Mark E. Johnson – Page 140 – Visual Journalism

November 30, 2011

The Dawn of the Me Reporter

In the wake of the news that CNN was laying off dozens of editors and photojournalists, Stephen Colbert announced the launch of the Me Reporters. It’s really not funny that in this time when we most need journalists on the street we’re losing them. There is a place for first person reporting, for original source video – but it will...

Business & Industry

November 29, 2011

Behind the Icons

Nice piece by Steve Silberman at NeuroTribes about Susan Kare who designed the original Macintosh icons back in the early 1980s. She has a book coming out that looks at all of the icons she has designed over the years … I am oddly fascinated by this. Love this line: Instead of thinking of each image as a tiny illustration...

Graphic Design

November 29, 2011

Rating Manipulation

Harry Farid, a professor of computer science and digital forensics at Dartmouth College, is developing a software program to rank the level of Photoshop manipulation on images according to a Steve Lohr story in the New York Times. The emphasis is on portraits and images of models now, but I’d love to know if this is looking at content or...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

November 28, 2011

How Much is Facebook Worth To You?

Seems everyone always has their note stuck in it, but can you make any money there? Over at the Nieman Journalism Lab, Simon Owens writes about Craig Finlay – who has created a $100,000 photogrpaphy business through the social networking site. How? Well, networking, of course …

Business & Industry

November 28, 2011

Over at the Gear Geek …

I’m talking about Cyber Monday and finding deals.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 27, 2011

Cyber Monday and You

It’s almost here – the day when retailers lead you to believe most online shopping gets done. (It’s not, that day comes about two weeks before Christmas.) Earlier, I refreshed an old post about what you need to buy if you’re heading out into the real world. In it, I alluded to finding deals that were too good to be...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 27, 2011

The Gear Post – What Am I Buying Again?

Towards the end of every semester, I start getting The Questions. They’re not about grades, thankfully – my students are smart enough to know not to ask those questions. They are about life. Sort of. Life after they have to return the college-owned gear I’ve supplied them with for their coursework. It’s a great program – supported fully by my department...

At Work/Business & Industry/Tech Talk

November 26, 2011

America in Environmental Crisis

In the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency dispatched photographers across the country to document environmental issues and every day life. The DOCUMERICA project produced more than 80,000 image and The Atlantic’s In Focus photo blog has a selection of 46 of them. I’d never heard of this project, now I want to see more … and maybe do a summer...

Photojournalism

November 25, 2011

Kodak PlayTouch Deal

I’ve touted the advantages of the Kodak pocket video cameras before (specifically, it’s the only one with a mic jack), and now Amazon.com has them for under $100. Yeah, You have to get it in red for the $99 price right now … but you know you’ll just wrap it in gaffer’s tape to give it that custom look.

Tech Talk/Video

November 24, 2011

NYC Police Told to Not Harass Media

It’s a sad moment when it comes to this, but New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly has ordered a “Finest” message to be read at 10 consecutive roll calls, according to the National Press Photographers Association. The Finest message highlights various guidelines that instruct police on how to deal with the media, including that “Members of the service will...

Journalism/Photojournalism

Author: Mark E. Johnson