Mark E. Johnson – Page 58 – Visual Journalism

January 11, 2014

Illustrating the News

target=”_blank”>Great NPR piece on Maria Fabrizio and her work illustrating the news, every day. The idea is target=”_blank”>Wordless News – graphical illustrations of the top stories of the day. These aren’t political cartoons, which is amazingly refreshing, just her attempt at creating a visual story. (Thanks to target=”_blank”>Seth Gitner for the link.)

Graphic Design/Journalism/Multimedia

January 7, 2014

National Press Photographer Foundation Grants Available

The National Press Photographers Foundation is now taking applications for student scholarships. Deadline is March 2, but don’t wait that long.

Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

January 6, 2014

Gregory Heisler Talking About His Work

Last November I got to see Gregory Heisler talk at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar – easily one of the best talks I’d ever seen there. Now, a talk he did for Ilford has been posted online. Get comfortable, this runs two hours in length … but so totally worth it.

Advice & Learning/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

January 6, 2014

How Pictures Help

Great story about how a photo by the Associated Press’ Jacquelyn Martin helped a family find their son. No one knows your name right away, but everyone sees your face.

Good Work/Photojournalism

January 4, 2014

Choosing to Do Good

In less than 48 hours, I’ll have two new groups of kids sitting in the Photo Cave here in Athens. They’ll wander in to my Introduction to Photojournalism class with all sorts of backgrounds – most will have been shooting since they were very young, but most will never had thought deeply about visual storytelling. A few have known, for...

Journalism/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory

January 1, 2014

We’ve Lost Dave Martin

Didn’t really want to start 2014 with two downbeat posts, but I must … Associated Press staff photographer Dave Martin collapsed and died at the end of last night’s Chick-fil-A Bowl in Atlanta. Martin had been on staff with the AP for nearly 30 years and, while I never met him, knew his work and his reputation well. He has...

Business & Industry/Photojournalism

January 1, 2014

Search, Seize and/or Copy

Traveling with sensitive material on your laptop is always a challenge. What happens if it’s lost or stolen? Turns out, even if you never lose possession of your laptop while traveling, going through U.S. Customs may open your data up to the government. This is chilling: (U.S. District Judge Edward R.) Korma, a judge in the Eastern District of New...

Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism/Tech Talk/Thoughts & Theory

December 28, 2013

The Scariest Thing I’ve Read

That dubious award goes to Luke O’Neil at Esquire for a piece titled The Year We Broke the Internet. Think on this segment about why he linked to stories without fact checking anything: Like buying into an insurance plan, it’s a pooled-risk version of Internet writing: The sheer ubiquity of suspect stories provides cover for all of us. Nice, huh?...

Business & Industry/Journalism

December 26, 2013

This Is Killing Me …

Clicked on an email from book publisher Phaidon and opened up a page full of books at half price … it’s mean, you know? Just mean … If money were no object, the following would quickly be on their way to me … Dorchester Days, by Eugene Richards, just $20 The Fat Baby, by Eugene Richards (this is 15 of...