VISUAL STORYTELLING OF CONFLICT
DATE: April 20th
“CONFLICT” is a necessary evil at the root of the
LOCATION: San Francisco
State University, Humanities
Building Rooms 309 & 310
SCHEDULE
best storytelling. War and conflict have naturally been a
draw for intrepid journalists. How has the craft of journalism
and the art of visual storytelling changed in recent times
for those who seek to cover these stories? How can visual
journalists starting out navigate this field? Visual Storytelling
of Conflict is a day long series of panels with some of the
best practitioners in the business hosted by the Journalism
Department at San Francisco State University. Please join
us on Wednesday, April 20th in the Humanities Building at
SF State for this free event open to the public!
10am-12pm Covering Conflict on the Home Front and
Next Door
Speakers: Barbara Davidson and Brian Frank, moderated by Kim Komenich
Pulitzer winning photographer Barbara Davidson from the Los Angeles
Times and recipient of the POYi Global Vision Award, Brian Frank discuss
their award winning work about “conflict” close to home, from gang violence
in LA, to the drug war in Mexico City.
Brown bag lunch:
12-2pm Jack and Jill of All Trades: Covering Conflict in a
Multimedia World
Speakers: Theo Rigby and Linda Freund
Moderated by Sachi Cunningham
Theo Rigby, award winning photojournalist turned interactive storyteller and
documentary filmmaker joins Linda Fruend Blake, Senior Video Journalist for the
Wall Street Journal to discuss their paths to covering conflict and the multimedia
moxy they have developed along the way as freelancers and in staff positions.
2-3:30pm Talking Trauma: Covering Conflict While Protecting Emotional Health
Workshop with visual communications specialist Kari René Hall and SF State professor Kim Komenich who will provide hands on
tools to help you prepare for the emotional toll of reporting and telling stories of conflict and trauma.
4-5:30pm Keynote and screening with Singeli Agnew,
Cinematographer and Producer for Al Jazeera English
Screening followed by a Q&A of Agnew’s recent Fault Lines documentary,
The Dark Prison, about former detainees of the CIAs torture program.
Agnew will also show excerpts from her films Mexico’s Vigilante State
(about autodefensa movement in Michoacan) and South Sudan: Country
of Dreams (about the roots of civil war in South Sudan).
Moderated by Sachi Cunningham
6-6:45pm Reception, HUM305
Hosted by SF State Journalism Dept. Chair Cristina Azocar
7-9pm Film screenings of Al Jazeera films Mexico’s Vigilante State (about
autodefensa movement in Michoacan) and South Sudan: Country of Dreams (about
the roots of civil war in South Sudan).
This event is free and open to the public.
Supported by a Grant from the CSU Entertainment Industry Initiative