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Shirin Ghaffary
Applicant for Master’s in Visual Media at
IE School of Communication
Essay Prompt
• Show us an activity you enjoy
doing. Tell us how you think it
contributes to your personal
and professional development.
Answer: Telling stories
Mediums:
• Photo
• Video
• Journalistic writing
Telling Stories: Photography
Published over 50 photographs for a newspaper with 42,000
daily readers and a circulation of 10,000
Examples of photography
Front-page story photo about the son of two women became the
first same-sex couple to legally marry in the state of California in
2013.
Photo Portfolio Samples
Scene from the play,
“Directions” at UC
Berkeley.
Photo of eccentric,
abandoned junk yard in
the heart of wine-country
of Napa, California.
Photo Samples - continued
Landscape of San Francisco Bay Area in California at night
Photo Samples - continued
Front-cover photo from a student protest at UC Berkeley, published
in Daily Californian 2010.
Work Examples: Video
• Producer of a popular tv show on technology
news website, TechCrunch called “TC Cribs”
– Clip below
Work also published in the
pages of:
Work Examples: Digital
Journalism
• Travel Blogging
– Italy, Spain, Morocco, Germany,
England,
Taiwan.http://shirintravels.wordpress.com
/
More Examples: Travel Blogging
Work Example: Digital Journalism
Wall Street Journal:
Digital Strategy Intern
Designed a protoype for
new digital products
including iphone + ipad
app, website, magazine
Conclusion
Photography – Captured a range of
visual stories from breaking news such as
protests to profiles of artists through
portraits
The activities I enjoy have helped me become a professional visual journalist
Videography – Learned how to
produce, film, and edit an online tv
show which attracted viewers and
advertisers.
Digital Journalism – Used extensive
knowledge of journalism articles to come up
with an iPhone app for the Wall Street
Journal.

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IE Essay for Master's in Visual Media

  • 1. Shirin Ghaffary Applicant for Master’s in Visual Media at IE School of Communication
  • 2. Essay Prompt • Show us an activity you enjoy doing. Tell us how you think it contributes to your personal and professional development.
  • 3. Answer: Telling stories Mediums: • Photo • Video • Journalistic writing
  • 4. Telling Stories: Photography Published over 50 photographs for a newspaper with 42,000 daily readers and a circulation of 10,000
  • 5. Examples of photography Front-page story photo about the son of two women became the first same-sex couple to legally marry in the state of California in 2013.
  • 6. Photo Portfolio Samples Scene from the play, “Directions” at UC Berkeley. Photo of eccentric, abandoned junk yard in the heart of wine-country of Napa, California.
  • 7. Photo Samples - continued Landscape of San Francisco Bay Area in California at night
  • 8. Photo Samples - continued Front-cover photo from a student protest at UC Berkeley, published in Daily Californian 2010.
  • 9. Work Examples: Video • Producer of a popular tv show on technology news website, TechCrunch called “TC Cribs” – Clip below
  • 10. Work also published in the pages of:
  • 11. Work Examples: Digital Journalism • Travel Blogging – Italy, Spain, Morocco, Germany, England, Taiwan.http://shirintravels.wordpress.com /
  • 13. Work Example: Digital Journalism Wall Street Journal: Digital Strategy Intern Designed a protoype for new digital products including iphone + ipad app, website, magazine
  • 14. Conclusion Photography – Captured a range of visual stories from breaking news such as protests to profiles of artists through portraits The activities I enjoy have helped me become a professional visual journalist Videography – Learned how to produce, film, and edit an online tv show which attracted viewers and advertisers. Digital Journalism – Used extensive knowledge of journalism articles to come up with an iPhone app for the Wall Street Journal.