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Richard Koci Hernandez

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Richard Koci Hernandez is a visual journalist, professor, author, and photojournalist.[1] He is currently an Associate Professor and Bloomberg Chair at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.[2]

Career

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For his work at the San Jose Mercury News, Hernandez shared in 2008 News & Documentary Emmy Award on a documentary called Uprooted about the displacement of residents in a mobile home park.[3] Hernandez is the co-author of the book Principles of Multimedia Journalism, Packaging Digital News.[4]

In 2008, Hernandez joined the faculty of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.[5]

Hernandez rose to prominence as an early adopter of the Instagram photo-sharing social media application, using the service to capture and promote a form of journalistic street photography.[6][7]

A 2012 Op-Ed video Hernandez produced for CNN, titled "Photographers Embrace Instagram" about the indelibility of digital images, was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award in 2013.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Richard Koci Hernandez". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
  2. ^ "Richard Koci Hernandez Named Bloomberg Chair". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. 5 April 2018.
  3. ^ "NOMINEES FOR THE 29TH ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS ANNOUNCED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
  4. ^ "Richard Koci Hernandez and Jeremy Rue: "Principles of Multimedia Journalism"". UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
  5. ^ Berkeley Center for New Media, retrieved 2018-11-09
  6. ^ Watts, Kristen Joy (9 June 2011). "A Distinctive Voice on Instagram". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Ceres, Pia (13 November 2018). "How to Take Better Photos on Your Phone". Wired.
  8. ^ "NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR THE 34TH ANNUAL NEWS & DOCUMENTARY EMMY® AWARDS". National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.