For the new project, JOVRNALISM partners with PBS SoCal’s To Foster Change and Peace4Kids, a non-profit organization that aims to build a supportive and warm community for foster youth in South Los Angeles.

Peace4Kids has provided mentor programs, leadership programs, and family meals to teach and care for foster youth, according to its website.

“We work very intensely with transitional age youth (age 16 to high school graduation) and we thought it would be best to highlight their stories using the virtual reality platform,” said Miriam Cortez-Cáceres, the program coordinator at Peace4Kids.

The project aims to produce foster youth’s stories through emerging technologies such as virtual reality(VR) and Snapchat augmented reality(AR) lenses, according to USC professor Robert Hernandez.

Read the whole story here: http://www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2019/10/22/usc-jovrnalism-to-produce-immersive-stories-about-foster-care-system-in-partnership-with-peace4kids-and-kcet/