Mark E. Johnson – Page 70 – Visual Journalism

September 5, 2013

The West Award to Attend a Momenta Workshop

Ooohhhh …. I want to apply for this grant to attend the Momenta workshop on working with nonprofits. The conference is in late September, applications are due by Sept. 16.

Advice & Learning/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

September 4, 2013

One Lens, Many Stories

I have several little mantras I teach my kids about how to do what we do and, more importantly, why we do what we do. To me, this is the most important: To Inform: To let our community know what has happened To Educate: To let them know what it means and how it affects them To Resonate: To create...

Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 4, 2013

If You’re in the Executive Portrait Business …

Well, you now have an app as competition. Not sure you have a lot to worry about … yet.

Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

September 3, 2013

Great Community Journalism

Every newspaper does the football previews, how many do a special section on the bands? Now I want to teach a summer session class that focuses on covering marching band camp … (Thanks to AJ Reynolds for the link.)

Good Work/Journalism/Photojournalism

September 3, 2013

Vandalization Through Colorization

A few folks have sent me a link to a site that has colorized versions of iconic black and white images. I have resisted commenting or posting because … well … I don’t know that I could properly explain my feelings toward them. Over the weekend, though, Michael Johnston did a pretty good job with it over at The Online...

Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

August 30, 2013

Bad Caption Leads to Termination

Over at the NPPA site, Donald Winslow has the story on how a “misidentified” image lead to the termination of a photographer’s contract. It is not made clear what the misidentification was, but I bet you can read between the lines.

Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism

August 30, 2013

125 Years of National Geographic Photography

I love it when someone else uses one of my all-time favorite photos – feels like validation. And that’s how I make a New York Times’ Lens blog entry about an exhibit of National Geographic work about me. Who wants to go to Los Angeles to see 501 great images?

Good Work/Photojournalism

August 29, 2013

Residents versus Renters

The New York Times’ Shaila Dewan and Mac William Bishop have a video story up that looks at the influx of renters into formerly residential communities in the Memphis, Tennessee, area. It’s pretty well shot, but this is an idea every journalist should honor because it is very easily localized. As homes were foreclosed upon, a lot of them were...

Advice & Learning/Good Work/Photojournalism/Thoughts & Theory/Video

August 28, 2013

SCOTUSblog Event

The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication will be hosting a one-day event that focuses on the Peabody Award winning SCOTUSblog. Scheduled for Monday, Sept. 9, in the auditorium of the Special Collections Library, the event will kick off at 8:45 a.m. and is open to the public.

Ethics & Legal/Journalism