MRG Seminar: Nonny de la Pena on Immersive Journalism :: October 26, 2009; 5:00 pm :: Lecture Hall, Ground floor, Ben Pimlott Building, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London.

Nonny de la Pena will talk about immersive journalism, a novel way to utilize gaming platforms and virtual environments to convey news, documentary and non-fiction stories. She will discuss how these platforms might offer audiences an immersive experience that can complement and extend reporting in traditional news media. She will also present Gone Gitmo, a virtual Guantanamo Bay Prison, and IPSRESS, an experience using head mounted display technology, as potential prototypes of immersive journalism. Nonny is a Senior Research Fellow, Immersive Journalism, USC Annenberg School of Journalism (California, USA).