questions.
Get a preview into the current project the Jovrnalism crew is working on through this video produced by Melody Jiang:
A group of USC students traveled to Houston over spring break to shoot a virtual reality experience to accompany a ProPublica and The Texas Tribune project called Hell and High Water, which is an investigative piece on what a hurricane could do to the city.
Kaitlyn Mullin, one of the Jovrnalism students, wrote this piece for Nieman Lab (more…)