Francesca Panetta
Executive editor, VR
Guardian News & Media
Francesca Panetta is executive editor, VR at The Guardian. She leads The Guardian’s virtual reality studio. 6×9: a virtual experience of solitary confinement was The Guardian’s first VR piece and won plaudits from sources as diverse as the Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro and, most recently, The White House. The studio are now working on a slate of pieces for release over the next year. Francesca’s work at The Guardian has focused on innovation and storytelling. She has commissioned and directed flagship pieces such as Firestorm, The Shirt on Your Back, the View from the Shard, and The First World War.
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VR is here to stay. What’s next for journalism?
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Latoya Peterson
Francesca Panetta
Jonathan He
Robert Hernandez
VR is no longer just for games and films. How can journalism take advantage of this development? VR is a unique opportunity for storytellers to immerse their audience, to engage them and to put them at the center of their story. Technology keeps developing and newsrooms can’t afford to be left behind in this new field. […]