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November 8, 2011

First Tim Hetherington Grant Winner Announced

Photo District News has a story up reporting that Stephen Ferry has received the first Tim Hetherington Grant to continue work on his project, Violentology: A Manual of the Columbian Conflict. There were 222 applicants, according to the story. Hetherington was killed in Libya earlier this year.

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November 3, 2011

Behind the Photos on the Campaign Trail

The Concord Monitor’s John Tully wrote a post a few weeks back about covering the primary debated in New Hampshire, it’s a great look at the minimal access being allowed now.

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October 26, 2011

Terrorism, Tornados and Telling Visual Stories

A reminder that David Handschuh from the New York Daily News and Jeff Roberts of the Birmingham News will be talking about covering major events in their communities at 10:30 this morning in the Grady College’s Drewry Room as part of the McGill Symposium on Journalistic Courage.

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October 21, 2011

The Chris Hondros Fund Launches

Chris Hondros, who was killed in Libya earlier this year alongside Tim Hetherington, left behind a legacy of images and work ethic. Now, his fiancé has created the Chris Hondros Fund, a fellowship for, “an outstanding photojournalist who is committed to creating a visual history that brings shared human experiences into the public eye and whose work shows exceptional promise.”

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October 19, 2011

AP Photojournalist Ed Reinke Has Passed

The Associated Press’ Kentucky photographer, Ed Reinke, has died. He fell during the October 2 IndyCar race and suffered significant head injuries. His career spanned nearly 40 years and was filled with amazing work.

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October 11, 2011

A Year from the Streets

The BBC’s Phil Coomes has a writeup of a year-long project done by hundreds of photographers, mostly in England. Each week, a message was posted with a theme to shoot and post to a Flickr gallery. It’s a neat idea, one I played with here in Athens a few years ago but didn’t get much traction with. May be worth...

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September 24, 2011

When Corporations Follow Communications Companies …

If you’ve been in the photojournalism business long enough, you probably worked somewhere that required you to supply all your own gear. Cameras, lenses, filters, monopods and bags – we shelled out tens of thousands of dollars that, effectively, subsidized our newspapers and magazines. Many publications saw the light at the turn of the century and, as they moved away...

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September 16, 2011

Back to Work

Joao Silva has returned to work, shooting a White House Medal of Honor presentation for the New York Times. Welcome back, Mr. Silva. It’s good to see your seeing again.

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September 15, 2011

More You Know You’re a Photojournalist When …

The Chicago Tribune’s Alex Garcia adds 50 more ways to know you’re a photojournalist. I know it is trite and overdone, but I love these lists … have hit everyone of them at some point in my life. Here’s a few of mine … When looking at new cars, you think about how much gear you can get in the...

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September 14, 2011

Shooting Baseball

Nice piece on the pressure of shooting baseball and transmitting from the field on the Milwaukee Brewers’ web site. It’s different from my days at Fenway Park, shooting for 45 minutes and then running to the darkroom to soup and ship a couple of images, then get back to the field for PMers. Not sure if it’s better or worse...

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