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For the last of our #RISJSeminars this term, @khalelashawe and Hail Khalaf of @FrontlineInFocu will discuss their groundbreaking AR/VR reporting of conflict zones later today.

13:00 UK time
Watch here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Text reads: 'Global Journal...
@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu On the sixth of February at 4.17am, the Kahramanmaras earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. More than 50,000 were killed and millions were displaced by the disaster.

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@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu For the past 30 days, journalists at @FrontlineInFocu have been working overtime to tell their stories using AR and VR technology

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@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu It’s a storytelling technique they’ve been perfecting since 2018 when they founded Frontline as a Facebook page to document the stories of Syria’s war.

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@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu Today @FrontlineInFocu is a thriving multimedia agency that produces films and photojournalism for media clients such as Dutch broadcaster @NOS and Swiss outlet @SRF. It also helps train local journalists inside Syria, where most of the team is based. 

@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu @NOS @SRF Our contributor @LauraOliver interviewed Ashawi and Khalaf in this Q&A profiling @FrontlineInFocu

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@khalelashawe @FrontlineInFocu @NOS @SRF @LauraOliver Join us later today to learn more about how AR and VR are changing war reporting

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📺on our Twitter live stream or by signing up on Zoom at the link below
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/calendar/will-…

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