At Work – Page 19 – Visual Journalism

April 25, 2012

Where’s the Journalism Line?

I’ve seen Richard Koci Hernandez speak just once, but he made a massive impression. I have his Multimedia Journal book and recommend it to all my students. And I was thrilled to hear he had made the transition to teaching several years ago. You could say I’m a fan, I suppose. Carol Ness has a story up about him at...

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April 6, 2012

Silver, Light, Chemistry and a Stunning Hook

I want you to click play on the video below and keep your cursor over the pause button, watching the time tick off. When it hits 57 seconds, stop it and ask yourself what this video is about. Then watch the rest. If that isn’t the greatest lead in ever, I don’t know what is. There is No Way you...

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April 3, 2012

Picturing Success

Wired.com has a nice piece up about the Jasper Herald and why it has been such a hotbed of photojournalism for more than three decades. The answer? Go read … and then tell your publisher.

At Work/Business & Industry/Photojournalism

March 22, 2012

The Business of Visual Journalism

Today’s the day … THE BUSINESS OF VISUAL JOURNALISM WORKSHOP Thursday, March 22, 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. Journalism Building, Drewry Room This visual workshop will be a day of smart people helping you get smarter about the business of visual journalism. There is no charge for any of these sessions, but please register in advance so we have an...

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March 17, 2012

The Perils of Being a National Geographic Shooter

It’s always fun to dream of that first assignment for National Geographic. The places you’ll go, the people you’ll meet, the stories you’ll tell. A little less glamourous are the diseases you’ll catch, the parasites that will invade you and the unhappy subjects who will detain you.

At Work/Photojournalism

February 20, 2012

Is There a Difference Between Stealing a Photo and Stealing a Car?

It’s an excellent (if, admittedly, ridiculous) question. If you recall, The Telegraph stole an image from Jonathan Kent a while back and, when caught, said: Our industry therefore adopts the stance that if a picture has no overwhelming artistic value and if there is no issue of exclusivity (ie it is already being published online or elsewhere) then no reasonable...

At Work/Business & Industry/Ethics & Legal

February 19, 2012

It Ain’t Broke, So Why Fix It?

David Jacobs is the Publisher of the Boston Courant, a weekly news organization with 40,000 subscribers. But I can’t link to it because, even though he founded the company in 1995, he hasn’t put it on the web. That’s right – no Twitter, no YouTube channel, no web site. Nothing. The only way to read it is to order up...

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February 17, 2012

New York Times Reporter Anthony Shadid Died in Syria

Pulitzer Prize winner Anthony Shadid died from an apparent asthma in Syria yesterday as he was leaving the country. New York Times photojournalist Tyler Hicks, who had been working with him, reportedly carried his body out of the country and into Turkey. The two had been smuggled into the country to cover the uprising there. Jill Abramson, the executive editor,...

At Work/Craft

February 5, 2012

It’s Never Just One …

The Sacramento Bee has fired photojournalist Bryan Patrick. Patrick was suspended last week after allegations of photo manipulations were brought to the publication’s attention and, according to their note to readers, an investigation found multiple instances of image tampering.

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January 23, 2012

Twitter Chat with the AP on Photo Style

Wish I’d caught this earlier … The @APStylebook folks did an online Twitter chat that focused on photo style stuff. For the Intro students … captions matter. You should read that and see that @APStylebook agrees.

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