Visual Storytelling Basics
Tue, Apr 30
|Lake Vermillion Conf Room (4th Floor)
Some of today’s most powerful journalism comes from people capturing historic events with just their smartphone. In this class you’ll learn how to take compelling photographs and videos, how to edit them and how to use social media to get your stories to a larger audience. Instructor: Ben Hovland
Time & Location
Apr 30, 2024, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Lake Vermillion Conf Room (4th Floor), 370 Wabasha St N, St Paul, MN 55102, USA
About the Event
Class Title: Visual Storytelling Basics
Instructor: Ben Hovland
Description: Some of today’s most powerful journalism comes from people capturing historic events as they happen with just their smartphone. In this class you’ll learn how to use your phone (or camera) to take compelling photographs and videos, how to edit those images to look their best, and how to use social media and other platforms to get your stories in front of a large audience.
Instructor Bio: Ben Hovland (he/him) is a Korean American photographer living on Dakota land in Minneapolis, Minn. Currently, he is a staff photojournalist at MPR News. He has served as a producer at Sahan Journal, a nonprofit digital newsroom dedicated to covering Minnesota’s immigrants and communities of color. When he’s not behind a camera, Ben enjoys exploring the world by bicycle and cooking meals with his friends.
Tickets
Visual Storytelling
$20.00+$0.50 service fee
Total
$0.00