Author: Mark E. Johnson

February 5, 2011

A Photojournalist’s Story from Inside Cairo

Andrew Burton, a young photojournalist who is working in Egypt right now, has posted a recap of one of his days trying to shoot in Cairo. Some of his images appear in the latest two posts on his main page.

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work/Journalism

February 4, 2011

Journalists Under Attack

There are a lot of stories out there the last few days looking at the issues journalists are facing in Egypt. This morning, CNN.com put together one that sums up what’s been going on. By my count, at least three dozen journalists have been arrested, detained, attacked or harassed during this incident. And, as Kelly McBride of Poynter says in...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Journalism

February 2, 2011

Covering Cairo

Photo District News has a short story up about how photojournalists are covering the situation in Cairo.

Categories Business & Industry/Tech Talk

February 2, 2011

Call for Proposals for Moving Walls Exhibition

FYI … Call for Proposals: Moving Walls 19 Documentary Photography Exhibition The Open Society Foundations invite photographers to submit a body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 19 group exhibition. Moving Walls is an exhibition series that features in-depth and nuanced explorations of human rights and social issues.  Thematically linked to the Open Society Foundations mission, Moving Walls...

Categories Competitions

February 2, 2011

SEPPA Convention in Athens

The Southeastern Professional Photographers Association’s annual conference will be held in Athens, Ga., March 26-29. While geared more at the commercial-corporate-portrait realm than the journalism realm, there’s still a lot of stuff to be learned there. Organizations like SEPPA do an excellent job on teaching the business side of photography, something every freelancer needs to get better at. They’re even...

Categories Advice & Learning

February 1, 2011

Covering Weather

The whole country is getting battered by winter storms, so how do you cover it? The Boston Globe’s Bill Greene talks about how he does it …

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Good Work

February 1, 2011

Platypus Workshops

FYI … PLATYPUS WORKSHOPS ANNOUNCED FOR 2011 The Digital Journalist is announcing three new Platypus Workshops for 2011. February 13-19 at Texas State University, San Marcos SOLD OUT March 27- April 2 at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA October 16-22 Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, Me. Thanks to our partners, Apple, Libec and Sennheiser, the only thing you need...

Categories Advice & Learning/Multimedia

February 1, 2011

Crowd Funding Your Next Project

IJnet has a story up about crowd-funding photojournalism projects, which is an interesting idea. A group of professionals will rate the merit of proposed stories and, those making the mark, will be put out for sourcing. Funders will get special access to the photos and behind-the-scenes stories. Is this the new model for in-depth stories? It has merits, that’s for...

Categories Business & Industry

January 31, 2011

WHOA! Massive Photo Mechanic Sale

The timing on this is unbelievable … today, in my Intro to Photojournalism course, I taught the kids how to use one of my two favorite pieces of software ever – Photo Mechanic. And now, this evening, I found out Camera Bits, the company that makes digital photography worth doing, has put it on sale for the ridiculously low price...

Categories Business & Industry/Tech Talk

January 30, 2011

Vlog: Video Consumption, Visitors, New Cameras and Being Prepared

This week, we talk about video news consumption rates, a visit from the New York Times‘ Justin Gillis, issuing cameras to the intro students and feature an interview with Michael Barrone who had the presence of mind to drop his lunch and chase a news story for The Red and Black.

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Video