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• The Principles of Multimedia Journalism: How to Think When Packaging Digital News Routledge (New York, NY), 2015

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  (Richard Koci Hernandez) data view (Assistant Professor
  of New Media at the University of California at Berkeley
  Graduate School of Journalism and a National Emmy Award
  winning multimedia producer; his work for the Mercury
  News earned him two Pulitzer Prize nominations; in 2003,
  he was the recipient of the James K. Batten Knight
  Ridder Excellence Award)

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• Graduate School of Journalism, University of California Web site - https://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/richard_hernandez/

  eaching Schedule - Spring 2017:
  Course # Title Units Time Location
  J216 New Media Master's Project Workshop 3 T Th 2:00 - 3:30 106/Upper NG
  J222 Interactive Narratives 3 Th 3:30 - 5:30 106/Upper NG
  J219 MINI: Animating the News (8 weeks) 2/10 - 4/7 1 F 4:30 - 7:30 106/Upper NG
  J283 Video Reporting and Storytelling (for first year students) - Section 2 5 W 10:00 - 12:00; F 9:30 - 11:30 106/Upper NG

  Richard Koci Hernandez is an internationally recognized, award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia. Koci Hernandez recently published “The Principles of Multimedia Journalism: Packaging Digital News” Taylor & Francis, 2015. In this much-needed examination of the principles of multimedia journalism, experienced journalists Koci Hernandez and co-author Jeremy Rue systemize and categorize the characteristics of the new, often experimental story forms that appear on today's digital news platforms. Koci Hernandez is a national Emmy award winning multimedia producer who worked as a visual journalist at the San Jose Mercury News for 15 years. His photographic work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired**, The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times**, USA Today, and a National Geographic Book on iPhone Photography**, among others. His most recent photographic monograph, Downtown was published in 2013 by French publisher, outofthephone.* In 2013, his multimedia project for CNN, Our Mobile Society, earned him his fourth national Emmy nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.* In 2008, Richard was awarded a national Emmy award for the New Approaches to Documentary category for his work on the Mercury News multimedia project entitled, Uprooted. His work for the Mercury News covering the Latino Diaspora and the California Youth Prison System earned him two Pulitzer Prize nominations and in 2003, the James K. Batten Knight Ridder Excellence Award. His photojournalism and multimedia work has garnered numerous awards on the national and regional level, including four national Emmy nominations. In 2006, Richard was named deputy director of photography and multimedia at the Mercury News after spearheading the creation of the organizations first visual journalism website, MercuryNewsPhoto.com. Richard also runs the very popular online journalism resource, Multimediashooter.com. He has taught multimedia workshops for Stanford University, National Press Photographers Association, The Southern Short Course, National Association for Hispanic Journalists and National Association for Black Journalists, among many others. He has lectured at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Stanford University. Koci-Hernandez is a San Francisco State University journalism graduate, where he has been a guest instructor. In 2008 Koci Hernandez was invited to join the Faculty at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism as a visiting Fellow supported by a Ford Foundation grant to produce digital news sites for San Francisco Bay Area communities. In 2011 Koci Hernandez was named an Assistant Professor for New Media at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.
  Books:
  The Principles of Multimedia Journalism

  In this much-needed examination of the principles of multimedia journalism, experienced journalists Richard Koci Hernandez and Jeremy Rue systemize and categorize the characteristics of the new, often experimental story forms that appear on today's digital news platforms. By identifying a classification of digital news packages, and introducing a new vocabulary for how content is packaged and presented, the authors give students and professionals alike a way to talk about and understand the importance of story design in an era of convergence storytelling.

  Online, all forms of media are on the table: audio, video, images, graphics, and text are available to journalists at any type of media company as components with which to tell a story. This book provides insider instruction on how to package and interweave the different media forms together into an effective narrative structure. Featuring interviews with some of the most exceptional storytellers and innovators of our time, including web and interactive producers at the New York Times, NPR, The Marshall Project, The Guardian, National Film Board of Canada, and the Verge, this exciting and timely new book analyzes examples of innovative stories that leverage technology in unexpected ways to create entirely new experiences online that both engage and inform.
  Published Work:

  Photographers, embrace Instagram (CNN - Oct. 15, 2012)

  Awards:
  NATIONAL EMMY: UPROOTED Web Documentary (October 2007)
  Executive Producer - Documentaries Emmy for New Approaches to News & Documentary Programming

• Richard Koci Hernandez Home Page - http://richardkocihernandez.com/about.html

  Richard Koci Hernandez
  Assistant Professor
  New Media
  UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism

  Koci@berkeley.edu
  510.316.0871

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  KOCI HERNANDEZ, RICHARD is an internationally recognized, award-winning innovator in journalism and multimedia. Koci Hernandez recently published “The Principles of Multimedia Journalism: Packaging Digital News” Routledge, 2015. Koci Hernandez is a national Emmy award winning multimedia producer who worked as a visual journalist at the San Jose Mercury News for 15 years. His photographic work has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and a National Geographic Book on iPhone Photography, among others. He has been named one of the “Top 25 Influential Communications Professors” and one of the “Top 100 Photographers on the Web.” His work for the Mercury News covering the Latino Diaspora and the California Youth Prison System earned him two Pulitzer Prize nominations and in 2003, the James K. Batten Knight Ridder Excellence Award. In 2006, Richard was named deputy director of photography and multimedia at the Mercury News after spearheading the creation of the organization’s first visual journalism website, MercuryNewsPhoto.com. He has taught multimedia workshops and presented keynotes for dozens of professional organizations and was most recently invited to be a visiting professor at the prestigious Paris-Sorbonne University. In 2011 Koci Hernandez was named an Assistant Professor of New Media at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley.

  CV: http://richardkocihernandez.com/koci_resume.pdf

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  Richard Koci Hernandez is an Assistant Professor of New Media at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and a National Emmy Award winning multimedia producer. His work for the Mercury News earned him two Pulitzer Prize nominations. In 2003, he was the recipient of the James K. Batten Knight Ridder Excellence Award.

• Los Angeles Times - http://framework.latimes.com/2012/07/04/reframed-in-conversation-with-richard-koci-hernandez/#/0

  reFramed: In conversation with Richard Koci Hernandez

  Posted By: Barbara Davidson
  Posted On: 3:00 a.m. | July 4, 2012

  “reFramed” is a feature showcasing fine art photography and vision-forward photojournalism. It is curated by Los Angeles Times staff photographer Barbara Davidson. twitter@photospice

  Richard Koci Hernandez is a national Emmy-award-winning video and multimedia producer who worked as a photographer at the San Jose Mercury News for 15 years. A two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, Hernandez is currently on the faculty at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches various new media courses, including mobile reporting. In 2011 he presented a mobile photography master class at the TED2012 conference.

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  Q: Much like the pioneer street photographers, your photographs are a wonderful collection of complex, layered and unguarded moments made in public places. The difference is, your work has a modern twist because they were made with an iPhone. Is the hunt for intriguing images still the same?

  A: Yes, the hunt is the same. Continuing the analogy, it doesn’t matter which tool I’m utilizing to “capture” my prey, be it a net, spear or rifle, the art of the hunt and the final capture is what matters. I’m open to using all the tools available to me as a photographer. Right now my tool of choice is the iPhone.

  I would describe my process for making street images as purposefully aimless. My photographs are a simple by-product of my normal life. I don’t go out of my way to make images. Unless I spot a man in a fedora, then I’ll go out of my way. Don’t ask me why I love to take pictures of hats, I’m working that out with my therapist at the moment. [Insert chuckle here.]

  My images are artifacts of my daily life. For me the hunt is always on. Picking my daughter up from school, a trip to the market or on my way to a meeting, it’s open season.

  I’m a very reactionary image-maker. When my head and heart scream shoot, I shoot. Photography, for me, is about honoring the impulse to make an image, no matter what.

  The “no matter what” wasn’t always an easy thing to act upon. Years ago, my head and heart would scream shoot, but another voice in me would yell back: “The light is bad. The composition isn’t perfect. The subject is too far away. What a silly picture, why would you make a photo of that?” It’s taken years, but I’ve honed my skill to shoot on impulse. This means having a camera in hand and ready at all times. For me, there is no better tool than my mobile phone.

  Shoot. YES. YES. YES. Shoot. Shoot. YES.

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  Q: Creatively and professionally, how has the iPhone changed your photographic life?

  A: This tool has changed my entire process.

  First, it has accelerated my output. Not only is it the camera in my hand, but it’s the printing press in my pocket and more importantly, with the rise of social networks like Instagram, it’s become my satellite dish in order to instantly transmit, globally. I can share my vision at the touch of a button and receive instant feedback and sometimes, intelligent conversation about the photographic process. It’s a thrilling time for photographers.

  Second, the “connected” camera has expanded my photographic inspiration and motivation. I can see other photographers creating inspiring imagery all over the globe, even while I wait for the bus. I’ve never been more inspired in my career.

  Finally, the creative possibilities and potential with mobile photography are especially exciting. I’ll admit that my work stays relatively close to a classic analog street photography aesthetic, but it’s allowed me to experiment with other forms of photography that were never on my creative horizon. I haven’t shared a lot of this work publicly, but I’m playing around like never before.

  Q: Has the iPhone camera, because it’s not an obvious camera around your neck, provided you the ability to document people in their purest state because they are not aware you are taking pictures?

  A: YES, YES and YES. This is the main advantage of shooting street photography with an iPhone. When I started shooting with my mobile phone, I was immediately greeted with an overwhelming sense of gratification at how much easier it was for me to capture unguarded moments. Before shooting with the iPhone, my stealthiest attempts to capture street images with a traditional camera in a post 9/11 world proved challenging. Shooting with the iPhone, I was identified as just another person on the street, not a suspicious person with a camera, but a person with a “phone.” I was able to blend in unnoticed like never before. I prefer stealth and anonymity in my approach to street photography. Other photographers can be very effective by shoving a DSLR and flash in someone’s face on the street. Not me. The size of the phone plays into my approach.

  “Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.”–Sallust

  Q: Old school master street photographers spent hours and hours in the darkroom perfecting their images. The modern darkroom is a lot less messy because it’s virtual now. Do you labor over your images trying various apps to create the image you want in the same vein as the pioneer street photographers did?

  A: YES. I’m always in search for the perfect black and white app or app-combo in order to achieve the look for my images. I’m a fan of having my black and white street images look as if they were stuffed in an old shoe-box for the last 30 years. For me, that means finding the right borders, tones and virtual scratches for my images. That takes time. I certainly devote a fair amount of time to the darkroom in my palm, but nothing like the time spent in a real one, waiting for my fiber prints to dry.

  My virtual darkroom technique goes something like this:

  I’ve named this process the app-dance:

  1. Shoot original image in an app like Hipstamatic or ProCamera.

  2. Import the image from my camera roll into another app like Camera+ to add some more tone or even another black and white filter.

  3. Import the image into yet another app to add a border. (optional)

  4. Import again to add minimal scratches in an app like ScratchCam. (optional)

  5. Import into Instagram and post. (Note: I rarely use the Instagram filters.)

  I’ve also been known to add some real analog love to my images in something I’ve called round-tripping, but others call flip-flopping.

  Repeat steps 1-4 from above, but before step 5, I print out the image on my printer, then apply real scratches via a butter knife or fold the print, then re-photograph the result with my iPhone, then post to Instagram.

  “Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.”–Danny Kaye

  Q: There is a debate raging in the world of journalism about the use of smartphones using photography apps to document news events. Essentially the debate is that apps change the reality of the situation and the world of journalism is all about transparency. Where do you stand in the debate?

  A: If there is a side to stand on in this debate I’m certainly on the side of less filtration for photojournalism. That said, I’m certainly not against all filtration. There is a place for it when used sparingly and with great intent. Filters, like many things in photography are judged in degrees of use. In photojournalism I believe there should be as little filtration as possible. A photojournalist should be as keenly aware of the power of a filter to change reality as they are with the power of a lens to change the reality of a scene. In this debate, I like to think of myself as a cautious optimist when it comes to filters in relation to photojournalism. I’m cautious in that I think that photojournalists should use filters with caution and understand their power to manipulate reality and truth. But I’m also an optimist in that I love new technology and the potential it has to democratize and aid in truth telling. It is important for me to point out that while I have been a journalist, a photojournalist for 20 years, the last 12 months of my Instagram feed have certainly been a lesson in deep filtering. In the days of the darkroom, we’d label my Instagram techniques as ‘heavy handed’ and I would agree in most cases too heavy for photojournalism.I think it’s going to be a tough road ahead for photojournalism. With all of the advancements in photographic technology, I don’t believe we’ve even begun to see the ‘digital revolution.’ Going forward, photojournalists need to do their best to keep the connection to truth as pure as possible. I do understand that even that statement is open to debate. Here we go!

  “The single most important component of a camera is the twelve inches behind it.” — Ansel Adams

  “Apps change the reality of the situation” — yes, but — so does the choice of my DSLR lens, white balance settings and what I choose not tophotograph. The only thing that truly changes the reality of a situation is the photographer’s intent to deceive. As a photojournalist I’ve photographed street corner protests of 10 people. If I wanted, I could easily photograph the event in a way that makes it look like hundreds were in attendance. With the right lens, angle and caption, and my intent, I have more power than any app to change reality.

  The debate is pointed in the wrong direction. Instead of focusing on the fact that the emperor is wearing no clothes, we should be focused on the emperor’s intent to come out onto the balcony naked. Why would he or she do something like that?

  In my opinion it’s not about whether we use apps like Hipstamatic for news events, it’s how we train and inform our photojournalists on how to use and apply these techniques to mobile images and how transparent we are in the process.

  In a nutshell, a photojournalist’s guiding principle should be the pursuit of truth. Photographic truth doesn’t reside in the camera, or in an app, but in the heart and mind of the image-maker. Let’s not point fingers at apps and technology. It’s not Photoshop or Hipstamatic that create photographic lies, but the photographer.

  iPhone apps, as with Photoshop, there continues to exist a slippery slope for photojournalists when trying to convey the truth of a news situation. I believe photojournalists should use the tools of the day, including iPhone apps, in moderation with the right intent. I don’t believe we throw out the baby with the bath water.

  “Constant repetition carries conviction.”–Robert Collier

  Q: On Instagram — the iPhone photo-sharing app — you have 148,000 followers and counting. Do you think your work is getting more exposure now than ever before because of photo-driven social media? Why?

  A: Yes I KNOW that more people are exposed to my work than ever before. I like to half-joke that I have more Instagram followers than some newspapers have circulation. The potential for someone to see an image I took last year, comment on it and take some kind of inspiration from it, is unprecedented, not only for me, who happens to be a professional, but for the photo enthusiast.

  Not only does my work get more exposure on Instagram, but it’s led to many articles, books deals, freelance work, workshops, travel, speaking engagements, etc. All in abundance unsurpassed to me previously.

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  Q: You were in the world of photojournalism for some 20 years before becoming an assistant professor at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. The world of journalism is changing dramatically but, to the core, it’s still all about good storytelling. How are you preparing your students to be the new generation of storytellers in this ever-evolving technological world of newsgathering?

  A: Another quote from Ansel Adams is appropriate here:

  “I trust that the creative eye will continue to function, whatever technological innovations may develop.” — Ansel Adams

  STORY! STORY! STORY! I like to tell my students not to focus on the device, the elements of good storytelling are eternal and will outlive technology. I believe the future journalist needs to be a creative problem-solver. Today it’s the iPhone, tomorrow it’s something else, get used to it! I’m attempting to create journalists that thrive as technology gets faster. At the core of my teaching, whether it’s photography techniques, caption writing or video editing, problem-solving techniques are the underlying lesson.

  “The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Q: What is the goal of your website LoFi Mode?

  A: It’s a website I created with a friend I met on Instagram, Dan Cristea — @konstruktivist. We just wanted to create a space where we could share our love of good photography and tips about using a mobile phone to make compelling images. In the end it doesn’t matter what tool you use, but it does matter that you know what a good photograph is and how to capture one.

  As it says in the About section: “It’s pretty simple, we love photography, especially mobile photography. We’re passionate about learning and sharing. Enjoy the show!”

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  Q: You made a Blurb book of your iPhone photography called “California Street.” As great as digital images are, do you think there is still value in hard-copy photography?

  A: I’m a huge fan of the printed artifact. Digital is great, but there’s nothing like holding your creations in your hand as a bound book. I love knowing that when I leave this world, there’s something tangible and more importantly, easily accessible for my family to hold and explore. I doubt they would enjoy or even want to search hard drives and the Cloud for my life’s work, but knowing that there’s a stack of printed books or prints of my work on the bookshelf is very comforting and important to me.

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  Q: What are your favorite apps?

  A: Hipstamatic — I’m in love with its black and white films.

  ProCamera — It starts up fast and shoots fast, along with its intuitive exposure and focus lock, it’s a go-to app.

  Hueless — New kid on the block, I think Ansel Adams would use this one, a pure black and white joy.

  645Pro — It has a night shot mode that allows shooting at 1 second, so if I’m in the mood to shoot some light trails…

  Camera Awesome — For its extreme amount of border and texture options.

  Lo-Mob — It rocks the old school borders like no other app.

  ScratchCam — Scratches galore!

  6×6 — Best Hassleblad substitute, when I’m feeling particularly nostalgic.

  Instagram — Like a free billboard for your images on a VERY busy highway. Who could say no to that?

  Filterstorm — It’s like Photoshop on your phone and IMHO better than the actual Photoshop app.

  Q: You twin your images with inspiring quotes. What is the process like to twin the visual world with the written word?

  A: I’ve added another new layer to my posted works online, famous quotes as captions. I was intrigued by the idea of finding and attaching meaningful quotes as another element to my work. Cutting my teeth in journalism taught me that there is great synergy between words and pictures. I’m always looking to the words of great men and women to inspire me in my daily life. It was a simple thought to marry the two online. I figured if the image doesn’t speak to you, then maybe the words will, and if I’m lucky, they’ll both complement each other and create something unique. I’ve found that discovering the right quote to match my images is often as time-consuming and rewarding as the post-processing of my images.

  View iphoneography courses led by Koci on lynda.com

  Barbara.Davidson@latimes.com

• TheAppWhisperer - http://theappwhisperer.com/2012/07/a-day-in-the-life-of-richard-koci-hernandez-simply-one-of-the-worlds-greatest-mobile-photographers/

  A Day In The Life Of Richard Koci Hernandez – Simply, One Of The Worlds Greatest Mobile Photographers
  By Joanne Carter
  – Posted on July 14, 2012Posted in: A Day In The Life Of ..., News

  Welcome to our very exciting new column on theappwhisperer.com. This section entitled ‘A day in the life of …’ and this is where we’ll be taking a look at some hugely influential, interesting and accomplished individuals in the mobile photography world. People that we think you will love to learn more about.

  This is our forty second installment of the series, you can read the others here, if you have missed them so far. Today, we are featuring Richard Koci Hernandez. Richard is a national Emmy-award-winning video and multimedia producer who worked as a photographer at the San Jose Mercury News for 15 years. A two-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, Hernandez is currently on the faculty at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches various new media courses, including mobile reporting. In 2011 he presented a mobile photography master class at the TED2012 conference.

  Richard is huge in the mobile photography world and works closely with Lynda.com producing some incredible mobile photography tutorials. He is at the cutting edge of this new era of photography and has incredible insight. In this interview, Richard explains, among other things, how the term ‘iPhoneography’ will soon become obsolete, how it will all be deemed ‘photography’ instead. We know this is a very popular thought and one we share too. After all, no one says Nikonography, Canonography, Leicaography so why should they say iPhoneography? No reason, it is all photography and that’s what counts.

  Richard also explains how in this interview that he is ‘addicted’ to theappwhisperer.com and that is definitely one kind of addiction we would advocate. Read more about Richard and his work in this exclusive interview below, you’re going to love it…

  Each image is titled with the apps used to create it in sequential order. You can find all the links the the apps mentioned at the end of this article.

  (If you would like to be interviewed for our new ‘A day in the life of …’ section, just send an email to Joanne@theappwhisperer.com, and we’ll get it set up).

  First Things First…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves’ – Buddha – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Filterstorm

  JC – Let’s start at the beginning of the day, how does your day start?

  RKH – Coffee! Strong coffee, 2 cups, lots of half-and-half then I un-dock my iPhone and immediately launch Instagram. Normally, I post an image in the morning. Finally I cruise my feed for inspiration, which is never in short supply and I feel ready to take-on the day.
  Magic Hour…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair- Kahlil Gibran – Apps Used – Hueless, Filterstorm

  JC – Do you like to head out and take photographs early on?

  RKH – I rarely purposely head out to make photographs. My photographs are a product of the natural rhythm of my life, so in this case to properly answer the question my first photograph of the day is generally a photograph of one of my dogs during our morning walk since that is the first thing I do in the morning. I like to think that I’m purposefully aimless in my approach to photography. I love that my photographs are a product of my daily routine. It takes off the pressure of feeling like I have to do something special to make images.
  Photographer vs Mobile Photographer…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts” – Eleanor Roosevelt – Apps Used Hiipstamatic, Filterstorm

  JC – How did the transition from traditional photographer to iPhoneographer develop? (pardon the pun).

  RKH – My transition from “traditional photographer” to iPhone photographer started in late 2007 during my work as a photojournalist. I was sent to the scene of a police action and was pressured to send a photograph back ASAP so that we could post something to the website. Instead of trudging back to my car and taking out my laptop and firing up the Wi-Fi card, I realized that there was a faster way to get the job done. There was this new device in my camera bag called an iPhone and it actually had a camera. I immediately shot a picture of the scene and attached it to an e-mail and it was immediately sent back to the picture desk. So for me, it started as the realization that the iPhone was a fantastic photojournalistic tool for immediacy not particularly photography. After that incident it was then that I began to play around with the camera and apps and really started to think about the device as a potential for serious photography on my part.
  New Apps…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – “Without deep reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people” – Albert Einstein Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  JC – Do you like to download new iPhoneography apps regularly?

  RKH – Yes and it’s a bit of a sickness, not only do I download tons of apps regularly, I scan the photography category and sort by release date to see if there is anything new in the pipeline. I am notorious for impulse buying of photography apps. App developers must love me.
  Updates…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all’ – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  JC – How often do you update your existing apps?

  RKH – That little red icon that notifies you of updates really freaks me out so every time I see it I tap on it and update immediately. Just so I don’t have to see it.
  Location, Location, Location…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party’ – Jimmy Buffett – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  JC – Where’s your favorite place in the world for a shoot?

  RKH – That’s an easy one, the busiest area of any downtown metropolitan city.
  Tools Of The Trade…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in’ – Leonard Cohen – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  JC – Do you also use iPhone photography tool apps, such as The Photographer’s Ephemeris and if so do you use it to plan your shoots?

  RKH – No, I’m not much of a planner. I just happened to like photographing where I happened to be at the moment, so there’s no planning involved on my part.
  Sharing…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – “The timeless in you is aware of Life’s Timelessness. And knows that yesterday is But Today’s memory. And Tomorrow is Today’s Dream” ― Khalil Gibran – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  JC – Where do you like to upload your photographs? Flickr, Instagram?

  RKH – I upload to Instagram and turn-on the wonderful feature of having it automatically post to my Flickr and Tumbler so those are my three outlets. I love that I can do it in one post via Instagram.
  Favorite Apps…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision’ -Dali – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, CameraAwesome, Filterstorm

  JC – What are your favorite, at the moment, iPhone photography apps?

  RKH – I can’t seem to shake the love of Hipstamatic, also absolutely love Filterstorm, Hueless is a new one I’m liking a lot for it’s controls, and this great little app called Instablast, while not particularly photo-related, it goes hand-in-hand with Instagram. It lets you choose certain people that you follow and alerts you when they post. It’s my new favorite way to make sure I don’t miss a post from one of my favorite Instagrammers. I would also add Lo-mob and Scratchcam apps.
  Frequency…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Simplicity, clarity and singleness’ – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob

  JC – Do you take photographs with your iPhone everyday?

  RKH – YES!
  Favorite Subjects…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘kisses are a better fate than wisdom’ ~ e.e. cummings – Apps Used – Hipstamatic

  JC – What are your favorite subjects?

  RKH – Street photography in general, but specifically, men in hats!
  Top Five Tips…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful’ ~ Agnes De Mille – Apps Used – Hipstamatic

  JC – What are your top five tips for iPhone photography?

  RKH –

  1.STUDY light!

  2.Find the proper exposure for your image, then LOCK it down. One of the real keys to good-looking mobile photography is proper exposure.

  3. Practice EVERYDAY, It’s the only way to get better.

  4. Learn from others, be part of a community of image-makers and ask the the ones you admire to give you advice.

  5.Follow YOUR passion.
  Teaching…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘PAST and PRESENT’ – Apps Used – ProCamera, Camera+, ScratchCam, FilterStorm

  JC – How did the teaching side come along?

  RKH – Quite by accident. It wasn’t something that I planned, but an opportunity that started with a few guest lecturers at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. I guess they liked me because the lectures turned into a fellowship and now a faculty position. I do have to say that I never saw myself as a teacher but having recently been put into this position, I’ve discovered a wonderful sense of sharing, community and enthusiasm. The inspiration and enthusiasm I receive from students is infectious and heart-warming. I’m just feeding off of all of this knowledge and energy here at the school so I’m absolutely in love with teaching.
  Editing…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘After you’ve done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that’s going to push you towards – to find your inspiration’ – Elvis Stojko – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, ScratchCam, Lo-mob

  JC – Do you edit images on your iPhone or do you prefer to do that on a desktop/laptop?

  RKH – I do all my editing on the phone.
  Videography…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring’ ~ George Santayana – Apps Used – SlowShutter+ Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  JC – Do you enjoy videography with your iPhone?

  RKH – Absolutely! For journalistic stories you can’t beat Filmic Pro, with its audio meters and for fun I’m in love with 8mm.
  The Future Of Mobile Photography…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – “There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast” – Charles Dickens – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, ScratchCam, Lo-mob

  JC – Where do you see the future of iPhone photography?

  RKH – I feel very strongly that very soon we will drop the segregating title of iPhoneography. I think the future of iPhoneography is just plain photography. I think our fascination over the fact that an image was taken on a small mobile device is waining, at least I hope so. A more direct answer, I see Apple devoting more resources to the device as a camera.
  Popularity…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security’ – John Allen Paulos – Apps Used – Hipstamatic

  JC – What do you think is the most popular area of iPhone photography?

  RKH – I think that the most popular area of modern photography (iPhoneography) is the social aspect of the device. The immediacy and share-ability is uber popular! It’s about the device as a form of instant visual communication. You can shoot and share with the world instantly.
  Where In The World…?
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” – Calvin Coolidge – Apps Used – Hipstamatic

  JC – Do you think it’s country specific, are some nations more clued up?

  RKH – Yes I see varying levels of excitement and engagement all over the world.
  iPhone 5…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change – this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress’ – Bruce Barton – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, ScratchCam, Lo-mob, King Camera

  JC – What do you hope for in the iPhone 5?

  RKH – Boy that’s a hard one. The natural response from any photographer would be a better camera , more megapixels, etc, but I have to be honest I’m pretty damn happy with the way it is now. From here on out, I will always see any new upgrade to the iPhone is just icing on the cake.
  TheAppWhisperer.com
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see’ – Martin Luther King Jr. – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, King Camera, Scratchcam Filterstorm

  JC – What do you think of Joanne and theappwhisperer.com?

  RKH – A damn fine resource! Great, all I needed was another new addiction. Damn you! ,:)

  JC – So pleased to hear that Richard, thank you!
  Links To All Apps Used And Mentioned In This Article…
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  Copyright Image – Richard Koci Hernandez – ‘Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay’ – Sallust – Apps Used – Hipstamatic, Lo-mob, Filterstorm

  Camera Awesome

  Filmic Pro

  Filterstorm

  Hipstamatic

  Hueless

  Instablast

  Instagram

  King Camera

  Lo-mob

  Procamera

  ScratchCam

  Showshutter+
  Contact Details For Richard
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  If you would like to contact Richard, here are his contact details:

  Professional: www.journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/richard_hernandez/

  Web site: www.richardkocihernandez.com

  Lofimode: www.lofimode.com

  Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/koci/

  Twitter: @koci

  Instagram: koci

  Richard has also written a book titled ‘Multimedia Journal’ – You can learn more about it here

• Principles of Multimedia Journalism Web site - http://principlesofmultimedia.com/

  Richard Koci Hernandez

  is an Assistant Professor of New Media at the University of California, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and a National Emmy Award–winning multimedia producer.

  His work for the Mercury News earned him two Pulitzer Prize nominations. In 2003, he was the recipient of the James K. Batten Knight Ridder Excellence Award.

Hernandez, Richard Koci. The principles of multimedia journalism: packaging digital news
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Hernandez, Richard Koci. The principles of multimedia journalism: packaging digital news, by Richard Koci Hernandez and Jeremy Rue. Routledge, 2015. 217p index afp ISBN 9780415738156 cloth, $250.00; ISBN 9780415738163 pbk, $43.95; ISBN 9781315817569 e-book, contact publisher for pricing

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Hernandez and Rue (both, Graduate School of Journalism, Univ. of California, Berkeley) provide a direction forward for journalists who fear electronic media have destroyed conventional print news. The authors enumerate the advantages of the "digital news package" (DNP), as the proper medium for emerging consumer habits. They address differing consumption modes--lean forward (laptops), lean back (television, tablets), stand up (phones)--and the types of media consumed on each. Key to their redefinition is reinvented storytelling and multiple media news design. Early chapters describe the arrival of medium-specific journalism and an evolutionary taxonomy of the DNP. The authors' taxonomy includes linear stories, shells (storyboarded projects of greater complexity), comprehensive packages (hyperlinked-data fishing), and immersive structures (stories that resemble deep video game structures/ environments) or interactive documentaries. The authors puzzle over creating mutually exclusive categories in the collaging, postmodern, media miasma. However, such taxonomical fissures do not seem problematic here, suggesting that producers/audiences are more engaged by porous media that seamlessly blend. Examples abound, including long-form stories in The Verge, an NPR Planet Money comprehensive tale, and the National Film Board of Canada's High rise, an immersive video project that integrates 3-D, video, code, and gaming environments in a "platform-agnostic" fashion to plunge readers into the story. Summing Up: *** Highly recommended. All readers.--S. Lenig, Columbia State Community College
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Lenig, S. "Hernandez, Richard Koci. The principles of multimedia journalism: packaging digital news." CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Apr. 2016, p. 1161+. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&id=GALE%7CA449661507&it=r&asid=6a09126fb56e6cfd4b0d257ca9f55cd0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2017.

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Lenig, S. "Hernandez, Richard Koci. The principles of multimedia journalism: packaging digital news." CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, Apr. 2016, p. 1161+. General OneFile, go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?p=ITOF&sw=w&u=schlager&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA449661507&asid=6a09126fb56e6cfd4b0d257ca9f55cd0. Accessed 26 Feb. 2017.

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