The University of California at Berkeley has given a Ford Foundation multimedia fellowship to Richard Koci Hernandez, current deputy director of multimedia at the San Jose Mercury News.

His aim is to develop digital news sites for under-served communities, according to the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), where Hernandez has led a series of multimedia workshops.

Hernandez is also reviving his website, www.multimediashooter.com, which was shut down earlier this year after being repeatedly hacked.