Francesca Panetta
Francesca Panetta is an immersive artist, director and journalist. She uses emerging technologies to innovate new forms of storytelling that have social impact.
She currently works as Creative Director in the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality. Previous to MIT, she worked at the Guardian for over a decade where she pioneered new forms of journalism including interactive features, location-based augmented reality, and virtual reality leading the Guardian’s inhouse VR studio.
Her works have won critical acclaim - receiving awards around the world, and touring the White House, Tribeca, Cannes, Sundance, and more.
She was a 2019 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.