Local Stuff – Page 2 – Visual Journalism

March 5, 2013

Grady College’s Bluejeans Workshop – March 23

If you’re anywhere near Athens on Saturday, March 23, get yourself over to Grady College for the annual Bluejeans Workshop. It runs from 8:30 to 4:30 and it’s cheap – just $35 for the whole day, and that includes lunch. (Price goes up after March 18.) It opens with a panel discussion that has been phenomenally good in the past,...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory/Video

August 16, 2012

Local: Red & Black Staff Quits

Since I know there are some alumni reading along, you should know that late Wednesday a significant percentage of the editorial management team at The Red & Black quit. They have launched a new web site, Red & Dead, with updates on what has happened. Their Twitter feed was suspended late last night, which I suspect was an automated response...

At Work/Thoughts & Theory

June 11, 2012

Martin Parr, Picturing the South

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has shows up titled Picturing New York and Picturing the South, hoping to get in to see these in the next few weeks. Additionally, on Thursday, June 14, photographer Martin Parr will be onsite talking about his documentary project, Up and Down Peachtree.

Craft/Good Work/Photojournalism

March 22, 2012

The Business of Visual Journalism

Today’s the day … THE BUSINESS OF VISUAL JOURNALISM WORKSHOP Thursday, March 22, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Journalism Building, Drewry Room This visual workshop will be a day of smart people helping you get smarter about the business of visual journalism. There is no charge for any of these sessions, but please register in advance so we have an...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 2, 2011

Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

It’s here! It’s here! It’s time for the 2012 Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – two days of learning, growing and networking. Several of my kids are there already, will be joining them on Saturday and doing some time at the NPPA table – swing on by and say hello.

Advice & Learning

November 10, 2011

Reminder: Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar

Discounted registration ends on Nov. 12, get over to the web site and register. Do it. You won’t be disappointed.

Advice & Learning

November 7, 2011

Choices, Too Many Local Choices

Two big talks, both scheduled for the University of Georgia campus this Friday, November 11. At 2:30, in Mahler Auditorium at the Georgia Center, Swedish photographer Mattias Klum will be talking about The Big Picture: Communicating Conservation in a Complex World. At 3:00, ESPN Executive Vice President John Walsh will be speaking at the Chapel on Sports and Journalism in...

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism

October 26, 2011

Terrorism, Tornados and Telling Visual Stories

A reminder that David Handschuh from the New York Daily News and Jeff Roberts of the Birmingham News will be talking about covering major events in their communities at 10:30 this morning in the Grady College’s Drewry Room as part of the McGill Symposium on Journalistic Courage.

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Thoughts & Theory

October 24, 2011

What’s News?

Hyperlocal blog post here … at 4 p.m. today, Monday, October 24, I’ll be participating in a panel discussion titled What’s News to Students? We’ll be in the Miller Learning Center on the University of Georgia Campus, room 248. My colleague from Grady, Prof. Horace Newcomb, will moderate the panel which will also include Prof. Steve Smith, the Athens Banner-Herald’s...

Business & Industry

September 29, 2011

Media Law in the Digital Age Conference

FYI … for those in Georgia, this is something you should get on your calendar: October 22 at Kennesaw State University (just north of Atlanta) the Citizen Media Law Project and KSU will be running a Media Law in the Digital Age conference. Great lineup of speakers, including the NPPA’s own Mickey Osterreicher. UGA students, if you’re interested, see me...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry

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