Introduction to Visual Journalism
How to select a story
A course by Gladys Serrano , Documentary Photographer and Videographer
About the video: How to select a story
Overview
“Choosing a story can be tricky. In this lesson I will explain why it is important to tell the stories that surround us and know how to recognize the global relevance that local problems can have.”
In this video lesson Gladys Serrano addresses the topic: How to select a 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
“How to select a story Now we will start working on our final project. The first part of this process is very important: we have to look around us and see the stories that seem very simple or very simple, maybe in those stories we will find something interesting or when learning more about them we realize its relevance in the social world or that what lies behind them It is very important and it is necessary to tell it. For example, the story that I chose for my final project It is about a young woman who has been working for many years at a flea market in Mexico City. This flea market is kn...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Visual Journalism
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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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