Visual Journalism
Can You Make a Slide Deck? You Can Create a Video!
- Bill Monroe
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Moderated by Vera Chan
Today, editors and publishers are asking reporters to create sharable, bonus videos for websites and social media. In this session, we’ll show you how to create these...
Artists Against an #Infodemic
- Peter DiCampo
- Elodie Mailliet
- Benjamin Petit
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Moderated by Michael Bolden
Media organizations CatchLight, The Everyday Projects, and Dysturb, with digital strategist Pamela Chen and infectious disease specialist Dr. Jenell Stewart, are pairing health...
Explaining the Explainer: How to Make Videos that Resonate
- Imaeyen Ibanga
- Versha Sharma
- Valerie Lapinski
You watch video. You love video. But do you know how to make a good video? For organizations that publish direct to platforms, watch time and views are the central indicators of...
New Frontiers in Visual Storytelling: Telling Stories with Emerging Tech
- Matt MacVey
- Clàudia Prat
This immersive session will demonstrate hands-on tools for working in 360, 3D and AR, cover new-batch software and hardware making immersive storytelling accessible to every field...
VR in Paradise: Behind the Scenes on a Radioactive Atoll
- Mika Makelainen
- Päivi Koskinen
Learn how to film with high-tech cameras in a remote, demanding and extreme location with this immersive look at the Finnish Broadcasting Company’s groundbreaking VR project...
Shooting for Vertical
- Sarah Frank
“Vertical” is not an unhappy consequence of phone design but a fundamentally new way of storytelling, requiring strategies for maximizing top- and bottom-frame and a shift...
Drones: Innovative Storytelling Tools
- Dale Blasingame
- Sara Shields
Much more than a shiny, new toy for photographers and videographers, drones are an innovative, increasingly popular storytelling tool that journalists and newsrooms are using in a ...
360 Video as a Reporting Tool: How and When to Break News with Immersive Video
- Veda Shastri
Using 360 video and virtual reality is, plainly, different from flat video coverage, with production time, editing and file size challenges, among others. It is also an...

Stories are the New Story: Making Vertical Content Work
- Fernanda Braune-Brackenrich
- Jake Grovum
Vertical content — think Snapchat Discover or Instagram and Facebook Stories — is becoming ubiquitous. We’ll dive into a mix of theory and practical tips for getting your...