Author: Mark E. Johnson

February 12, 2009

Speaker: Chris Weston, Feb. 18

Make sure this is on your calendar: Chris Weston, managing editor at the Greenville (S.C.) News, will be doing a talk on “Transforming Newsrooms Amid Disruptive Innovations.” It’ll be in the Drewry Room on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 12:15. See Sophie Barnes in room 233 by Tuesday so you can get free pizza. Weston is a good friend to Grady...

Categories Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Journalism

February 10, 2009

UGA PJer Takes the Nikon Shootout

For the second time in three years, a UGA-trained photojournalist has won the Nikon Shootout at the Southern Short Course in News Photography. Josh Weiss, a 2008 graduate, won the live-shooting competition this past weekend in Charlotte. (Kelly Wegel won it in 2007.) Weiss is currently on staff at the Gwinnett Daily Post. 

Categories At Work/Business & Industry/Competitions

February 4, 2009

Super Twitter

Not intentional, but this post is much like the last – all about Twitter. The New York Times has an interactive … well, I don’t know what to call it … thing that looks at what was Twittered throughout the Super Bowl Sunday night. Click on the “People saying go” and let it play, paying attention to the timeline. Very...

Categories Tech Talk

February 2, 2009

The Story of Twitter (in More Than 140 Characters)

I am still not convinced that Twitter is something of value. I use it. A LOT. But I do wonder whether it’s just a play thing, a way to avoid time. And then some breaking news event happens and I know because I have a Twitter client running on my desktop (Spaz). One of the creators, Dom Sagolla, has now...

Categories Multimedia/Tech Talk

February 2, 2009

Photojournalism Talk on Campus

From the In Box … Dr. John Lucaites of Indiana University will be delivering a talk on Friday, February 6 from 4-5 pm in 214 Terrell Hall entitled “Boots and Hands: Photojournalism and Democratic Public Culture.” The talk is part of the Department of Speech Communication’s Colloquium Series. Dr. Lucaites has made an undeniable impact in the study of how...

Categories Advice & Learning

January 28, 2009

Students at Work … Sort Of

It’s that time of the semester. Old cameras in new hands, learning where the buttons are and what they do. Time to take the intro students on a brief walk-about, make them shoot … well, nothing, really. Just get used to metering and focusing and firing off frames.  There is nothing I can do in the classroom that will make...

Categories Good Work

January 28, 2009

Southern Short Course in News Photography

The Southern Short Course in News Photography is coming up quickly – next week in Charlotte, N.C. See me about going and we’ll help group folks to head up. 

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry

January 28, 2009

17th annual Southwestern Photojournalism Conference

FYI … Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is excited to host the 17th annual Southwestern Photojournalism Conference, Feb. 27 – March 1, 2009. The conference, supported by Christians in Photojournalism, benefits those who believe photojournalism is a calling and the act of bearing witness is essential. This year’s speakers include Scott Strazzante, staff photographer for the Chicago Tribune; Bill Fortney of...

Categories Advice & Learning/At Work/Business & Industry/Craft

January 28, 2009

Another (Former) Student Winner

From the in box … After Lindy (Dugger’s) good news about scoring 2nd place for spot news in NPPA’s monthly clip contest, I realized that I had placed third in NPPA’s monthly multimedia contest! First place went to the The New York Times and second went to the St. Petersburg Times. Check me out. [Ed’s. note: Lindy seems to have...

Categories At Work/Business & Industry

January 28, 2009

iMovie Image Stabilization

The latest version of Apple’s iMovie now has software image stabilization – and the results are, well, dramatic.  I don’t know how this works, I don’t know if it’s seriously degrading the quality or if it’s better or worse than in-camera stabilization. But it is cool … 

Categories Tech Talk/Video