Dan Pacheco

Syracuse, New York Area United States

Horvitz Chair in Journalism Innovation at the S.I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University

I proudly serve as the Peter A. Horvitz Chair of Journalism Innovation at the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. My job is to explore the intersection of journalism and technology. In addition to teaching, I work on projects for industry partners. Most recently, I initiated and co-produced The Des Moines Register’s Harvest of Change VR project, the world’s first large-scale use of virtual reality by a commercial news organization. Harvest earned an Edward R. Murrow Award in 2015 for its innovative use of 360-degree video. I am now teaching these skills to students at Newhouse who are producing their own 360 videos and CGI scenes, many of which you can see at VRStorytelling.org. Pr...