Mark E. Johnson – Page 186 – Visual Journalism

April 5, 2011

Holy Holi – Why Color Rocks

From time to time, we photojournalists have this little debate about shooting in color or black and white. I came of age as newspapers were fully transitioning from one to the other and, while I appreciate the simplicity and starkness of a great monochromatic image, my world is in color. Always has been, hopefully always will be. I shot my...

Good Work

April 5, 2011

Into the Unknown – NPR Photo Coverage from Japan and Haiti

NPR has posted a photo gallery of images from David Gilkey comparing the devastation from earthquakes in Haiti and Japan. Some of the parallels are eerie as each country begins the recovery process. There’s an audio interview with Gilkey, as well, where he talks about what it was like shooting in these situations, especially describing the sounds of Haiti and...

Good Work/Journalism

April 4, 2011

Journalist, Brand Thyself

So says Roy Peter Clark over at the Poynter Institute in a column posted today. And, he’s right. (I almost typed, “write” .. honest.) To quote: Do you believe in what you do? Does your work reflect a noble mission and purpose? Then it is not enough, oh author, to create it. You must do everything in your power to...

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism

April 4, 2011

Reporting on the Radio with an iPhone – Only

Over on Mediashift, Neal Augenstein has a write-up of his year working with just an iPhone. He’s a reporter for WTOP in Washington, D.C., and has been recording all of his audio on it, as well as editing it, for broadcast. He’s listed the software and workflows for how he handles photos, video and live broadcasts, too – good info...

Audio/Journalism/Tech Talk

April 4, 2011

On Being a Social Media Manager

Good interview over at LostRemote.com with Evone Benedict who became KING-TV’s social media manager late last year. She talks about what she does and the response from the community and her colleagues.

Journalism/Multimedia

April 1, 2011

Kodak Announces Relationsiffft

Right there on the front page of Kodak’s web site – the Automated Person Purge technology you’ve been waiting for. It is based on our dodecahedron-surfaced pixel technology. When light hits each dodo-pixel the sensor actually reflects and records data in and around the object. Who needs blocking technology when you have this?

Tech Talk

April 1, 2011

Addario on Morning Edition

Lynsey Adario, one of the New York Times journalists who was captured in Libya, did an interview with NPR’s Morning Edition. It aired on Friday and the audio is available online. For instance, there was the night that a soldier riding in the passenger seat leaned back to stroke Addario’s hair and face — repeatedly murmuring a phrase in Arabic....

At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism

March 31, 2011

Lynsey Addario on Being Captured in Libya

After being one of four New York Times journalists seized in Libya, Lynsey Addario has posted an entry on the Times’ Lens blog about why it’s important for women to cover war – and why gender shouldn’t, and doesn’t, matter. In talking about the reaction to their story being published, she says: Some comments said: “How dare a woman go...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism

March 31, 2011

Photos of Martin Luther King, Jr, Killer Found

Spotted this in the local paper this morning (though the main story is from the Memphis Commercial Appeal which must be getting a lot of traffic today as their site won’t load) … Shelby County, Tennessee, officials found a cache of lost photos of James Earl Ray, the man who shot and killed Martin Luther King, Jr., in Memphis 43...

Good Work/Journalism

March 31, 2011

Another Thing We Hate

This sort of goes with the Alex Garcia post from the other day …

Journalism

Author: Mark E. Johnson

Holy Holi – Why Color Rocks

Into the Unknown – NPR Photo Coverage from Japan and Haiti

Journalist, Brand Thyself

Reporting on the Radio with an iPhone – Only

On Being a Social Media Manager

Kodak Announces Relationsiffft

Addario on Morning Edition

Lynsey Addario on Being Captured in Libya

Photos of Martin Luther King, Jr, Killer Found

Another Thing We Hate