Introduction to Visual Journalism
The steps to tell a visual journalistic story
A course by Gladys Serrano , Documentary Photographer and Videographer
About the video: The steps to tell a visual journalistic story
Overview
“In this lesson you will learn to identify a problem that is a possible story to tell. I will teach you to approach and get to work on your story.”
In this video lesson Gladys Serrano addresses the topic: The steps to tell a visual journalistic story, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Visual Journalism. Learn to tell real stories and report everyday events through images, audio, and journalism techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“The steps to tell a visual journalistic story Now we will see some very simple steps before you start telling your audiovisual journalistic story. First things first is to select a story that is interesting. Many times this step is the most complicated. With time and experience we will detect more easily stories that are socially relevant and what happens around us. We have to ask ourselves why we want to tell this story. and how it is connected to us. Second, approach the characters in this story. If this is the first time we have made an audiovisual journalistic story, It is very importan...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Visual Journalism
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Category
Photography & Video, Writing -
Areas
Audio, Communication, Digital Photography, Narrative, Non-Fiction Writing, Photography, Storytelling

Gladys Serrano
A course by Gladys Serrano
Gladys Serrano is a documentary photographer and videographer. She studied a degree in public policy and has taken part in other educational programs like the Seminario de Fotografía Contemporánea at Mexico's Centro de la Imagen as well as a visual arts diplomacy at the Centro de las Artes de San Agustín. Her work won the 2020 Gabo Prize for best coverage, awarded by the Gabriel García Márquez foundation, she was a finalist at the World Press Photo 6x6 Global Talent Program, and was also selected for the Centro de la Imagen's 7th photography biennial, XVII Bienal de Fotografía.
She currently works for the Latin American edition of EL PAÍS producing multimedia coverage on a range of topics including violence, migration, the environment, politics, and culture.
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