Author: Mark E. Johnson

April 17, 2007

UGA Student Wins Southern Short Course Shootout

Last weekend, seven photojournalism students from UGA’s Grady College went to the Southern Short Couse for News Photography in Chattanooga, Tenn. Their trip was funded by the Harry Hodgson Journalism Student Support Fund. Part of the three-day workshop was the Nikon Shootout – participants are loaned a Nikon point-and-shoot camera and given one hour to illustrate a theme. This year,...

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

April 17, 2007

Alan Kim talks about the Virginia Tech Photos Seen Around the World

Roanoke Times staff photographer Alan Kim talks about how he made the photos from Monday’s massacre at Virginia Tech. A part-time photographer, Kim was at home when an editor called him about a reported shooting on campus.

Categories Journalism/Photojournalism

April 15, 2007

Toldeo Blade Finds 79 Altered Images – from 2007 ALONE

The Toledo Blade has published the results of their investigation into the work of former staff photographer Allan Detrich – and found that Detrich submitted 79 digitally altered images since January. Detrich had originally stated the March image from a Bluffton University baseball game that had a missing set of legs was a mistake. In their investigation the paper found...

Categories Advice & Learning/Ethics & Legal

April 14, 2007

"Chicks Who Click"

Okay, first? It’s in quotes – it’s NOT my phrase. Second, it leads to “MWACs” – “Mom With A Camera.” Also, not my phrase. Moving on, the New York Times has an article on the growing number of women who are opening photography businesses that specialize in shooting kids. Some are doing well, with established business plans. Some are weekend...

Categories Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

April 13, 2007

Toldeo Blade to Reveal Other Detrich Altered Photos

In Sunday’s newspaper, the Toledo Blade will talk about their investigation into altered photos by former staff photojournalist Allan Detrich, the National Press Photographers Association’s web site is reporting. Sunday’s story will appear as a refer on page one, though the newspaper isn’t saying how many altered images they have uncovered.

Categories Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

April 13, 2007

Stuck in Oldthink Muck

Mark Glaser writes in Mediashift about a recent visit to Ball State University and he rambles on about the issues educators are facing. How much of the old curriculum is worth saving? How much can be repurposed? How much new stuff do we need? The educators amongst us have been wrestling with this for a while, some are close to...

Categories Advice & Learning/Thoughts & Theory

April 12, 2007

Six-part Video Series on Remotes

Over on SportsShooter.com, they’ve posted a six-part series on remotes – how to shoot them, the gear you’ll need, tips, etc. Good info.

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk

April 12, 2007

Roads Not Taken

Ctein over on The Online Photographer has a cautionary tale about missed opportunities. Every photojournalist I’ve ever met has a story about the photo they didn’t go after. (I don’t like to talk about mine.) (Any of them.) (Though I’ve gotten better about them over the years.) If you’re reading this, you’re probably young and impressionable and desirous of a...

Categories Advice & Learning/Good Work/Journalism/Thoughts & Theory

April 12, 2007

News from Elsewhere

We have Kate Marymont, editor of the Fort Myers News-Press in town for a few days. She gave a great talk on the University of Georgia campus Wednesday about Gannett’s “Information Center” concept and how her paper is applying it. With a few minutes of spare time, I headed over to the News-Press web site and found this entry on...

Categories Ethics & Legal/Multimedia/Tech Talk

April 11, 2007

Corbis artice in the New York Times

The New York Times has an article on Corbis, Bill Gates’ stock photo company, and the challenges it is facing. (Not really sure why the NYT is writing about this, no real news peg …) (Thanks to Tom O’Connor for sending me the link.)

Categories Business & Industry