Mark E. Johnson – Page 232 – Visual Journalism

January 15, 2010

Satellite Photo Comparisons from Haiti

The New York Times has a very cool and very informative page up that has before and after satellite photos from Haiti – moving a slider across the image reveals the pre and post earthquake images. Really neat use of technology to help tell the story. Thanks to Meghan Pittman for pointing this out.

Good Work/Video

January 14, 2010

Alexia Foundation Competition – Deadline Feb. 1

Disclosure – I have worked with the Alexia Foundation in the past and I have a great deal of admiration for this program, there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn’t enter. See me and I’ll help. Study photojournalism in London Alexia Scholarship pays all tuition for fall semester at Syracuse University London Program in England Cash grants, equipment and...

Advice & Learning/Competitions

January 10, 2010

Kodak’s Killer Camera – the Zi8

Is there finally a challenge to the Flip? And is it coming from Big Yellow? Never thought I’d say this out loud again, but I’m loving something from Kodak. (For the record, the last time I said that was when I was still shooting Tri-X, which was … um … 1994?) Several years ago, when a Flip Ultra video camera...

Tech Talk

January 9, 2010

NBA Tells Getty to Kill a Photo

I was a wire guy early in my career, almost three years of stringing for the Associated Press and several more with Agence France-Presse. When Getty Images, another psuedo-wire service/agency, started signing contracts with major sports leagues to provide visual coverage, I figured most major news outlets would stop using them. Why? Because if you’re shooting a basketball game for...

Ethics & Legal

January 9, 2010

David Douglas Duncan’s Work at the University of Texas at Austin

David Douglas Duncan is one the greats. His books – including This is War! and Yankee Nomad – have shaped generations of photojournalists. He was with Life magazine during its heyday and made a mostly successful transition into doing still photos for television in the late 1960s. He has donated his life’s work to the Harry Ransom Center at the...

Good Work

January 8, 2010

Shhhh – Don’t tell the Wall Street Journal They’re Wrong!

This is one of those things that pops up from time to time that some folks will erringly fixate on and drive themselves insane – it’s a listing of 200 jobs, ranked from best to worst, according to a study released by CareerCast.com to the Wall Street Journal. Why will it drive you insane? Because the best career in America...

Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

January 7, 2010

Peter Turnley Essay on Gifts Waiting at Every Corner

I have been a fan of Peter Turnley’s work since my early days a photojournalism student. There’s a quality to his work that resonates with me, that “slice-of-life” moment I’m always looking for. He has written an essay for The Online Photographer that talks about his growing up and into the photojournalist he is now. He talks a lot about...

Advice & Learning/Craft

January 7, 2010

8 Traits

Andrew Devigal tweeted about Mashable’s 8 Traits of Tomorrow’s Journalists. How many do you have under your belt now? How will you get the rest? And when?

Advice & Learning

January 6, 2010

Grants for Photo/Video Stories on Poverty

Steve Liss sent along an email with information about AmericanPoverty.org’s new grant competition. Highlights are below, but I love the working premise here – In Our Own Backyard. So many times visual journalists believe they must go oversees to document the issues facing all of humanity. They don’t – there are problems everywhere, including your backyard, too. AMERICANPOVERTY.ORG STUDENT SUMMER...

Business & Industry/Competitions/Journalism

January 5, 2010

Year End Confessions

Joe McNally and his crew are playing video games again, tempting fate, too.

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Video

Author: Mark E. Johnson