Robert, aka WebJournalist, has made a name for himself as a journalist of the Web, not just on the Web. His primary focus is exploring and developing the intersection of technology and journalism \u2013 to empower people, inform reporting and storytelling, engage community, improve distribution and, whenever possible, enhance revenue.<\/p>\n
He is an Associate Professor of Professional Practice at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, but he\u2019s not an academic \u2026 he\u2019s more of a \u201chackademic\u201d and specializes in \u201cMacGyvering\u201d Web journalism solutions. He connects dots and people. He has worked for seattletimes.com, SFGate.com, eXaminer.com and La Prensa Gr\u00e1fica, among others.<\/p>\n
Robert is also the co-founder of #wjchat and creator of Learn Code for Journalism with Me project. He is currently serving on the Online News Association Board and is a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2928,"template":"","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"Robert","last_name":"Hernandez","title":"Associate Professor of Professional Practice","organization":"USC Annenberg School of Journalism","website":"http:\/\/blog.webjournalist.org\/about\/","twitter":"webjournalist","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":"","spay_email":""},"event":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/2927"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ona_speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ona16.journalists.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event?post=2927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}