At Work – Page 20 – Visual Journalism

January 17, 2012

Return of the Staff Photographer?

Over at A Photo Editor, Grayson Schaffer interviews Christopher Anderson who was just named New York Magazine’s first staff photographer. Remember staff photographers?

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January 13, 2012

Starting Young, in Iraq

Reuters has posted a story about a young photographer working the streets of Baghdad. Qamar Hashim is 8 and has already won several award from the Iraqi Society Photographic.

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January 6, 2012

Nikon Announces the D4

Dpreview.com has a story up on the announcement of Nikon’s D4, their new top-of-the-line pro camera. They also have an overview story up … drooling a touch. Nikon’s release was posted this morning, as well. This is expected to ship in February for a suggested price of (gulp) $5,999.95.

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December 5, 2011

Reuters Global Journalism Internships

Only a week left for the next round of internship applications for Reuters Global Internships. Deadline for the Americas is December 15. From their site: ARE YOU A GOOD FIT? You are a student or recent graduate who is passionate about news and a quick learner. You have a strong academic record in journalism, economics, business, law, accounting, languages or...

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November 27, 2011

The Gear Post – What Am I Buying Again?

Towards the end of every semester, I start getting The Questions. They’re not about grades, thankfully – my students are smart enough to know not to ask those questions. They are about life. Sort of. Life after they have to return the college-owned gear I’ve supplied them with for their coursework. It’s a great program – supported fully by my department...

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November 23, 2011

The Photographers, Now Online

The 1996 National Geographic film The Photographers is now available for online streaming. This is a great look at a bunch of their shooters and what they go through to get an image. Well worth spending an hour of time watching it. (Thanks to Greg Mironchuk for the link.)

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November 17, 2011

Funding for Women Media Entrepreneurs

J-Lab is awarding grants to women with an entrepreneurial idea to the tune of $12,000. Got a brilliant new media idea? Check out the guidelines and apply by Jan. 27, 2012. From the release: Washington, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has been awarded $250,000 from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight innovative women-led news...

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November 16, 2011

Expression Over Perfection

Over at PhotoFocus, Scott Bourne writes about how to relax your portrait subjects. He’s got five tips that will help you get a better expression out of them. I’ll add one more: Whenever I get a reluctant subject who says they’ve never had a picture of themselves they like, I simply respond, “Well, then you haven’t found your right photographer...

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November 10, 2011

Penn State Students Flip a News Van

From CNN … the van gets flipped about 20 seconds in … The outrage directed at the media up there is pretty staggering.

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