THE EMPATHY GAP: USING PHOTOJOURNALISM TO EXPLORE IDENTITY
Presented by: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
How do you form questions that elicit stories? How do you capture the information from an interview with a picture? How is identity influenced by history and culture? Educators will explore these questions, while also engaging with reporting and photography skills, as part of a workshop inspired by photojournalist Daniella Zalcman’s Signs for Your Identity project. Zalcman interviewed survivors of government-mandated residential schools for indigenous children in the U.S. and Canada and then created double-exposure portraits with her Iphone that blended an image of the interview subject with an image of a place/object that reflects information from the subject’s past. Educators will meet with Zalcman to learn about her reporting, and then will experience her reporting and photography process. They will start by practicing questioning and listening skills, and then will apply those skills by conducting an interview with another workshop participant. They will use that information to create double-exposure portraits reflecting what they learned from the person they interviewed. This session will also feature an introduction to Pulitzer Center’s free educational resources and programming. Refreshments will also be provided.
Date: 1/18/16
Time: 4:30-7:00 PM
Length of Event: 2.5 hours
Location: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 615 Washington, DC 20036
Discipline: Humanities, Media/Film Curriculum Connections: English/Language Arts, Architecture/Urban Studies, Technology, History/Geography, Civics/Law, Diversity
Grades: 6th-12th

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The Empathy Gap: Using Photojournalism to Explore Identity