I am happy to announce that JOVRNALISM will be covering the presidential inauguration in 360, in a collaboration with the New York Times, NPR and RYOT.
Regardless of what side of history someone may find themselves on, a journalist’s job is to capture that history. And with 360 cameras, we’ll be capturing all sides.
Seven students and I are catching a flight to DC tonight, setting up a makeshift newsroom at USC’s Office of Provost, DC Central Office and getting to work covering the presidential inauguration Friday. We’ll also be capturing the women’s march on Saturday.
In this collaborative partnership, we will be producing moments for and with our media partners, as well as producing our own immersive pieces, which will be available via our mobile app: http://bit.ly/jovrnalism-ios or http://bit.ly/jovrnalism-android
We’ll be using Samsung Gear 360 cameras (thank you Samsung!), Insta360 Nanos, Nikon KeyMissions, Kodak SP360 4K and Ricoh Thetas. (Because of our goal to turn around moments as quickly as possible, we’ve reluctantly leaving behind out GoPro Onmi rig.)
You can follow us via social media as well:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/THEJOVRNALISM
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JOVRNALISM/
- Periscope: https://www.periscope.tv/THEJOVRNALISM
We could not have done this without the financial support from a grant by the Knight Foundation and USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy/Geoffrey Cowan.
JOVRNALISM, a registered trademark, is a project out of USC Annenberg where students produce immersive/VR journalism stories, often in partnership with news organizations. Led by Prof. Robert Hernandez, the class has worked with ProPublica, The Texas Tribune, CIR/Reveal News, The Desert Sun and others.
