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Casey Silvestri is an award-winning editorial leader and mission-driven storyteller with more than a decade of experience building teams and developing content strategies at organizations including Yahoo, The Washington Post and NBC News. She currently serves as Director of Social, Video and Design at The Associated Press. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.
Emerging Tech and News Delivery
Show, Don't Tell: How to Turn Text-Based Journalism into Visual-First Formats
Practical frameworks for adapting text-based reporting into visual formats.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (EDT)
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Event Details
Social media and video networks are now the most widely used sources of news globally. That means visual-first storytelling has become too important to remain an afterthought — but you don't need to be chronically online to translate your reporting for these platforms.
In this session, social and video expert Casey Silvestri will share practical frameworks for adapting text-based reporting into short-form vertical video, multimedia carousels, and other visual formats. You'll learn which formats work best, the accessible tools to create them, and how to make smart creative choices from pitch to publish. You'll leave with templates and repeatable approaches for your own work, no video or design background required.
Casey Silvestri is an award-winning editorial leader and mission-driven storyteller with more than a decade of experience building teams and developing content strategies at organizations including Yahoo, The Washington Post and NBC News. She currently serves as Director of Social, Video and Design at The Associated Press. You can connect with her on LinkedIn. 