[JOURN 495BJ] Border Angels- The Power of One

Since 1994, 10,000 people have died trying to cross the border between the United States and Mexico, according to Enrique Morones founder of Border Angels. Among those who attempted the journey are men, women and young children. Due to harsh weather conditions, tough terrain and often the expensive price migrants must pay to smugglers, however, many do not make it across.

Founded by Morones in 1986, Border Angels is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to undocumented immigrants. After bringing food and water to migrants who were living in the canyons of North County San Diego, Morones and the Border Angels expanded their operation by going out to the desert to place water near the recently constructed wall dividing the United States and Mexico, also known as Operation Gatekeeper.

“Before Operation Gatekeeper, one or two people died every month,” said Morones.

“After Operation Gatekeeper, one or two people die every day.”

Border Angels is also known for attending to a cemetery in Holtville, California to pray and place crosses that read “no olvidados” (not forgotten) on the graves of the 700 unidentified migrants laid to rest there.

[JOURN 495BJ] Storyboard- Border Angels

Storyboard for Backpack Journalism 495BJ Final Project.

[JOURN 495BJ] VII: Ed Kashi for multimedia advocacy

Ed Kashi
Instructions: Each couple will prepare a 5-10 minute presentation, during which they will post on their blog sites, and then share with the class.

www.edkashi.com
www.viiphoto.com
www.talkingeyesmedia.org/about/ed-kashi

1) The name, origin, and essential purpose/philosophy of the individual or organization.
VII (Seven) is a photo agency dedicated to shedding light on the environmental, social and political injustices of the 21st century. The agency was founded by seven of the worlds leading photojournalists in 2001 (Alexandra Boulat, Ron Haviv, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Christopher Morris, John Stanmeyer and James Nachtwey.) Among the group of elite photographers signed to the agency is Ed Kashi, who joined in 2010.

Kashi is a widely recognized photojournalist, filmmaker, and educator. His images have been published and exhibited worldwide. Kashi's most recent work includes Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, THREE and Photojournalisms, a combination of journal writings to his wife done over a 20-year period from locations all around the world. In 2002 Kashi and his wife founded Talking Eyes Media, a non-profit company that has produced short films and multimedia pieces exploring important social issues.

"Designed from the outset to be an efficient, technologically enabled distribution hub for some of the world's finest photojournalism, VII has been responsible for creating and relaying to the world many of the images that define the turbulent opening years of the 21st century... But this is not merely artfully captured, neutral observation; nor is it the doctrinaire elaboration of a political or social position. Each photographer is inspired by an array of often very different motivations, and it is from this breadth of reference that the agency draws its originality and strength." -viiphoto.com

New York Times interview with Ed Kashi

OTHER VII PHOTOGRAPHERS
Lynsey Addario, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Marcus Bleasdale, Stefano de Luigi, Venetia Dearden, Jessica Dimmock, Adam Ferguson, Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv, Ed Kashi, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Christopher Morris, Seamus Murphy, Maciek Nabrdalik, Franco Pagetti, Stephanie Sinclair, John Stanmeyer, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Tomas van Houtryve, Donald Weber

2) Show an example of multimedia work produced by the individual/organization.


A Vietnam pond has been contaminated from the U.S. Military spraying some 12 million gallons of Agent Orange herbicide from 1962-1971. A toxic chemical in Agent Orange, Dioxin, has been associated with cancers, diabetes, birth defects and other disabilities. Vietnam Red Cross estimates more than 150,000 Vietnamese children have been born with birth defects associated with Agent Orange.

[JOURN 495BJ] Group Project: Family Fun Arcade

After 39 years of business, Family Fun Arcade (FFA) located in Granada Hills, will be closing on December 31, 2012. Many local gamers have found fun, comfort and competition at the arcade.
We spoke with professional gamers Loren Riley (AGE Fanatiq) and Ray Ruballos (AGE Knives) who expressed their gratitude for the arcade.
“I’m really grateful for this place,” said Ray Ruballos.
“A lot of the time I felt like I took it for granted because I always had a place to play.”
With growing popularity for online console gaming, the arcade scene has seen a significant decline in clientele in the past years. FFA was able to make a short comeback with events, such as, the world premier of Street Fighter 4 in 2008. Come December 31, 2012, however, it will be game over for this local arcade. Insert coin(s).

[JOURN 495BJ] Multimedia Project Proposal: Group 4

Group 4 collaborative multimedia project proposal
Danielle Hale, Sigournee Grondin, Ken Scarboro,
Misael Virgen, Jeffrey Zide


Story summary:
The spread of online console gaming has made it difficult to find the face-to-face competition of arcades. Luckily, on Balboa and Devonshire there is Family Fun Arcade for the gamer looking for an arcade experience. Unfortunately, Family Fun will be closing its doors by January 2013, joining many other arcades rendered obsolete by in-home gaming. We plan on focusing our multimedia project on Family Fun Arcade as one of the few remaining arcades, and record its history of 38 years in the Valley. The interviews with the owner and regulars will be video, b-roll will feature video, photographs and ambient audio. We are also planning a map showing locations of arcades through several decades, and a graph or other chart showing the growth/decline of in-home consoles and arcades.

Team roles:
Photo: Misael
Video: Jeffery, Sigournee
Maps: Danielle, Sigournee
Web layout: Ken
Graphs: ken
Each team member will be responsible for editing their own respective medium and collaborating when medias are combined for final versions.

Deadlines:
Oct. 15: Story board, project proposal
Oct. 22: Raw photos, b-roll video and research information due
Oct. 24: Interviews, completed maps and graphs and photo galleries due
Oct. 27: Finished multimedia video component
Oct. 28: Final web presentation for posting on blogs

File storage summary:
Completed group files will be stored on the photojournalism lab servers. Misael will create appropriate folders for team members to store their files for access by other team members.

[JOURN 495BJ] Gabriel Ivan Orendain-Necochea: Personality Profile

PersonalityProfile JOURN495BJ from Misael Virgen on Vimeo.

Gabriel Ivan Orendain-Necochea's, 25, is a theater major at California State University, Northridge where he also works as Visual Editor for the Daily Sundial.

After being nationally recognized for his news reporting and editorial cartoons at The Sun at Southwestern College in San Diego, Orendain-Necochea transferred his talent to the Daily Sundial at California State University, Northrige a year ago. Despite a knack for news reporting, however, Orendain-Necochea insists in following his dreams of stardom.

His artistic talent and creative attitude inspired him to peruse a career in acting.

"Creative freedom is everything to me," he said.

Music and drawing also help feed Orendain-Necochea's creativity.

"My heart is not in it [news reporting], it's in acting, " he said.

"Id rather be in the headlines, as oppose to writing them."

[Journ 495BJ] Exercise: Afghanistan Touch Down in Flight Multimedia Analysis

What is the focus of the story?
Afghanistan: touch down in flight is a multimedia piece delivered in a short video format by Lukas and Salome Augustin. The video challenges people’s perspectives of an otherwise misunderstood nation.
“As each of us have our own impressions of Afghanistan, predominantly marked with pictures of foreign forces, explosions and terror, we were privileged enough to have access into the daily life of the Afghan people,” said the authors.
“We hope the pictures you know will merge with the pictures you see and will enrich your views of the country.”

What story forms where used to tell the story?