Thomas Seymat
Before coming to Missouri for his fellowship, Thomas Seymat was the VR editor of Euronews where he led the implementation of an innovative immersive journalism workflow and orchestrated the production of more than 145 VR/ 360° experiences since June 2016.
He has trained journalists and spoken at conferences throughout Europe, and is an ambassador of the Journalism360 initiative.
Prior to this role, he supervised Euronews’ live-blogs operations, produced data-visualisations and reported on European news. He received a journalism award from the European Commission in 2009.
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