Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories
Step into the shoes of a reporter
A course by Takoua Ben Mohamed , Graphic Journalist and Author
Joined March 2022
Joined March 2022
About the video: Step into the shoes of a reporter
Overview
“Being in the shoes of a reporter is one of the main parts of graphic journalism. With graphic journalism we are going to tell true stories of a real historical period. So going to the place and meeting the people directly involved to interview them in person helps you to have a complete and not a partial picture of the topic you are going to talk about. But the point is: where to go to look for information? And how can you get into the lives of people you don't know and don't know you? There are tricks that require a great deal of sensitivity and cunning. In addition to interviews and research, you need to create an archive of the settings in which the story takes place. I'll explain it to you right away in this lesson.”
In this video lesson Takoua Ben Mohamed addresses the topic: Step into the shoes of a reporter, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories. Use the drawing to represent a true story, news, or event giving voice and face to its protagonists. .
Partial transcription of the video
“Step into the shoes of a reporter We have already chosen the theme and tone and in this lesson we learn to explore history like reporters. To explore a story, you need to have a great deal of empathy to also be able to convey to the public the same feelings that we receive when we search, we interview people and convey the same empathy also to our audience and our readers. As a reporter, it is not certain that we have the same opinions as the people we interview, so to be able to communicate with these people we must first of all strip ourselves of all our thoughts, of all our memberships p...”
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Course summary for: Graphic Journalism: Use comics to tell real stories
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Category
Illustration, Writing -
Areas
Comic, Creative Writing, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration
Takoua Ben Mohamed
A course by Takoua Ben Mohamed
Takoua Ben Mohamed is an author and cartoonist of graphic journalism comics, specialized in animation cinema at the Nemo Academy of Digital Arts in Florence. She began to use her drawings to tell the story of her family members, political activists against the Tunisian dictatorship of Ben Ali who were later exiled to Italy.
Awarded numerous awards, including the Special Award for Best Graphic Journalism at European level (2019), she was defined as Woman of the Year by the magazine D - la Repubblica delle donne (2021). Among his most famous titles are Under the veil (ed. Becco Giallo) and My best friend is a fascist (Rizzoli).
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